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    The document outlines characteristics of the gangster genre. Settings are typically urban areas like New York City or Chicago, featuring crime-ridden streets and shadowy hideouts. Main characters include the gangster, his wife and crime family, as well as rivals and law enforcement. Gangsters are often immigrants who strive for the American Dream through crime but ultimately fall due to greed or stupidity. Plots revolve around the rise and fall of the gangster, including money laundering, evading authorities, and rivalries. Iconography includes guns, money and cars. The mood is tense, violent and dark, conveyed through low-key lighting and enclosed spaces. Narrative themes explore family loyalty, the inability of police to stop crime,

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    The document outlines characteristics of the gangster genre. Settings are typically urban areas like New York City or Chicago, featuring crime-ridden streets and shadowy hideouts. Main characters include the gangster, his wife and crime family, as well as rivals and law enforcement. Gangsters are often immigrants who strive for the American Dream through crime but ultimately fall due to greed or stupidity. Plots revolve around the rise and fall of the gangster, including money laundering, evading authorities, and rivalries. Iconography includes guns, money and cars. The mood is tense, violent and dark, conveyed through low-key lighting and enclosed spaces. Narrative themes explore family loyalty, the inability of police to stop crime,

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    The document outlines characteristics of the gangster genre. Settings are typically urban areas like New York City or Chicago, featuring crime-ridden streets and shadowy hideouts. Main characters include the gangster, his wife and crime family, as well as rivals and law enforcement. Gangsters are often immigrants who strive for the American Dream through crime but ultimately fall due to greed or stupidity. Plots revolve around the rise and fall of the gangster, including money laundering, evading authorities, and rivalries. Iconography includes guns, money and cars. The mood is tense, violent and dark, conveyed through low-key lighting and enclosed spaces. Narrative themes explore family loyalty, the inability of police to stop crime,

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    Yucefs Gangster Genre

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    The document outlines characteristics of the gangster genre. Settings are typically urban areas like New York City or Chicago, featuring crime-ridden streets and shadowy hideouts. Main characters include the gangster, his wife and crime family, as well as rivals and law enforcement. Gangsters are often immigrants who strive for the American Dream through crime but ultimately fall due to greed or stupidity. Plots revolve around the rise and fall of the gangster, including money laundering, evading authorities, and rivalries. Iconography includes guns, money and cars. The mood is tense, violent and dark, conveyed through low-key lighting and enclosed spaces. Narrative themes explore family loyalty, the inability of police to stop crime,

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    OurGangsterGenre

    ByYucefBahri

    Setting:
    Urbanareas,NewYorkCityorChicago.
    Crimeridden,dirtycitystreets
    ScenestakeplaceinBosssofficeor
    hideout
    Usuallydarkandgraysettings,shadowy
    settings
    21stCenturyAmericaorBritian

    Characters:
    MainCharacters:
    Gangsterhimself
    Gangsterswife
    Membersofhiscrime
    family
    Membersofopposing
    crimefamily
    FBIorpolice

    MinorCharacters:
    Gangsterschildren
    Themistress
    Stockcharactersmight
    include:
    Drivers
    Bodyguards
    Entertainersor
    prostitutes
    Politicians

    MoreAboutCharacters:
    Gangster

    immigrantbackground,mostoftenItalian.
    strivestoattainAmericanDream
    Oftenhisfallisduetohisowngreedorstudpidity.
    macho,shorttempered,violenttendencies
    Gangstersbloodfamilyandcrimefamilybothshown
    tobeimportant,althoughcrimefamilyusuallytakes
    precedence
    Followshierarchicalstructureswithinthecrimefamily

    WomenCharacters:
    Wivesenjoytheirhusbandssuccessandpower
    buttheytendtoshowthisonlytotheirfriends,not
    totheirhusbands.
    Wivesshowtheirhusbandshowtheysufferfrom
    theircriminalactivityandsexualpromiscuity.
    Gangstersmotherisportrayedaspowerfulover
    hersonorsaintlyandloving
    Iffemalechildren,theyaremostshelteredfrom
    thecrimeandtheirfuturerolesareshaky

    Plot:
    Rise and fall of the gangster (Teasly
    and Wilder)
    Sub plots:
    laundering crime money,
    escaping the FBI,
    plotting against members of own crime
    family,
    taking over the business of another crime
    family,
    Hiding infidelities from wife

    Iconography:

    Guns
    Stacksofmoney
    Deadbodies
    Illegalsubstances(alcoholduringProhibition,
    drugs)
    Mirrors,glass
    Clothingtorepresentstageingangstersrise(his
    andhiswifes)
    Cars

    Mood:
    Tense
    Dark
    Evenwhengangsterissuccessful,sensehe
    willbecaughtorkilled
    Violent

    CinematicStyle:
    Dark,withlowkeylighting,blueandred
    hues
    Enclosedspaces
    shadows

    NarrativeThemes:
    Familyandloyaltyofutmostimportance
    Obediencetoauthoritynecessary
    Workinghardwillresultinrisetopowerand
    economicsuccess
    Policeandpoliticiansunabletomaintainlawand
    order
    Crimewillpayoffintheshorttermbutcrimelife
    cantbemaintained
    Menshouldbestrongandwomenforgiving

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