LLCU 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Love Triangle, Overworld
29 Sep 2017
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Week 1 notes: power ~ life blood" of organised crime, mafia"s main goal. September 12, 2017: violence is the backbone of organised crime. Rustic chivalry: why did this opera get picked, opera has everything" associated with the mafia, drama, rituals, betrayal via affair etc, love triangle between 2 power groups, turiddu -> husband, lola -> wife who cheated, alfio -> the mistress. Ideology of settling conflict on your on through violence: telling mother/ adults about your issues meant that you were a rat and seen as a. Bad" action: myths are believed to become reality, hidden part of story, buried part, example was robin hood. In the mafia, being gay = killed: seeing a psychiatrist = weak because they cannot control themselves, so how can they control an organisation, mafia grows because we allow them, legal and illegal economy operates the same.
