The Godfather and the Oranges

This seems like a slightly abstract concept. Oranges appear multiple times in the film:

• Santino drives past a billboard advertising oranges just before he dies
• Don Vito was buying oranges just before he was shot, and in the scene where he was lying on the ground there are two oranges next to him:

• the sheets of the bed that the horses head was in were orange
• Carlo Rizzi was wearing an orange suit when Santino beat him up
• The dress that Kay Adams was wearing often seemed like it could be orange, though this may have been simply bad coloration because if the age of the film.

This is interesting. It seems as though oranges could symbolize many things in the film, but especially death.

Bonasera and the Godfather

parallel, yet divergent. 

both Bonasera and Don Vito have had a child hurt or killed. 

Bonasera came to the Godfather to ask for revenge, which he got. 

The Godfather, on the other hand, did not want vengance, but peace. This seems odd because the godfather is a mafiya boss, which one would think would cause him to be much more interested in war rather than peace. This almost appears to be a paradox...  This is interesting food for thought.

The Scarlet Women

One of the first allusions that we discovered was where Kay Adams is always shown wearing scarlet. This is an allusion to the scarlet lady, also known as the whore of Babylon. (see Jenna’s blog for more info) 


What I found especially interesting about this, however, was that Appolonia Vitelli was also wearing a red dress when Michael first saw her. though we didn't know it at the time, he would quickly make her father an offer he couldn't refuse, and gained her hand in marriage. Through this act, he effectively replaced Kay Adams with the other Scarlet woman, Appolonia.The fact that Kay Adams does not know about her could be important; when Michael returns, will he marry Kay as well?