The character selected for this essay is Antony “Tony” Soprano, the main protagonist in HBO’s TV show “The Sopranos”. David Chase was the producer of this crime and drama television. The show started airing in 1999 and aired for six seasons, ending in 2007. The Sopranos won numerous awards during its airing, among which includes 21 Primetime Emmy Awards. Due to exemplary writing by David Chase and his team of showrunners, The Sopranos was voted the best-written television series of all time. The Sopranos revolves around Tony Soprano, an Italian-American mob leader, his gang and his family. It presents the difficulties Tony experiences as he struggles to balance his involvement in organized crime and his responsibilities as a family
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The most noticeable disorder is antisocial personality disorder. A victim of antisocial personality disorder often violates the rights of people with whom he/she associates with (Meloy & Yakeley, 2011). He/she gets little or no feelings of regret or empathy whenever he infringes the law to satisfy his/her needs. Antisocial personality disorder usually starts during childhood or adolescent years, around age 15, mainly due to the environment they are raised in. The disorder then progresses as the victim enters his adulthood life. Antisocial personality disorder normally reduces in intensity as the victim gets …show more content…
Concerning genetics, the victim's innate mood inclinations are influenced by their physiology, which is affected by genetics. Environmental factors, on the other hand, refer to the cultural and social experiences that people go through especially in childhood and adolescent years. These involve influences by peers, family and societal values.
Tony Soprano may have inherited his temperament from his parents. Both his father, Giovanni "Johnny Boy" Soprano and mother, Livia Soprano, are portrayed as complex characters with antisocial personalities themselves. We experience Giovanni Soprano’s character via Tony’s flashbacks or dreams. Giovanni was a captain and later a street boss during his time, he was portrayed as a tough, cruel man who sought retribution for every wrong committed against him. Tony’s mother, Livia, is presented as a critical and vengeful woman. Consequently, she was a bad mother to Tony and his siblings. She scolded them for every mistake and criticized every action that displeased her. Livia was a very complicated woman. Tony says that despite his father being a tough Mafiosi man, his mother made his life miserable up to his death. Another character of the Soprano family is Junior Soprano. Junior is Giovanni’s brother and Tony’s uncle. He was also a violent man in his early years, as evidenced
The most noticeable disorder is antisocial personality disorder. A victim of antisocial personality disorder often violates the rights of people with whom he/she associates with (Meloy & Yakeley, 2011). He/she gets little or no feelings of regret or empathy whenever he infringes the law to satisfy his/her needs. Antisocial personality disorder usually starts during childhood or adolescent years, around age 15, mainly due to the environment they are raised in. The disorder then progresses as the victim enters his adulthood life. Antisocial personality disorder normally reduces in intensity as the victim gets …show more content…
Concerning genetics, the victim's innate mood inclinations are influenced by their physiology, which is affected by genetics. Environmental factors, on the other hand, refer to the cultural and social experiences that people go through especially in childhood and adolescent years. These involve influences by peers, family and societal values.
Tony Soprano may have inherited his temperament from his parents. Both his father, Giovanni "Johnny Boy" Soprano and mother, Livia Soprano, are portrayed as complex characters with antisocial personalities themselves. We experience Giovanni Soprano’s character via Tony’s flashbacks or dreams. Giovanni was a captain and later a street boss during his time, he was portrayed as a tough, cruel man who sought retribution for every wrong committed against him. Tony’s mother, Livia, is presented as a critical and vengeful woman. Consequently, she was a bad mother to Tony and his siblings. She scolded them for every mistake and criticized every action that displeased her. Livia was a very complicated woman. Tony says that despite his father being a tough Mafiosi man, his mother made his life miserable up to his death. Another character of the Soprano family is Junior Soprano. Junior is Giovanni’s brother and Tony’s uncle. He was also a violent man in his early years, as evidenced