Post by meadow on Aug 29, 2007 20:30:28 GMT
Character Name:Meadow Soprano
Age:25
History:Born in September 1982, Meadow is the first-born child of Tony and Carmela Soprano. Intelligent and spirited (though often clueless, spoiled, manipulative, over privileged and selfish), she attended Columbia University, performed well in her classes after a poor first-year performance and volunteered regularly at the South Bronx Law Center. Her academic skills are the result of heavily coached instruction and parental pressure. She can be overbearingly pious and ironic when she lectures her father on concepts such as racism and class war. Since her graduation, Meadow has been studying for medical school as she is interested in being a pediatrician, but is having second thoughts and considering a career in the legal profession.
Meadow is often resentful of her lineage, stemming from a string of failed relationships; first with Noah Tannenbaum, a fellow student of mixed race who met with Tony's racist disapproval, only to leave after his own father seemed concerned with the Soprano family heritage. This was followed by a romance with Jackie Aprile, Jr., the son of Tony's deceased friend and fellow mobster, Jackie Aprile, Sr.. Jackie Jr. was no saint; he cheated on Meadow and shot a made man during a botched robbery.
After this incident, Ralph Cifaretto sent soldier Vito Spatafore to get rid of Jackie Jr. As Jackie Jr. was exiting his hiding place, Vito came up behind him and shot him through the back of the head, killing him instantly. This hit was publicized as a drug deal gone bad, a story which Meadow saw through, but has since come to accept, probably for the sake of her close relationship with her family.
Just before his death, Meadow came to realize that Jackie was boorish and unfaithful; nevertheless, she was very distressed by his death, initially blaming Tony for Jackie's involvement with crime and Carmela for standing by and supporting Tony. The irony is that Tony did everything he could to discourage Jackie's criminal aspirations, having promised Jackie Sr. on his deathbed to see that Jackie Jr. stayed away from the mob life.
During her teens, Meadow was both very aware and resentful of her father's criminal enterprise, and her family's complicity in it. However, Meadow has since reconciled herself with them and her attitude now strongly mirrors Tony's own; publicly, she cites her father's position as a "waste management consultant," and in closer circles rationalizes Cosa Nostra as a cultural tradition borne out of discrimination against her ancestors. Her life seemed further stabilized by her engagement to a Columbia dental student, Finn DeTrolio, which her father approved. It was later revealed that Finn and Meadow had broken off the engagement.
At the film premiere for Cleaver, Meadow met and started dating Patsy Parisi's son, Patrick. She decides to not apply for medical school and, inspired by Patrick's passion for the law, to apply for law school instead. She begins to plan her wedding to Patrick and, in the series' final scene, she is shown outside the diner where she's late for meeting her family for dinner, making a number of efforts to parallel park before she finally does, and heads toward the diner.
Appearance:
Attitude: Intelligent and spirited (though often clueless, spoiled, manipulative, over privileged and selfish.
Allies:Soprano Family and associates.
Rivals:Rivals of the family
Other:Father,Mother,Brother.
Age:25
History:Born in September 1982, Meadow is the first-born child of Tony and Carmela Soprano. Intelligent and spirited (though often clueless, spoiled, manipulative, over privileged and selfish), she attended Columbia University, performed well in her classes after a poor first-year performance and volunteered regularly at the South Bronx Law Center. Her academic skills are the result of heavily coached instruction and parental pressure. She can be overbearingly pious and ironic when she lectures her father on concepts such as racism and class war. Since her graduation, Meadow has been studying for medical school as she is interested in being a pediatrician, but is having second thoughts and considering a career in the legal profession.
Meadow is often resentful of her lineage, stemming from a string of failed relationships; first with Noah Tannenbaum, a fellow student of mixed race who met with Tony's racist disapproval, only to leave after his own father seemed concerned with the Soprano family heritage. This was followed by a romance with Jackie Aprile, Jr., the son of Tony's deceased friend and fellow mobster, Jackie Aprile, Sr.. Jackie Jr. was no saint; he cheated on Meadow and shot a made man during a botched robbery.
After this incident, Ralph Cifaretto sent soldier Vito Spatafore to get rid of Jackie Jr. As Jackie Jr. was exiting his hiding place, Vito came up behind him and shot him through the back of the head, killing him instantly. This hit was publicized as a drug deal gone bad, a story which Meadow saw through, but has since come to accept, probably for the sake of her close relationship with her family.
Just before his death, Meadow came to realize that Jackie was boorish and unfaithful; nevertheless, she was very distressed by his death, initially blaming Tony for Jackie's involvement with crime and Carmela for standing by and supporting Tony. The irony is that Tony did everything he could to discourage Jackie's criminal aspirations, having promised Jackie Sr. on his deathbed to see that Jackie Jr. stayed away from the mob life.
During her teens, Meadow was both very aware and resentful of her father's criminal enterprise, and her family's complicity in it. However, Meadow has since reconciled herself with them and her attitude now strongly mirrors Tony's own; publicly, she cites her father's position as a "waste management consultant," and in closer circles rationalizes Cosa Nostra as a cultural tradition borne out of discrimination against her ancestors. Her life seemed further stabilized by her engagement to a Columbia dental student, Finn DeTrolio, which her father approved. It was later revealed that Finn and Meadow had broken off the engagement.
At the film premiere for Cleaver, Meadow met and started dating Patsy Parisi's son, Patrick. She decides to not apply for medical school and, inspired by Patrick's passion for the law, to apply for law school instead. She begins to plan her wedding to Patrick and, in the series' final scene, she is shown outside the diner where she's late for meeting her family for dinner, making a number of efforts to parallel park before she finally does, and heads toward the diner.
Appearance:
Attitude: Intelligent and spirited (though often clueless, spoiled, manipulative, over privileged and selfish.
Allies:Soprano Family and associates.
Rivals:Rivals of the family
Other:Father,Mother,Brother.
