Al Capone hated his nickname. Though he earned the moniker “Scarface” after a bar fight in 1917, it was only after rising in the ranks as a mobster in the 1920s that the press popularized his epithet.
An epithet is a literary device used to describe or characterize a person, place, or thing by highlighting a particular quality or trait associated with them. It is a descriptive phrase or adjective that often becomes closely linked to the subject’s name. Here are some of the most notorious nicknames.
Master of Dark Shadows
Dan Curtis was born August 12, 1927, as Daniel Cherkoss in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Curtis attended Syracuse University before becoming a syndicated television show salesman. He was a director, writer, and producer of television and film.
