Change In V For Vendetta

Since its launch in 2006, V for Vendetta has been at the centre of a heated debate. By dealing with crucial issues such as totalitarianism and revolution, the film makes us question not only our position in society and our presumed freedom of choice, but also the characters’. They apparently live normal lives, but are they really free to think and to decide for themselves?

Symbols in literature are like the Earth, there are multiple layers until you get to the core meaning. In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, William Golding, utilizes symbols in order to get his deeper meaning across. In a novel about boys isolated on an island during the time period of World War II, Golding shows the outcomes of what isolation can have on a group of people. While trying to get these messages across, the author uses symbols as an aid These symbols range from strength, hope, and fear. One of the most important symbols in the book is Jack’s mask. The mask starts out as a way to help Jack hunt and grows from there. Therefore, Jack’s mask begins as protection from Jack’s own identity, evolves to his strength, and

The Government Norsefire party members use propaganda to retain the control over the multitudes of people living in England in the film V for Vendetta. Through this the audience is able to understand how easily a society can have ideas planted within their minds without realisation. Adam Sutler, the chancellor, abuses the power he has as a leader of a country in order to remain in the ruling party of the Government. When V explodes the Old Bailey as a symbol of hope and vengeance, Sutler orders for the news to report the destruction as an “emergency demolition.” he asks for Prothero, a leading Television show host, to talk about “the dangers of these old buildings” to keep the masses uninformed about the actual happenings in their own country.

Many symbols are used in V for vendetta one of these is V’s mask, also known as the Guy Fawkes mask. This mask is now one of the most popular symbols ever, it is seen everywhere: in the 80’s the comic book series ‘V for vendetta’, then in the film adaptation in 2005 and now it’s a popular symbol with the cyber terrorist group ‘Anonymous’. In the film adaptation of ‘V for vendetta’ the mask is used to conceal the true identity of the protagonist V. During one of the last scenes of the film, V is choking Mr. Creedy and he says to him “Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.”. This clearly shows us that V doesn’t want to be remember as a man, as men die, but he wants to be remembered as an idea, as ideas can last forever.

Primarily, Foster’s statement in chapter 11 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor that “Violence in literature, though, while it is literal, is usually something else” applies directly to the movie V for Vendetta as it mixes in multitudinous acts of symbolic violence within the plot [Foster 88]. Following his initial encounter with Evey, V explodes a building named “Old Bailey” in a spectacular array of fireworks and music. On the surface, this may just seem like V being his typical, cataclysmic self; however, upon more intense inspection, the detonation of “Old Bailey” reveals itself to be more than just that - V indicates at this deeper meaning himself when he describes that “blowing up a building can change the world” [McTeigue V for Vendetta]. The building itself was a symbol of power and stability for the oppressive, ruling governance; when exploded, it represented the initial downfall of this stability that would eventually lead to the complete takeover by the common populace by the end of the movie. In the novel Animal Farm, the Windmill was representative of all of the successes of the newly-founded and self-proclaimed “underestimated” Animal Farm (a representation of Russia after the Communist

The film is about a masked man called V who is against an unjust government and hypocritical society. He is on a mission to change things by bringing down the government and empower the citizens. He first meets Evey when he recues her from government agents who wanted to rape her. He takes her to the symbol of Lady Justice statue from where V blows up the building. In a broadcast message, V urges people to turn against the government. He reminds them that justice, fairness and freedom were more than words and that ‘people shouldn’t fear government; government should fear them instead.’ He talks about how government uses lies and manipulation of the media to perpetuate injustice and

In the film V for Vendetta, the director, James McTeigue uses symbolism, costume and dialogue to emphasise the idea of everybody having a right to individuality, and the right - and duty – to resist forced conformism.

“On each landing… the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall,” (pg 1). I think this quote explains fear or dictatorship. “Any sound Winston made… would be picked up by it… [and] he could be seen as well as heard,” (pg 3).This quote is explaining how whatever you say may always be heard and how a personal life is no longer personal. “You had to live –did live, from habit that became instinct –in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and,except in darkness, every moves scrutinized,” (pg 3). This quote explains how living in by fear or saying anything these days will be heard whether believed or not.

In the 2005 film, “V for Vendetta”, McTeigue strategically uses mirrors to quietly echo the desire to expose the truth of a totalitarian government.  V, a heroic, masked vigilante, takes it upon himself to plot the demise of a fascist British government.  Evey emerges as V’s unlikely accomplice in his plot to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.  Although Evey eventually becomes a fighting force, she begins the film as an obedient, and most importantly, a fearful citizen of her tyrannical government.  In the opening scene of the film, McTeigue introduces both V and Evey seated in front of mirrors. In the way the McTeigue films the scene, it actually appears as if Evey and V sit on opposite sides of the same mirror.  If the mirror represents the truth, then Evey and V are also sitting on opposite sides of the same truth: the truth that the society they live in is based on lies and must be

The film 'V for Vendetta' directed by James McTeigue addresses the idea of governmental authority and control in our society. One key scene where this is portrayed is in the opening, where Evey goes out to visit Gordon Deitrich after curfew. The futuristic landscape of a totalitarian England is displayed here, where the oppressive party in power have created a culture of fear to ensure the conformity of the citizens. However, in contrast, the final scene of the film where a crowd converges to watch Parliament blow up, illustrates a further idea. That when united, it is the people who have the power to change their society, through rebellion and political uprising.

2a) Describe the differences between the fascist Norsefire government’s and V’s anarchist view of a “healthy country.” How do Norsefire and V define the role of the government and the role of the citizen differently?

In the movie V (Hugo Weaving) sets out to destroy the current government: the Fascist Norsefire party (“the party”) and ruled by the chancellor (John Hurt). Almost the entire world population have been destroyed by war, and the St. Mary's virus leaving very few people alive and taken care of. In the United Kingdom the Norsefire party control their people by gaining power from fear of the citizens. Therefore, they have the power to rule anyway they see fit and anyone opposing them

To continue, V for Vendetta was Allan Moore 's response to what he witnessed as a corrupt government under the rein of the late Margaret Thatcher. V for Vendetta is a graphic novel that demonstrates what would happen if humans fully committed themselves to the social contract, the law of nature, as illustrated by Thomas Hobbes. V for Vendetta is set in a

In the film, V for Vendetta, V’s activity outlines the historical backdrop of Guy Fawkes’ bulletproof idea, leading to the acts of violence that attempted to achieve the ultimate end goal: all for the good of the people. By following Kant’s terms, V is considered a guardian of the unthinking

It’s a title with a strong letter used as somewhat like a alliteration to exaggerate the ideas within this film, ‘V for Vendetta’, directed by James McTeigue, this defines what the true meaning of injustice which seems to be over exaggerated through action, sci-fi and thriller scenes. ‘V for Vendetta’ is a type of film where in a future, where there was a British tyranny or corruption in the government, a shadowy freedom fighter plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman. This film shows the message of the best advice is to stop fighting it and embrace the fact that you have been given an opportunity if you chose to view it with a different set of eyes. And yet there will be many who miss this opportunity as they feel a false sense of security operating in the belief systems that harbor fear, anger and hate rather than letting go to face the very emotions that enslave them.This film uses fancy quotes or catch phrases, with a strong act of violence in acting around the main character(s), especially the protagonist ‘V’ and to the eventuality, ‘Evey’ at the end of the story. Special effects and the fanatical costume visuals (with the famous Guy Fawkes mask) all is used intently to make the audience with a tint of exhilarance, to make them think, what does this mean? What is the idea that V is trying to show in injustice? Through elements found in the film I’ve found that,......