treatment in his country by going against the government.Totalitarian government is also shown in the film ‘V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue which is about a masked vigilante named “V” who also battles against the unjust treatment of his government in hopes to be anarchy free so he can free the people of the totalitarian government.Both of these works have a theme of good vs. evil through
In the novel 1984 and the film “V for Vendetta”, the protagonist for both stories are captured while performing various acts of rebellion against the totalitarian government, of which is controlling their city. In punishment, the government tortures them with harsh, inhumane methods that are similar to those used in dictatorships during the 1900s like the USSR under Stalin’s rule. However, both protagonists are tortured by different sides, and by people from completely opposite ends of the political
Remembering the Holocaust in The Hunger Games (2012), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and V for Vendetta (2005) In Western culture, the Holocaust has developed into a paradigm of modern dangers surrounding racism, bureaucracy and patriotism (Ebbrecht 86). The Holocaust is remembered in popular cinema and portrayed in modern films such as The Hunger Games (2012), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and V for Vendetta (2005) when they base their plots on the idea of targeting a selective group for death. Although
Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta explores the theme of the power of symbols used for good and evil. A totalitarian government rules England and use their symbols to manipulate society into thinking they are safe. A vigilante named V use symbols to express his ideas. The novel shows how the oppression by one series of symbols is fought by the emancipation of an opposing set of symbols. Here words speak louder than actions. It is the friction between the two sets of symbols that sparks the rebellion against
and fighting over how much control the government should have. This novel is the embodiment of this very concept. Conspiracy theories are dramatized within this story. V and Evey are the parallel characters within the plot. They stand out as symbols within the story as innocence and vengeance. In “V for Vendetta” Alan Moore uses V and Evey as a symbol for rebirth from destruction. The oppression is evident and the destruction is a means to bring down the system that is failing. Anarchy is believed
through the use of light beaming down from the lord. (Macbeth - William Shakespear/Justin Kurzel , n.d.) Directed by Francis Lawrence, Mokingjay part 2 closely relates to the connecting themes through all four of my films being individuality is the enemy and living behind a false persona. The overarching theme seen in this film is the idea of ‘individuality is the enemy’ this has been widely demonstrated by the main character Katniss Everdeen, played by Jenifer Lawrence. The idea of Katniss being
The influence of Dreams, Visions and Hallucinations in Macbeth and other Literary Texts “The realities of the world affected me as visions, and as visions only, while the wild ideas of the land of dreams became, in turn,—not the material of my every-day existence--but in very deed that existence utterly and solely in itself.” ---- Edgar Allan Poe Uncanny encounters with visions and hallucinations blur the presumed constraints of time and space. The ‘phantasms’ or sensory impressions
cleansing and justifying instrument to rid Denmark of its evil influences. The ghost is the deceased King Hamlet, who dies an untimely and unnatural death at the hands of his own brother Claudius, who pours poison down the King’s ear. In literature, the presence of a ghost usually means that an issue is unresolved and needs to be corrected, and in Hamlet, the dead King returns to have Claudius punished and purge Denmark of the intrinsic evil that corrupts it. The issue, an act of fratricide, is so
Surveillance has been a popular theme used by the entertainment industry in the last two decades. Films like the Bourne film series (2002-2012), Equilibrium (2002), V for Vendetta (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), The Hunger Games film series (2012-2015) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) each use and play with this sense that the world is being watched by mysterious, dangerous, and clandestine men in black. Reality television programming, including shows like Big Brother