"Remember‚ remember‚ the Fifth of November‚ the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot." V for Vendetta‚ directed by James McTeigue‚ opens with this quote‚ briefly describing the history of Guy Fawkes and his plan to overthrow a tyrannical government‚ a plan which the protagonist seems to follow in London some 400 years later. This film‚ while of course is meant to entertain as most films do‚ is also given the role of sending a message.
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V for Vendetta Character Analysis In the movie V for Vendetta‚ the character Evey Hammond undergoes a drastic change in character throughout the film. In the film she transforms from an innocent citizen of a corrupt government to a rebellious assistant of “V”. Her character plays a huge roll on V’s character change as well. During the beginning of the movie Evey is shown as an innocent woman disgusted with the topics being discussed on her TV. Evey does not speak about her views because
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This fellow is a Guy Fawkes masked avenger lives in a dystopian world where post-apocalyptic terror led to the reform of the government to a new fascist reign. Seemingly‚ George Orwell presents in his book 1984 a fictitious character known as Goldstein. This persona is depicted as the leader of a mysterious anti-party organization named “The Brotherhood” by the totalitarian regime called the Party. These two personages are meaningfully the representation
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In the story ‚V for Vendetta‚ it made me open my eyes to who and what’s around me in the world. Everyone has their own different personality and traits. Throughout life we meet thousands of new people every year but‚ the one thing that I notice was how people express their emotions or love in different ways. I compared this story to a personal reflection of how I read two characters‚ V and Evey. Both characters tend to show their love but in different ways. While reading the story you can tell
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Two Terrifying Tales: Comparing Animal Farm and 1984 Imagine this. In a magical world‚ you can pay an author a sum of money‚ and be transported into the realm of one of his or her books. How wonderful would that be? However‚ I imagine that if you thought long enough‚ there would certainly be some books that you might not want to be transported into. Then there are those books that no one would ever‚ in a thousand years‚ want to be personally involved in‚ even for a second. In such a world‚ I imagine
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inevitably and undeniably use it to force the people of their nation into classes. The corruption of communism is present in both 1984 and Animal Farm‚ but the differences lie in the speech and the characters‚ as 1984 follows mindful civilians and Animal Farm has only mindless and dormant followers. The primary principles of the communist and utopian societies proposed in both 1984 and Animal Farm are dependent upon the war in the stories. The general public is promised a major victory in return for their
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During class we watched the movie V for Vendetta. While watching the movie we needed to answer the questions‚ “What is the media’s role in the movie” and “Are there parallels between the society in the movie and our society.” The media’s role is to report what the government tells them to report. They spin things to look how the government wants it to. For example‚ after V blows up the old bailey building they report it as an emergency demolition because the building was dangerous and that they
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1984 vs. the US Constitution In George Orwell’s dystopian novel "1984‚" portrays a totalitarian government‚ emphasizing the difference between the ideas of the United States Constitution and the oppressive government shown in the book. As we look into the parallels between the two‚ it becomes clear that the government in "1984" openly violates the essential rights established in the US Bill of Rights. The government in "1984" violates the essential liberties protected by the US Constitution by using
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V For Vendetta is a fictional movie following a fascist government in London. The main character‚ V finds himself fighting back for what is right using terrorist tactics‚ alongside his army of civilians. The government continues to overpower the people of London so V thinks the only way to stop them‚ is to destroy them. He says the powerful statement “People should not be afraid of their government‚ the government should be afraid of the people.” This sparks the plot so V stands up for the innocent
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are government approved activities. Yet with all this going on around them the people do nothing. They stubbornly refuse to fight for change because it would cause them to face the problems of their world. Even after being saved from certain death by V‚ Evey still struggles with getting rid of her shroud. As she explained‚ “I.. I think I do. I mean‚ part of me just wants to stay in here forever and never have to go outside and face what’s going on. But that’s not right‚ is it? That’s not taking responsibility
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