The inception of an idea can have powerful effects when used in the aggregate population of people. An idea is a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action, and which can be spread from the minds of many. It can be resurrected from a previous age, or be created from a whim. In the film “V for Vendetta” the main protagonist V, resurrects ideas from a 400-year-old rebellious figure, also known as Guy Fawkes. He uses these idea’s to plant anarchy in the city of England so they could overthrow Norsefire, which is a party symbolic to a Nazi Regime. The plot in the film shows various symbols to have the viewer interpret for him or herself. The protagonist’s “Fawkesian” mask, his single lettered name, and the movie he watches within the …show more content…
When V meets the secondary protagonist “Evey”, he calls himself a villain. “Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate” (James McTeigue, V for Vendetta). Symbolic to Guy Fawkes, he was also known as a villain to the Church of England and King James. V’s name is also symbolic to the Larkhill Concentration Camp. The cell V was placed in had a roman numeral “V” as in 5. By having this on his cell, he names himself as a character to what Larkhill labeled his cell, and quoted many times through the movie, of what Larkhill created within that cell. He prevailed and escaped the facility, burned it down, and now uses his motives for revenge from the creators of Larkhill. He carries the burden of everyone dying, including Valerie, a lesbian that was also condemned to the Larkhill Concentration camp, in which V idolizes throughout the movie. Valerie was placed in cell 4, right next to V’s cell. As before she died, she wrote a note to the cell next to her, not knowing whom it was, but passed on her beliefs to V. The letter showed V that Valerie was not afraid of dying for her beliefs. The terrible happenings within Larkhill, from the experiments and tests, to the torturous environment, V’s name symbolizes strength and …show more content…
V transforms a part of his living quarters into a makeshift Concentration Camp. He abducts Evey and puts her in a cell. The reason for this charade V created was to incite the very beliefs he had throughout the movie onto Evey. He also wanted her to become fearless, as she once said was her weakness. He slipped her the note that Valerie once slipped V, which incited a psychological transformation within her mind, and in the conclusion of the movie, Evey becomes V’s