“It’s a quotation. A motto… ‘Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.’ By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe,” explained V during Evey’s first tour of the Shadow Gallery (Moore, et al. 43). In V for Vendetta, a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd, a masked man destabilizes a totalitarian Britain in the post-nuclear world. V, the masked man, influenced multiple lives as he spread his message of freedom in society that was constantly monitored by the multiple sections of the government. In the end, V risked the ruins of Britain in order for people to possess the chance of creating a world for individual liberties. Typically, most archetypical works of literature contain protagonists that behave
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Initially, Evey was presented as a youthful, innocent child with her noticeably blonde and childlike hair style. After first arriving at the Shadow Gallery once she was saved by V from the fingermen, Evey was complacent with being dependent on other male figures to save. Essentially, she was trapped in her own prison created by the authoritarian system that she lived in and that stopped her from truly living. In order to free Evey, V constructed an elaborate performance that had Evey undergo many physical and mental tortures including removing her hair, which essentially removed her previous, youthful identity. This extremism allowed her to change and she gained personal freedom when she found her truth: integrity, the one thing that no one could take from her. This discovery was associated with Evey’s rebirth on a stormy night cast in a blue shade when she threw her arms above her head and unintentionally created the shape of a “v”. The shape symbolized that she finally achieved victory after gaining her liberation from the authoritarian system that acted as a prison for society. The rain symbolized her cleansing when she was exposed to the truth and she was reborn anew. Additionally, Evey’s transformation to the color blue in that scene signified that she had discovered the truth which was similar to V who was always cast in a shade of blue. Through that experience, Evey gained the freedom to make her own choices with V’s help. Evey understanding of truth was the similar, yet distinctive compared to V regarding the betterment of humanity and thought, “The door is open. They can leave or fall instead to squabbling and thence new slaveries. The choice is theirs, as ever it must be. I will not lead them, but I’ll help them create where I’ll not help them kill” (Moore, et al. 260). After V’s death, Evey chose to stay and assume
Initially, Evey was presented as a youthful, innocent child with her noticeably blonde and childlike hair style. After first arriving at the Shadow Gallery once she was saved by V from the fingermen, Evey was complacent with being dependent on other male figures to save. Essentially, she was trapped in her own prison created by the authoritarian system that she lived in and that stopped her from truly living. In order to free Evey, V constructed an elaborate performance that had Evey undergo many physical and mental tortures including removing her hair, which essentially removed her previous, youthful identity. This extremism allowed her to change and she gained personal freedom when she found her truth: integrity, the one thing that no one could take from her. This discovery was associated with Evey’s rebirth on a stormy night cast in a blue shade when she threw her arms above her head and unintentionally created the shape of a “v”. The shape symbolized that she finally achieved victory after gaining her liberation from the authoritarian system that acted as a prison for society. The rain symbolized her cleansing when she was exposed to the truth and she was reborn anew. Additionally, Evey’s transformation to the color blue in that scene signified that she had discovered the truth which was similar to V who was always cast in a shade of blue. Through that experience, Evey gained the freedom to make her own choices with V’s help. Evey understanding of truth was the similar, yet distinctive compared to V regarding the betterment of humanity and thought, “The door is open. They can leave or fall instead to squabbling and thence new slaveries. The choice is theirs, as ever it must be. I will not lead them, but I’ll help them create where I’ll not help them kill” (Moore, et al. 260). After V’s death, Evey chose to stay and assume