Power In V For Vendetta

“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people”. In the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue, the mask which is worn by V and later many others, pushes the idea that if one believes the government has too much power over society, they should work to demote it. V was tortured for years at a place called Larkhill by doctors and scientists that worked for the government and tested subjects who the authorities view as unwanted or unfavorable. Most of the innocent patients died, but V was gifted with extreme strength and reflexes which he would later use the next 10 years to muster up a plan to blow up the Old Bailey while simultaneously turning the people against it and the people in charge. V rescues a young woman named Evey from “Fingerman”, …show more content…
Director James McTeigue portrayed a strong main character who’s disgust with the government and it’s corrupt officials push him to follow in the footsteps of Guy Fawkes, a young radical man who failed to complete his plan to collapse parliament. V, the main character, expresses that ideas are bulletproof and he cannot be taken down by opposing forces. V never takes his mask off not only because he is permanently scarred from him burning Larkhill down, but also because he will be remembered by the mask, not the face beneath it. He is also not the only one wearing a mask, for Evey and Gordon wear figurative masks whether it be physical appearance, hiding family history that was made painful by the government, or one's sexuality. Lastly, the mask showed the unity throughout the people of England when they all wore it to show their distaste in the government. It took V and his mask to make them all revolt. In this film, the prevalent mask provides support to the theme of one loathing the government for immoral and wrongful behavior and standing up to