V for Vendetta

The film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue is a dark thriller set in futuristic, totalitarian Britain. V for Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey who is rescued from a life and death situation by a masked vigilante known only as "V." McTeigue uses a wide variety of film techniques to help express thought and emotion of the characters. In the opening scene of ‘V for Vendetta’ McTeigue establishes the setting to be an oppressive, totalitarian society in need for change, McTeigue introduces how an individual being to do this. Prothero is seen in the opening scene on both Evey and V’s television set, both listening to his ‘rant’ in the back ground. Several techniques are used to express the amount of power…

Alan Moore's ¨V for Vendetta" conceptualizes V as a insane anarchist that wants to destroy UK's fascist government, he despises the totalitarian government and its authoritative leader. The author perceives parallels between the dystopia created in his story and the world today, V's mask symbolizes political resistance; its a method to protest for minor objections. Alan Moore believes that V is a inspiration to modern activism, he serves as a multipurpose iconic character that destroys ruling…

I chose to read the graphic narratives by Alan Moore- The Watchmen and V for Vendetta. I also went ahead and chose to view the film of V for Vendetta. Both of these novels are written by the notorious Alan Moore and share some similar themes and style. Alan Moore is an iconic comic-book writer from the 1980s. Some would say he changed the way the world views superheroes (Marchese 1). Some major themes that both stories share would be monsters inside of us and freedom and anarchy. The central…

analyze the comic V for vendetta. In other words, in order to understand how identity can be constructed through ideals and…

dream bigger, crawling under the skin of the system they do not find legitimate. Two protagonists, Christoper McCandless aka Alexander Supertamp from Into the Wild and V from V for Vendetta take both approaches respectfully,…

Dystopia of V for Vendetta and Pleasentville There are always a place in people’s mind that are the “perfect world” to them, which is call Utopia, and there are also a place in people’s mind that is the world they are scare to live in, which is call dystopia. The movies, V for Vendetta and Pleasentvilleare are both example of dystopia, showing the strong government that is in contorl of the city/ or country. The feeling of dystopia are shown lots more stronger in the movie V for Vendetta,…

“Anarchy wears two faces, both creator and destroyer” (Moore & Lloyd 222). V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd depicts a dystopic society with a fascist government that condones discrimination against minorities. “V” for Vendetta has an antihero who is an anarchy and believes in non-chaotic self-governing and justice among a society. “V” needs change in the totalitarian government that needs full control of the civilians in England, therefore he molds a young teenage girl named Evey…

“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…

Year 11 English – V for Vendetta People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. This is a quote taken from the film V for Vendetta, a dystopian film that raises some relevant points about contemporary issues and societal norms. In this presentation, I will be showing examples of how the message of this dystopic film has been communicated through representation of characters, camera angles, and plot. Set against the backdrop of a totalitarian…

V For Vendetta, a film directed by James McTeigue based on the graphic novel series by David Moore and David Lloyd share many similarities with Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Both of the works have common themes of vigilantism, rhetoric and power struggles, as well as betrayal, yet rhetoric and power is the theme of the most substance. There are many parallels between the characters of both medias. In both works, there is a sense of an all powerful ruler coming into power on terms not…