V for Vendetta
Unfortunately, I saw the movie before I read the book V for Vendetta by Steve Moore. Though then movie wasn’t phenomenal, the book so far is quite good. Though I haven’t read much of it, I must say that I really enjoy how the book is a series of comic books. It reminds me alot of the books Maus and Maus II, which i read few years ago.
The character of V, is perhaps one of the best characters in any book I have ever read. I love the fact that his mask is that of Guy Fawkes, a man who tried to blow up parliament in the 1600s, and that he wears all black. The fact that he is mysterious adds so much more to the book. Also, every name, every character, actually everything, is connected. Such as the name Evey and V. For example, “Evey’s name is composed of “E”, the fifth letter of the alphabet (5 in Roman numerals is V), “V”, and “Y”, the 25th letter of the alphabet, 25 is the square of 5 - see above for roman numeral of 5 being V etc. The three Vs may be a hint at her eventual succession of V. “ Of course, I wouldn’t have realized this without Wikipedia, but still, It’s rather interesting. I look forward to reading this book.
October 22nd, 2006 at 8:54 pm
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October 23rd, 2006 at 9:08 am
[…] Norma chose V for Vendetta, which has a very strong connection to The Scottish Play. Not only does the plot loosely follow that of the Gunpowder Plot, but one of the main characters quotes TSP pretty often. I love the fact that his mask is that of Guy Fawkes, a man who tried to blow up parliament in the 1600s, and that he wears all black. The fact that he is mysterious adds so much more to the book. […]
October 29th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
I think that there is something attractive about an intellectual gunslinger, a poet warrior. V proves himself through out the movie to be a man of violence, he kills many through out the course of the film. V claims to do these murderous acts in the name of freedom and liberty. At one point in the film (I have not read the book), V quotes Hamlet, using Polonius’ lines saying: “We are oft to blame in this, ‘Tis too much proved that with devotion’s visage, And pious action we do sugar o’er, The devil himself.” V, by qouting Hamlet, talks about this idea how men act like they are doing the will of God to cover their own evil deeds. I think alot of what the viewer (and reader) of “V for Vendetta” has to ask themselves the same question; is what V is doing right or wrong? Is murder justifited in the name of liberty? Is V pious, or is he like the devil himself?