http://mangolove.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/20/v-for-vendetta/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:58:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 http://mangolove.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/20/v-for-vendetta/#comment-7 raisondetre Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:09:42 +0000 http://mangolove.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/20/v-for-vendetta/#comment-7 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? 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?

]]> http://mangolove.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/20/v-for-vendetta/#comment-6 When the hurly-burly's done » Highlights Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:08:11 +0000 http://mangolove.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/20/v-for-vendetta/#comment-6 [...] 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. [...] […] 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. […]

]]> http://mangolove.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/20/v-for-vendetta/#comment-5 When the hurly-burly's done » Outside Reading Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:54:04 +0000 http://mangolove.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/20/v-for-vendetta/#comment-5 [...] Night Noel, Lula, Lizzy, Scott, Lexi, Cindy, Dan, Matt, Ali, Brayden, Ali The Kite Runner Vice-Captain, Jon, Kristina, Jeff, Mayflower Joe, Lauren The Scarlet Letter Regina, Anna, Julia, JJ Under the Banner of Heaven Lucy, Patty The Crucible Mark, Ryan, Basel, Ryan, Anthony Terrorist Heather, Melody, Eliza American Jezebel The Captain V for Vendetta Mike, Norma, Sarah, David, Juan A Problem from Hell Mason [...] […] Night Noel, Lula, Lizzy, Scott, Lexi, Cindy, Dan, Matt, Ali, Brayden, Ali The Kite Runner Vice-Captain, Jon, Kristina, Jeff, Mayflower Joe, Lauren The Scarlet Letter Regina, Anna, Julia, JJ Under the Banner of Heaven Lucy, Patty The Crucible Mark, Ryan, Basel, Ryan, Anthony Terrorist Heather, Melody, Eliza American Jezebel The Captain V for Vendetta Mike, Norma, Sarah, David, Juan A Problem from Hell Mason […]

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