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Masks To Use The Mask In V For Vendetta

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In the dead of night, the cold air of Britain's coastal saltwater engulfs the dead of silent city, all the while a curfew is put into place by the government due to, “terrorist activities” and are told to wear a yellow coat if they must go out, however a young woman chooses to go out to see her grandmother, however forgets to wear a yellow jacket and walks into a narrow dark alleyway. While in the alleyway she finds that two thugs that work for the government chose to make some bad decisions and do things that they shouldn't. This is where the main hero comes in to save the “damsel in distress.” This man is in all black and can only be seen by his mask, this one of the beginning scenes of the story. When looking at the movie, “V For Vendetta” …show more content…

The mask to start off has a mustache and also a goatee along with rosy cheeks and colored lips, (There are also several other types of this mask that are used but this is the original one.) The main question is why is this the choice of V’s to use this mask specifically, the reason is because of opening of the movie. The man who is hanged at the beginning of the movie is a man called, “Guy Fawkes” and this is the man whose face is the reason for looking the way it does. It's based off of him! The reason for this is because of who he was. The article posted by Electric Lit said that, “A fellow named Robert Catesby was the chief mind behind the Gunpowder plot, but it is Guy Fawkes everyone remembers. He was found on November 5, 1605 in a cellar beneath the Houses of Parliament with thirty-six barrels of gunpowder.” The reason for this was that the same reason for what is happening in V’s situation and it is that an overpowered government is running it through oppression and fear. Due to this a group of rebels chose to do something and blowing up the parliament, however as history has shown that this didn't go as planned and ended up with Guy Fawkes was hanged. The other things that is said that, “But the bang never came. Guy Fawkes, insisting his name was John Johnson, was found and taken to the Tower of London. For Fawkes to …show more content…

Not only because of him choosing to risk it all for what he believed in but also because of due to him being caught the people of Britain found more and more of the truth about their government due to him being tortured and all of the shady aspects of the actions being taken. Caused most civilians to see this and act upon it. There's even a holiday in some places called “Gunpowder Day” The web site Days Of The Year has some information about this holiday and gives the backstory about Guys Fawkes that was said before. But it also talks about the date this is celebrated, “November 5th.” It's even said that, “On Gunpowder Day, families construct an effigy of Guy Fawkes to be burned on a bonfire that evening. Fireworks are also set off to add to the celebrations.” All of this was able to happen because of the actions of one who chose to stand up for what he believes in and to fight back, that caused others to follow and become the icon that is the mask that V’s clearly uses as a

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