Hero or Vigilante?
In V for Vendetta, the character V is very controversial. V saves several people from their grim lives, destroying the corrupt government and liberating the people. However, along the way he kills to reach his goal. Rather than a hero, V seems to be a vigilante, however moral his actions may seem. Put more
Everything V does seems to be part of a grand scheme, but one can argue that along the way he is a hero to several people, such as Evey and even Dr. Surridge. After V rescues Evey he tells her “Just trust me, Evey, and we can wipe it all away. All the pain. All the cruelty. The bereavement. We can start again.” (29/2). Evey was young when she was left alone in the world, and when V rescues her from the fingermen she is able to start
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However, he is not afraid to use threats, such as when he tells the public “You will be granted two years to show me some improvement in your work. If at the end of that time you are still unwilling to make a go of it… You’re fired.” (117/7 and 118/1). V implies that if things do not change, he will take drastic measures to ensure they do. V may have been like Evey at one point, unwilling to kill. Yet his humanity was stripped from him in the Larkhill Resettlement Camp. His situation can be compared to that of the Joker and Batman. It can be admitted that “while there are good reasons to kill the Joker, in terms of innocent lives saved, there are also good reasons not to kill him, based on what killing him would mean about Batman and his motives, mission, and character.” (Source C). By killing people, V is becoming less of a human. V knows this about himself and welcomes his role, saying that “Destroyers topple empires [to] make a canvas of clean rubble where creators can then build a better world.” (221/1). After V has completed his plan, he leaves Evey to become the new leader; someone kind and not tainted by