V for Vendetta
Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder, treason, and plot.
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Key words
- Satire: a humorous way of criticizing people or ideas to show that they have faults or are wrong
The play is a satire on corporate culture.
- Tyranny: government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly
This, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny.
- Iconic: very famous or popular, especially being considered to represent particular opinions or a particular time
Scenes of Parisians dancing in the streets remain iconic images from World War II.
- Plot: a secret plan made by several people to do something that is wrong, harmful, or not legal, especially to do damage to a person or a government
The police have foiled a plot to assassinate the president.
- Effigy: a model or other object that represents someone, especially one of a hated person that is hanged or burned in a public place
Crowds marched through the streets carrying burning effigies of the president.
Read the article to find the answers
- What has Alan Moore been called?
- Who was the iconic mask worn by V based on?
- Who did Guy Fawkes try to blow up?
- What did children used to make for Bonfire Night?
Alan Moore
Alan Moore is an English author best known for his comic books V for Vendetta and From Hell, and has been called the best writer in the history of comic books. His characters are widely known throughout the world. A film adaptation of Moore's V for Vendetta was released in 2005. Moore was quoted as saying that the comic book was:
"specifically about things like fascism and anarchy. Those words, 'fascism' and 'anarchy', appear nowhere in the movie. It's been turned into movie by people too scared to set a political satire in their own country."