Describe the opening scene of the visual text. Explain how it helped you understand what the text was about using examples of the visual and oral language features to support your ideas. In the film‚ V for Vendetta‚ directed by James McTeigue‚ the opening scenes helped me to understand what the text was going to be about. The film opens with voiceover dialogue by Evey‚ the film’s female protagonist. Evey delivers the infamous Guy Fawkes poem ‘Remember‚ remember the fifth of November‚ the gunpowder
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Essay plan P1 – The application of signifying systems allows the audience to relate to the information we gather that isn’t visually represented and allows V’s character to appear more real. “A sign is anything we can see or hear or feel that refers to something we can’t – usually something absent or abstract.” V for Vendetta employs this method of signifying systems and permits the audience to interpret various signs and symbols that manifest the motives and ideals of V’s character. An example
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Most movies tell a story that captivate and allow thoughts to stray to a specific time and place.V for Vendetta differs from most films in its ability to not only create an image‚ but boggle the minds of those watching. This film takes one to an imaginary setting that enthrallingly portrays an idea that has been seen throughout history: revolution. This movie is based off of novels written by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Unlike historical events‚ this storyline takes place in futuristic Britain
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character of and individual. When an individual takes this personality trait so serious they could do many good or bad things that could influence the way of thinking and behaviours of many other individuals. In the movie “V for Vendetta” by David Lloyd‚ the protagonist V is described as an elegant‚ a vast literary‚ cultural‚ philosophical intellect and ruthless man who becomes an emblem of freedom and security for the people of London where the movie takes place. In this movie it is shown how
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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are both undoubtedly two of the most well known and written about philosophers of all time. However‚ their theories and ideas on what society is‚ and what society should be should be differ drastically making them different as night and day. Thomas Hobbes had a rather dark view of society and the people in it‚ likely due to the political and civil unrest that he had experienced. This caused him to see humans as inherently hostile and that we are generally incapable
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British political philosopher Thomas Hobbes‚ through his renowned Leviathan‚ describes the “natural state” human beings would be in‚ out of an environment that lacked political rule (Cahn‚ 2005: 283). According to Williams‚ Hobbes believes “political authority is artificial” because the concept of governance is created by mankind thus the “natural condition of human beings lack[s] government” (Williams‚ 2003)‚ he further states that the only form of authority that exists naturally is between a mother
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Change in “V for Vendetta” Juxtaposed With Change in “Ode on a Grecian Urn” Alan Moore published the first part of “V for Vendetta” in 1982 and the second part in 1983. The novel takes place in dystopian England in the year 1997. Many different plots and characters inhabit the tale’s world‚ but the two protagonists consist of V‚ an anarchist revolutionary with a strong vendetta against the current fascist government‚ and Evey Hammond‚ a sixteen-year-old girl that V takes under his wing and educated
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Movie Review V for Vendetta James Curry Northwest Oklahoma State University The movie is based in the future. The government has obvious control over all the civilians in London. There are cameras and speakers on the streets of the city. The government uses a totalitarian type of government. One man is in control of all the people‚ the Chancellor. The main character‚ V‚ has vengeance on his mind when he first meets Evey. He has a clear view of what the government is actually doing to all the
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V: The New and Improved Fawkes On November 5th‚ 1605‚ the people of London celebrated the escape of their king from an attempted bombing called The Gunpowder Plot. A man named Guy Fawkes was in charge of the gunpowder stocked underneath the House of Parliament. Fawkes and his allies tried to destroy the government by destroying Parliament and the King because they did not agree with the views. Fawkes was found‚ questioned‚ and hanged. In the movie version of the comic V for Vendetta a freedom fighter
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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who was lived from 1588-1679. He attended Oxford University where he studied classics. His occupation was a tutor‚ but he also traveled around Europe to meet with scientists and to study different forms of government. He became interested in why people allowed themselves to be ruled‚ and what would be the best form of government for England. Thomas Hobbes was the first great figure in modern moral philosophy. Hobbes had a pessimistic view of people; he
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