How fear is portrayed in the film V for Vendetta Peering out the top window‚ you would see them coming. Five men dressed in black from head to toe. Carrying huge clubs and guns. First you’d hear it‚ the CRASH and THUMP of the door as it was knocked violently to the ground. “Search the house!” The leader of the five would hiss. Thick steel boots would tramp up the stairs and into your room. You would be sick with fear‚ Frozen to the spot. The other men would silently move into place behind their
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V For Vendetta. Dir. James McTeigue Prod. Grant Hill‚ Andy Wachowski ‚Larry Wachowski‚Joel Silver Perf. Natalie Portman‚ Hugo Weaving‚ Stephen Rea.2005 DVD Warner Brothers Film Project Spring 2013 Word Count:1‚584 Annotation: In a near future the world takes a complete turnaround. Full with disease‚ war‚ and an economic meltdown a repressive totalitarian government starts to take over Great Britain. But‚ there is one man who will not let this happen. “V” a man who
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V for Vendetta March 8th 2012 Locke’s theory was that man is by nature a social animal. In the state of nature men mostly kept their promises and honoured their obligations‚ and though insecure‚ it was mostly peaceful‚ good and pleasant. Humans know the difference between right and wrong‚ and are capable of knowing what is lawful and unlawful well enough to resolve conflicts. They are capable of telling the difference of whats theirs and what belongs someone else. Regrettably they do not always
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Fulton 1 V for Valor 2.6 million troops served for the United States during the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1973‚ and not one of them got the homecoming they deserved. Many returning from Vietnam were stereotyped during the war concerning alcoholism and drug use‚ and countless numbers of veterans carry unseen physical and emotional scars from their time in Vietnam (Thompson‚ After Vietnam‚ veterans fought battles at home). Due to the realization of importance and the incredible support and gratitude
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In Canada‚ we are privileged to have a lot of rights that benefit us. In the movie‚ V for Vendetta they are not as fortunate as we are. There are many examples to prove that they didn’t have many rights as we do. To begin with‚ we have equality rights; everyone gets treated the same. Homosexuality is allowed and gets treated fairly. In the movie‚ those that were a part of the gay/lesbian community were sent to concentration camps or jails. When they were taken there‚ the people tortured them
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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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George Simmel In The Philosophy of Money‚ Simmel assesses the impact of the money economy on the inner world of individuals and the objective culture as a whole. In his writings he contends that man is an exchanging animal‚ and money is the most flexible of all exchanges. Man may do what he desires to do‚ and his work or labor is then converted into money. This allows him to work at whatever trade he chooses. Money becomes a bridge between people and objects. He says‚ money drives a wedge between
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the ideal king? Henry V’s qualities as an ideal king are represented significantly in both his speech of “The Gates of Harfleur” and “Before the gates of Harfleur‚ Addressing the governor”. In both of these speeches Shakespeare has portrayed Henry V with a king like nature‚ conveying that possess the unique qualities that is needed to be successful king. In the first speech he evens the social status‚ exclaiming that he is too a soldier and together the war will be won. The speech outside the gates
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Verily‚ this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose so let me simply add that it’s my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V” (V for Vendetta). Poetic and heroic is the hero of this epic. What is an epic? An epic is usually a long narrative on an immense or serious topic‚ and centered on a hero whose actions alter the fate of a large group like a nation. V for Vendetta‚ a story of a single man who tries to shape this history of a nation threw what some would call terrorist actions. To others
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the movie V for Vendetta is that‚ “V for Vendetta” takes place in a futuristic‚ totalitarian Great Britain that is filled with torture cells‚ unfair punishments‚ and prejudice against minorities. However in the mist of all this chaos‚ one man known only by the name V dares to stand up to the government and is labeled as a terrorist. One night V rescues a mild young woman called Evey Hammond and an unlikely bond between the two emerges which results with Evey becoming Vs ally. But though V may be charismatic
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