Allusions in V for Vendetta

Mein Kamph

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Uncle tom's cabin

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faust

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transubstantiation

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If job could bear his dissapointments

Job is a prophet who went through many shitty things but "bore" them. The bishop says this sarcastically as it is obvious that not having a young girl is only a minor problem for he lives a happy luxurious life. "If Job could bear his disappointments, I suppose I must have the good grace to likewise bear mine." when he discovers that the girl that has been ordered for him is a little too old for his taste. Job was a prophet who endures a great deal of hardship, survives, and is rewarded by God. When the pedophilic bishop makes a sarcastic reference to this, it becomes evident that he sees both the bible and sexual abuse as a joke, highlighting the corruption of Christian morals in the church.

The Faraway Tree

V reads, "It's time we went back to the Faraway Tree. This land will soon be moving on—and as nice as it is, we don't want to live here forever" The frame pans out to show Evey in the middle of a desolate, lonely scene. The allusion to The Faraway Tree marks a major turning point for Evey because she is thrust from V's sheltered protection out into the real world, starting a progression of maturity leading to her enlightenment. The timing also marks the beginning of the last time V calls her Evey; after her rain re-birth, she is known as "Eve." The Faraway Tree is a symbol of childhood innocence, dependence and naivete. The allusion is important for describing the maturity of Evey, also changing the novel's main protagonist spotlight from V to Evey.

Violet Carson rose

Violet Carson plays the role of Ena Sharples in Coronation Street, a key member of the community and the self-proclaimed moral voice. Referencing this symbol of virtue, the rose attempts to embue V's violent murders with a sense of higher purpose and moral justification, showcasing the tender, symbolic nature of V. The fact that V leaves these moral symbols behind for the murdered (as well as the investigators) represents V's ethical justification of violence for higher purposes. - See more at: http://pitjournal.unc.edu/article/allusions-web-building-vehicles-v-vendetta#sthash.hIfFjcvf.dpuf

bethovens fifth

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Guy Fawkes

- Blowing up parliament - The mask

v reading V by thomas

Having just been released from the Navy, Benny Profane is content to lead a slothful existence with his friends, where the only real ambition is to perfect the art of "schlemihlhood," or being a dupe, and where "responsibility" is a dirty word. Among his pals--called the Whole Sick Crew--is Slab, an artist who can't seem to paint anything other than cheese danishes. But Profane's life changes dramatically when he befriends Stencil, an active ambitious young man with an intriguing mission--to find out the identity of a woman named V., who knew Stencil's father during the war, but who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.

i am the devil

"I am the Devil, and I come to do the Devil's work"a quote typically misattributed to twentieth century mass murderer Charles Manson. Citizens in the novel's society now need to be saved from those who are there to protect it.

Mccbeth

"The multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him and fortune, on his damned quarrel, smiling, showed like a rebel's ***** . . . but all's too weak for brave Macbeth . . . well he deserves that name"

Utopia

is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More (1478-1535) published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. However, while More might not have envisioned Utopia as a perfect society, it is inarguable that he forwarded utilitarian, rational Utopia as a criticism of the European world he saw around him. It is vital, then, to understand that the book is a response to a specific historical time.

capital

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the lord is my shepherd

- church of ireland - written during height of irish republican army - sheep follow mindlessly. V's "lord" would be culture, knowledge, truth, everything that society lacks. - said while V burys the Bishop is read as a person leaves the world. is meant to be soothing.

bring me my bow of burning gold

Called "and did those feet in ancient time" A poem by William Blake from a collection of poems called the "Prophetic Books" Written in 1804, during the industrial revolution There's a legend that says that Jesus visited England There are a few different interpretations for "dark Satanic Mills". One of them is that it refers to the destruction to the environment that the industrial revolution has caused, and the other, more abstract, interpretation is that the "Satanic Mills" refer to the churches of England. England of the present is different from the England that jesus "visited" in how the environment was destroyed and if you take the second interpretation of dark satanic mills it can be in how the church is. V will attempt to return england to how it was in Jesus's time. William Blake: was religious but was against the church.

please allow me to introduce myseelf

Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints As heads is tails Just call me Lucifer 'Cause I'm in need of some restraint It is not too difficult to apply these lyrics to V for Vendetta, the government is confused by V's actions and his motives, police men attempt to rape a Evey while V who is meant to be the criminal saves her and a few pages later he literally says "I am the Devil, and I come to do the Devil's work".

Dancing in the street

Starting in Detroit during their 1963 concert, Martha and the Vandellas' hit song became a civil rights anthem for social change. In her book, Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit, Suzanne Smith explains that the group had to cancel and abandon a series of concerts due to violence or possible violence from militant African-American nationalist leaders.

V's symbol

The V symbol is extremely similar to the symbol for anarchy. The variation of the anarchist symbol illuminates the role V takes against the fascist British government.