V for Vendetta...some questions to think about
Since there is so much going on in "V for Vendetta," I'd like us to try thinking about some general questions to begin with:
*Remember, V for Vendetta is in many ways a fictional representation of what modern europe could have been like if Hitler had won WWII.
1) What type of character is V? What do we know about him?
2) What is Fascism, and what is its role in the narrative? How is Fascism represented?
3) What is anarchy, and how is it different from fascism? how might it be similar to fascism?
4) Think about the role of "culture" within the story. Who/where is culture contained within this dystopian world? Is culture emancipatory? Or is it polluted by propaganda?
5) Think about the function of the intertextuality within the story (the references to other literary texts and cultural products).
6) Consider the relationshp between obedience and authority, madness and sanity.
7) Is this a story about revenge or revolution?
Ok, I think that's plenty to think about for now!
See you tomorrow,
Cindy
posted by shinyee @ 6:06 PM
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1 Comments:
An excerpt from Mussolini's own definition of Facism, written 1932 for the Italian Encyclopedia:
"...The Fascist State organizes the nation, but leaves a sufficient margin of liberty to the individual; the latter is deprived of all useless and possibly harmful freedom, but retains what is essential; the deciding power in this question cannot be the individual, but the State alone...."
"Useless and possibly harmfull freedom" bothers me the most. How do we define freedom? Is our definition from the media surrounds us? How is this dangerous?
The point in the story where "V" breaks into the media building and plays the tape denouncning our "proformance" rings as a wake up call. The masses have ultimate control over society, just not the proper awareness to do so. We brought these terrible people to power because we were satisfied with the status quo and didn't realize the overall implications of our actions.
Facism is wrong in the fact that the individuals are the state and therefore the state being the "deciding power" over the individual makes no conceptual sense.
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