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V for vendetta is a dystopian representation of London in the alt 21^st centaury. The film conveys the themes of dictatorships, revolution, religious hypocrisy and judgement through the means of the characters progression, their relationships between each other and events which they carryout in the film, which potentially can take away or get back their freedom.

The theme of dictatorships or “post-colonialism” is conveyed in the scene were chancellor Sutlar is portrayed somewhat similar to Hitler at a rally, with his powerful speeches and his own parties symbol which looks somewhat like a swastika. A lot of low angle shots are also used on Sutlar to show dominance over everyone around him. This theme in the film of dictatorship is a warning that a similar situation to Hitler and his domination over Germany can happen to other countries, like how

The theme of revolution is shown via the scene near the end of the film wear the military is called open to stop the uprising of the public when they’ve all left their homes dressed in V’s outfits so they may witness the fall of parliament. The bird’s eye view shot of all the people gathering in he centre of London shows the public wearing black cloaks envelop the city showing that they have control over it now and the government can’t stop them. This theme is a celebration of rising up from a oppressed and controlling lifestyle and doing what is right to gain your freedom.

Another theme is religious hypocrisy, which is when a religious figure goes against their own belief for their own gratification. This is shown in the scene of the film were the priest believes Evey is a minor and tries to molest her which is obviously a violation of his religion; he also curses a extreme amount. This theme shows that even religious figures cant be trusted by the public as they willingly go against their own belief system.

Yet another theme in the film is judgment, there is two recognisable examples of judgement in the movie. The first is the fact that throughout the film, any one that goes against the policy of the “Norsefire” party is judged by them and intern punished for there “crime”. These crimes could literally be your sexuality, religion or being out late. The other example is V, he judges and seeks revenge on those who wronged him in his “past life”. This is a message that shows no one can escape their past and a warning that there are in fact some fascist governments out there that would do things like this to their public.

Conclusively, the film is a warning to the audience that their government could soon do something similar to this, trapping their own people and making them live by a fascist agenda and no one having their own identity or individuality, in the fear that it might get themselves killed. OR even religions becoming corrupt meaning that all religious people losing faith in the one thing that they use to make their lives better, because all their religious figures are as corrupt as the governments that enslaved them.