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The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain.
— V for Vendetta ‧ 2005
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
V does not just state a plan, he performs it, and the V-for-everything poetry turns a threat into a piece of theatre. That is what the character is for: revenge with a flourish and a sense of humour about itself. The vengeance line is the one fans most often lift from it, a motto for the whole story.
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In context
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This is the middle of V's long introduction in V for Vendetta (2005), the speech in which almost every word begins with V. After rescuing Evey from the secret police on 4 November, V stands in front of her and fills a few breaths with alliteration, declaring that the voice of the people is silent and that a figure from the past has risen to remove the vermin who rule the country. The vengeance line sums up his mission. He then apologises that his vichyssoise of verbiage runs verbose and tells her to call him V.
Sources (2)
- V for Vendetta (2005) script transcriptV's alliterative introductionReference checked
- V for Vendetta (film), WikipediaPlotReference checked
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