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Remember, remember the Fifth of November, the gunpowder, treason and plot. For I see no reason why the gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot.
— V for Vendetta • 2005
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
An old nursery rhyme, repurposed as a call to arms. The film asks you to remember not only the date but the idea, and the Fawkes mask became the face of real protest crowds. Many people recite it with 'I see no reason', which is the traditional wording; the film's own 'I know of no reason' shows how the verse drifts from mouth to mouth.
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In context
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In V for Vendetta (2006) the verse is a traditional English rhyme about the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, chanted on Guy Fawkes Night, 5 November, and the film uses it as its opening voice-over. Evey Hammond speaks it and goes on to ask what the man behind the rhyme was really like, and the film's answer is V, who wears the Fawkes mask and blows up the Old Bailey. The rhyme was also the film's tagline. The release was planned for 5 November 2005, the plot's 400th anniversary, but slipped to March 2006.
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- Wikiquote: V for Vendetta (film)Evey Hammond; Quoted from other sources; taglinesReference checked
- Wikipedia: V for Vendetta (film)Production and releaseReference checked
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