Name: English Tutor Nick P Quotes (252) V for Vendetta - You Cannot Kill an Idea
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and  this is Quotes 252. All right. Today we have  another

quote from a movie which we haven't done in a while. The  movie is " V for Vendetta. "

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All right. And we're actually going cover three quotes that are all kind of

connected to help you understand what the meaning is. All right. The  first one here that I've

heard you know,  even when I've seen this movie several times I heard in the movie,

"You cannot kill an idea. " All right. So that's , that's the first one.

All right. Let's take a look at the second quote here. Also by V the character V.

"Beneath the mask there is more than flesh. Beneath the mask there is an idea

MR. Creedy. "  Creedy,  he was like the villain of the movie. " and ideas are

bulletproof. "  meaning they can never be defeated.

Okay. And the third one. You know,  by the main girl character in the movie a

female in the Movie. "  We are told to remember the idea. Not the man because a

man can fail. He can be caught. He can be killed and forgotten,  but 400 years later

an idea can still change the world. " All right. This 400 years is also important

too,  because I didn't realize when I seen the movie ..  I did see the movie and then

later on I found about I found out about Guy Fawkes'  real life and I'm saying well

this doesn't really match. But I didn't realize that the movie took place 400

years later. So that's what that character was actually you know,

fashioning himself after the original Guy Fawkes. So that's why they say 400

years later because the movie was supposed to take place in 2032. The real

Guy Fawkes lived in the early 1600s.  All right. Let's continue here. Let's look

at the note. The movie " V for Vendetta "is actually based on a DC Vertigo limited

comic book series.  I didn't realize that.  The movie is supposed to take place in

2032. So it's supposed to be in the  future. In the future you know,  basically

in the UK ruled by a dystopian fascist police state. So a state that suppresses

its people. One that will lie to its people , not tell at the truth and you

know holds them down and you know and if they try to stand up against it ,

they,  they are quickly knocked  down again. So it was that sort of a police state. So of

course the character,  the Guy Fawkes or  V character was standing up against

that. The main character is based on the real character Guy Fawkes who planned the

Gunpowder Plot of 1605. So this is why it's 400 years before. That was meant to

kill King,  King James the first. Yeah,  and return England to being Catholic.  Guy

Fawkes,  a Catholic believed Christians were being tortured and suppressed by

Protestants. Okay. So he wanted to get rid of him and he believed that , that,  that

this King shouldn't  have been the real King anyway. Then another one would

have been you know , and he could have become the Catholic King. Okay. So in real

life,  he got caught red-handed and executed. Unfortunately,  at first

considered a villain but later people began to respect him and they kind of

ended up honoring the day. (November the fifth. ) So first the day used to celebrate that

they were happy that King James the first lived. And then later on,  it all

changed around and they kind of celebrated for Guy Fawkes. Okay. His mask

has become a symbol for all protesters now , especially after the movie to

express displeasure from governments and organizations etc.  that,  that suppress

liberties. That hold our liberties or treat people unfairly in some way. So a

lot of times when you see protests around the world,

not everybody's wearing a mask but sometimes in the

there will be a number of people,  especially if they don't really want to

show their real face,  as they're protesting or marching they may wear a

Guy Fawkes mask right from the movie.  Okay. Let's continue. The quotes basically

tell the idea that the idea and movement are more important and bigger than any

one man. That's why at the end of the movie he mails out a lot of masks to all

the people just like when he was you know when he was fighting I guess he

knew that he could die and he'd be sacrificed to the blowing up that. The

idea is for the people to take over after him. You know,  it's,  it's the idea

that you know somebody else picks up the baton and carries on. So he sent out the

mask to all the people that was a symbol that they were the ones that were

supposed to carry on after him. So that's what that's what that means. So important

and bigger than any one man. If enough people can wake up and become aware.

Aware that their being that their liberties are being taken away. That

they're being suppressed. That they're being held down. You know,  in a very

unfair or cruel way. Yes it can,  and hits critical mass.  Critical mass means it hits

a certain amount of the population. You can't stop it anymore. You can't stop the

idea. That's kind of like what it was in the movie. And he,  he had made such an

impression on the people that you know the idea was it hit such critical mass

that probably they would take over after him. At least hopefully. Okay. So and so

this when we think that something has critical mass. We think there's no

turning back. It's only a matter of time before the movement or the idea will

prevail. The idea cannot be suppressed and will eventually prevail. It  will

eventually win out in the end. So that's what that's what these quotes are. You,

even though you may kill the man. You may get rid of him. So that's a lot of times

when governments have protests they always to try to look for the leader if

we can get rid of the  leader maybe you know maybe we can knock out this

movement and press it and hold it down. But if it gets

big enough. If it hits critical mass , you know it goes beyond the one person and

can no longer be stopped. That's what the movie and that's what all the quotes

were basically trying to tell you. Anyway I hope,  I hope you got it . I hope you

enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye- bye.