Mother/father roles

What significance of fathers/mother roles - which characters?

Which scenes demonstrate birth? 

Eveys rebirth phallic by water (purify life giver.) Vs rebirth fire. Juxtaposed. Eveys is free. V is born through vengeance. V is hyper masculinised through the fire

How are the relationships with parent figures used?

What psycho- sexual meaning & symbols?

Eveys rebirth orgasm. Her being born juxtaposition with vs birth

Why is gender important in this film- what is it saying/what's it's purpose? V - unable to tell is he's male/female - androgynous feminine activities 

Evey starts off as vulnerable and feminine. When V puts her in the camp, Evey becomes masculine. Hair is shaved, baggy shirts. Also she becomes hardened by her removal of fear. V makes all the people masculine by removing fear from the population of London. Mask makes everyone gender neutral 

Sutler telling off creedy

-parent role. Sutler telling off his 'son' creedy

Eveys parents get black bagged

-Evey scarred makes masculine man to protect. Introduce Dietrich

Eveys being reborn

-juxtaposition with V being born. Orgasm with both of them after. Eveys birth is masculine. Hyper masculine V rebirth

Steven fry taking in Evey 

-Oedipal complex. Men act women appear

Torture scene

Key terms:

Hyper masculinity - dench

Phallic and yonic objects - phallic - penis. Yonic - Rose. Shows love. V Birthed out of hate

Mother/father birth procreation nurturer

Oedipal complex

Men act women appear - male gaze, women gaze, queer gaze

V is mother

Valerie is mother to Evey. Gives Evey hope

Oedipal complex - creedy and Sutler (the father land fuhrer***

Dietrichs father to Evey homosexuality is feminine

Gender roles are subverted. Don't be passive, be active (don't be feminine, be masculine) 

Revolution scene: 

Gun phallic objects. Phallic object (Trafalgar Square) leaver, phallic. Blows up parliament. Orgasm 

Roses yonic objects

Juxtaposition. Detective and army flop their cocks

Birth of train (orgasm explosion) Evey births train

Yonic orgasm explosion. Destroying traditional government