V For Vendetta Alan Moore, David Lloyd

Problems faced by characters in literature often repeat themselves, and when these characters decide to solve these standard problems, their actions are often more similar than they first appear. This idea is evident when comparing the actions...

Dystopian governments often work hard to erase identity through specific social constructs; they work to force the people they govern into a “cookie-cutter” mold. In literature, this molding is often fought by a person within the society, and that...

George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ is an allegorical fairy tale which is profound in its condemnations of totalitarian regimes. The novel explores the concepts of propaganda, totalitarianism and tyranny impacting on the oppressed society with the use...

A Marxist reading of the graphic novel V for Vendetta reveals much about how to understand and interpret this graphic novel, particularly through the character of Evey. On two levels, a Marxist reading helps illuminate both the struggles of the...