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The letter V and the number 5
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“Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant and vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.”
– V's introduction to Evey
Similar to the graphic novel, there is repeated reference to the letter "V" and the number five throughout the film ("V" is the roman numeral for "5"). For example, V's introduction to Evey is a monologue containing 49 words beginning with the letter "V" (50 V's including the one he draws on the wall, and 53 V's in the entire monologue, with V and the V on the wall making 55). V also finds it appropriate that this person that he has just met is named Evey, which could be interpreted as E-V, with E being the fifth letter of the alphabet and V the fifth from last. In Latin IV is pronounced the same way as Evey's name. With implicit and explicit references to Guy Fawkes Day, "V" echoes the fifth of November 1605. During his imprisonment at Larkhill, V was held in cell number "V".
V's Zorro-like signature is also the letter "V". Also, there are 5 members of the Chancellor's board during the meetings they have throughout the film. Before the destruction of the Old Bailey, the bell which is ringing out, presumably Big Ben, tolls 5 times before the music intervenes and the explosion commences. During said explosion involving the Old Bailey, the fireworks form a red V configuration, completed by a circular firework, thus resembling not only V but the V for Vendetta logo. During his broadcast on the BTN, the red lights shining on the backdrop are angled to form a "V". It is revealed that V's personal motto is "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe", which according to the film translates into the 4 "V"ed Latin phrase: "Vi Veri universum Vivus Vici". However the ancient Romans wrote the letter 'U' as 'V'. Therefore, if his motto is written as the Romans would have done, all 5 words start with V. Even if he didn't, though, "universum" at least contains a "V" in it.
In a dance with Evey, the song V chooses is number five on his jukebox (although every song in his jukebox is number 5) and the title of it is five syllables long ("Cry Me a River"). When V confronts Creedy in his home, he plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, whose opening notes have a rhythmic pattern that resembles the letter "V" in Morse code(···–). The film’s title itself is a reference to "V for Victory", the fifth symphony and the painting over Nazi posters with the V (as happens with Norsefire posters in the film) were both part of the Campaign. As V waits for night to fall, he arranges a complex domino pattern in black and red which forms the V logo. In the battle with Creedy and his men at Victoria station, V forms a "V" with his daggers just before he throws them. As they fly through the air, they form the letter "V" five times before hitting their targets, who are standing in a "V" formation. Succeeding in taking down all of Creedy's men, Creedy's gun fires five rounds at V before clicking empty.
After the battle, when V is mortally wounded, he leaves a "V" signature in his own blood. After V battles Creedy the clock stands at 11:05 forming a "V", another Guy Fawkes reference given that the 11th month is November (the only month with a V in its name), and the 5 obviously being the fifth day. On the 5th of November, Evey is wearing a v-necked sweater. The destruction of Parliament results in a display of fireworks which form the letter "V", which is also an inverted red-on-black circle-a, representing anarchy. Additionally, the movie presents two plots; broadly speaking, that of V's past and the rise of Norsefire versus his "current" plot to blow up the Parliament building. Over the course of the film, these two elements begin to converge as the plot forms a sort of "V".
When V appears on television nationwide, the black curtain behind him features two red lights angled in a "V" pattern. The film's title also contains 5 syllables. Also, according to numerology, the number five represents change and/or revolution.
