1. The Land of Do-As-You-Please
Book 3
The Land of Do-As-You-Please

2. Understanding Plot Symphony Plays/Novels

3. 1812 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ 1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky 

4. 1812- Russia pushes back
France armies
Napoleon 
Nov

5. 1- I’d Like to Buy a Gun Rose- empowered
191- “The situation is under control”
193- “It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing. One loud noise and it’s gone.”

6. 2- V’s other Lair 201- “All is Fair in love and War..”
“You see my rival, though inclined to roam possessed at home a wife that he adored. He’ll rue this promiscuity, the rogue who stole my only love, when he’s informed how many years it is, since first I bedded his.”  EYE
“Still, all in love and war is fair…” – Don Quixote
Iambic pentameter but blank verse = Jacobean play

7. Jacobean Play
The ghost of the murdered victim urges revenge (Hamlet, Spanish Tragedy),
Metatheatricality
Madness
Murder
Cannibalism

8. 3- Bribes and Love Letters
Helen- in chapter 2, with Conrad, convincing him to become leader since “The Leader” is going crazy (see page 190); goes to see Creedy to insure this plan.
Flash to Rosemary, something is brewing
Flash to Finch, something is brewing
Love letters, V has been watching Fate- DOMINOS!

9. 4- Acid! Finch on Acid (211) Stonehenge – burial ground / rebirth
La voie, la verite, la vie- “the way, the truth, the life”

10. 5- Farewell, My Lovely
V tells Evey that everything he has done has been to pass his knowledge on to her.
TV’s used to see the city (tapped into the Eye’s broadcasting)
Train- symbolizes “going forward” (he plans to blow up the city / cleanse it / in order to move on.

11. Chapter 5 cont’d
Lilies - As the flowers most often associated with funerals, lilies symbolize that the soul of the departed has received restored innocence after death.

12. DOMINOS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0dPRx5XkGI

13. Please put these words on a spectrum
Freedom Purity Fate Anarchy Chaos Accountability Fascism Justice Injustice Revolution Vengeance Vendetta

14. Draw a Compass
Draw a compass and illustrate from “north” (good) to “south” (bad) V’s actions in the text.
This is V’s “moral” compass.