In 1605, thirteen young men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Among them was Guy Fawkes, Britain's most notorious traitor. The event is immortalized in this nursery rhyme:
Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes, guy, t'was his intent
To blow up king and parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below
To prove old England's overthrow.
By god's mercy he was catch'd
With a darkened lantern and burning match.
So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring.
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king.
And what shall we do with him?
Burn him!
I think that,
ReplyDeleteThe story is a little realistic, because in 1605 there were poor people and rich people and there were a lot of violence in the streets, because there weren´t works, and the King sometimes to help to poor people. He gave them meals, and some lands to work in them and then, everybody liked the Kind, and the boys hollered because Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament, and he was caught for the laws.
V from Vendetta is a wonderfull film and an awesome graphic novel by Alan Moore. When Carmen talked about this poem in class, I didn´t know that V from Vendetta was based on this. That makes the film more epic to me.
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