Guy Fawkes Quarantine Mask

The use of a mask on an effigy has long roots as part of guy fawkes night celebrations.

Guy fawkes quarantine mask. Illustrator david lloyd stylised a smiling face with red cheeks a wide moustache upturned at both ends and a thin vertical pointed. An explainer on the 2005 movie v for vendetta and specifically the guy fawkes mask worn by v hugo weaving in the warner bros. The guy fawkes mask is a stylised depiction of guy fawkes the best known member of the gunpowder plot an attempt to blow up the house of lords in london on 5 november 1605. But here s the true meaning behind the mask.

Remember remember theatrically inclined teenagers will tell you the fifth of november over the last forty years guy fawkes and his grinning visage have occupied an ever growing corner of the societal hive mind.