Anarchy versus fascism as the axis
V embodies anarchism understood as voluntary order, set against Norsefire's totalitarian state. Moore frames these two as the real political poles rather than left versus right.
V for Vendetta
4 ideas
V radicalizes Evey through false imprisonment
V secretly stages Evey's arrest and torture so she loses her fear of death. Freed of fear, she gains the freedom to act.
Ideas are bulletproof
The man behind the mask can be killed, but the idea he carries cannot. The symbol outlives the person who wore it.
The Guy Fawkes mask as transferable symbol
V's theatrical, vaudevillian terror turns his mask into a portable emblem of resistance. Anyone can put it on and become V.