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In 1605, Person Fawkes was one of over a dozen conspirators in the famous Gunpowder Story, an attempt to assassinate England's King James I. Once the plot was uncovered on the 5th of November, Fawkes and other conspirators were quickly convicted and performed, and the King asked his content to remember the 5th November as "the joyful day of deliverance". Fawkes was but one of the countless volume of failed assassins, however in a perversely ironic way, the King's declaration ultimately changed the 5th November into Person Fawkes Day, a celebratory day that usually got children creating an effigy that could then be burned up in a bonfire. As the effigy was usually Fawkes, others made it a custom to shed an effigy of the pope, a tradition that came to the Thirteen Colonies in America as well. Though he was only 1 of the plotters, Fawkes became the one most from the function, and he was seen as a symbol of treason. A strange thing took place, however, in the 19th hundred years, as Fawkes started out to undergo a sort of character rehabilitation, you start with William Harrison Ainsworth's 1841 historical fiction Person Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason. All of the sudden, Fawkes became an anti-hero who got the best interest of the public and was taking action to impact change. Other British isles books of the hundred years depicted Fawkes as a kind of action hero. In 2005's Remember, Remember: A Ethnic History of Person Fawkes Day, writer J.A. Sharpe known Fawkes may also be remembered tongue-in-cheek as "the previous man to enter in Parliament with genuine intentions." Recover new belief of Fawkes taking keep, Fawkes were able to become a symbol of defiance against government. The popular movie V for Vendetta reintroduced Fawkes to North american viewers, and Fawkes and the Person Fawkes Mask took on a new life as a rally cry and symbol for teams protesting the government. The major hacking network Anonymous uses the Person Fawkes Mask as its hallmark, and the Person Fawkes Mask was a common perception at Occupy protests across America in 2011. British isles Legends: THE LIFE SPAN and Legacy of Person Fawkes looks at the life span of the failed assassin and the Gunpowder Story, but it also analyzes how Person Fawkes and the Gunpowder Story have been remembered over time and became a pop culture fixture.
