Amazing Alliteration

We found this wonderful piece of alliteration and wanted to share it! It comes from a movie about Guy Fawkes and this is his introductory speech, explaining why he wanted to overthrow the government. Our challenge is to learn it before Miss Williams can learn it! We got into groups to translate this beautiful language into modern English. It was hard, but a lot of fun!

"Voila! In view humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the "vox populi" now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin, van guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose." We have provided our translation. Are we right, or did we get some things wrong? "Here I am, in your sight, a modest but experienced performer, forced to be both the wronged and the bad guy by the unpredictable nature of fate. My image, not just a self absorbed illusion, is all that is left of the voice of the people. However, I will be courageous and stand up against the leaders of this country who rule in a cruel and greedy way. My only option is to pick a fight with them, I vow to fight so that the good people of the world will one day rule it. Certainly, the soup of difficult words I have used to describe my mission was unnecessary!" Keep an eye out for our own alliteration stories!