Petog novembra 1605. godine Gaj Foks (Guy Fawkes) uhvaćen je u
pokušaju ubistva kralja Džejmsa I. Uhapšen je u podzemnom hodniku
britanskog parlamenta, gde je trebao da zapali buradi baruta i digne parlament
u vazduh i time ubije kralja . Nakon dugog mučenja, iznudili su njegovo priznanje
i osuđen je na smrtnu kaznu. Ovaj neuspeli pokušaj ubistva kralja je nazvan
"Barutna zavera", a Gaj Foks kao ličnost je postao simbol revolucionarnog i buntovnog
ponašanja. Maska sa njegovim likom je danas veoma popularna.
Barutna zavera i Gaj Foks su veoma često bili tema u:
- Književnosti (Pesma "Peti Novembar")
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England's overthrow.
But, by God's providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James's sake!
If you won't give me one,
I'll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!
-jedna od poznatijih pesama na tu temu.
-Slikarstvu
-Kinematografiji ("V kao Vendeta", jedan od mojih omiljenih filmova)
Henry Perronet Briggs
Discovety of the Gunpowder Plot
George
Cruikshank
Ilustracija Gaja Foksa