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Behind the Mask of Guy Fawkes

Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason & plot.We see no reason, why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. What was the gunpowder plot? Who was Guy Fawkes? Was he good or bad? What happened on November the 5 th , 1605? Questions like this might have come to your mind. Firsts things first. Lemme tell you what many of you already know that Guy Fawkes was one of those conspirators who tried to kill the King James I of England. Their plan was to blow up the entire parliament house, killing James I along with the others by firing the barrels of gunpowder. The barrels were secretly stored in the extensive catacombs just below the parliament house. It was all to be done on November the 5 th , 1605 which was the day of the grand opening of the parliament house. The plot conspired by Guy Fawkes along with his fellow conspirators was called “The Gunpowder Plot”. Now the question worth asking is, was Guy Fawkes a hero or a villain? Was he goo...