Helen Heyer Character Analysis

Helen Heyer is the strong, intelligent, and manipulative wife of Conrad Heyer. In the latter half of V for Vendetta, she masterminds an elaborate plan to depose the Leader of England, Adam Susan, and murder his likely successor, Peter Creedy, leaving her husband the unquestioned Leader of the country. It’s amusing that Helen works so hard to put her own husband (a weak, foolish man) in power—one would think that she’d prefer to be the Leader herself. This suggests the extreme sexism of English society under Norsefire: no woman would ever be allowed to lead the country. In the end, Helen’s sexual liaisons with Alistair Harper backfire—V shows video footage of her adultery to Conrad Heyer, Conrad takes revenge on Harper, and Helen’s plans for a coup crumble apart overnight.