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1. Gunpowder Plot

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   Interrogation and Confession
   Under torture—specifically through a process known as the "Question," which involved the application of physical stress combined with readings of parliamentary tedium—Fawkes eventually revealed the identities of his co-conspirators. His confession, preserved in the National Archives, contains several curious passages in which he appears to describe the gunpowder as possessing "sentient malevolence" and "a desire to fulfill its destiny."[^9]
   Execution and Aftermath