Themes of the Da Vinci code

                                               Name: jumani pooja k

Paper: 401 new Literature

Topic: Themes of the Da Vinci code

                                                      Roll no: 16

                                         

                                                       M.A: part 2

Sem:  4

Year: 2012-13

Submitted to

Dr Dilip Barad

Department of English

M.K.  Bhavnagar University

Themes of the Da Vinci Code

Introduction

The Da Vinci code written by Dan Brown and the investigation of the family of Jesus. It’s about female scrattness so its also feminism novel and Dan brown drown god way woman character Sophie never. Who is the Agent of the department of cryptology and sauniere granddaughter?

The Da Vinci code book one of best work of Dan brown. The novel is thriller book as well as anti-religious book

THEMES

Themes are the fundamental and often universal idea explored in literary work so here not only one themes but so many Theme which I am write here

  

Theme of the false conflict between faith and knowledge

Dan brown refuses that idea the faith in god is rooted in ignorance of the truth. The ignorance that the church has something advocated is embodieil in the character of bishop Aringarosa who does not think the church should be involved in scientific investigation. According to the Da Vinci code. The church has also enforced ignorance about the existence of the descendents of Jesus. Although at one point in the novel Langdon says that perhaps the secrets of the Grail should be preserved in order to allow people to keep their faith, he also thinks that people who truly believe  in god will be able to accept the idea that the Bible is full of   metaphors; not literal transcripts  of  the truth. People’s faith, in other word cammnstand the truth.

v     The subjectivity of History

                 The Da Vinci code raises the question of whether history books necessarily tell the only truth. The novel is full of reinterpretations of commonly told stories, such as those of juses’ life, the pentacle and   The Da Vinci fresco the last supper. Brown provides his own explanation of how the Bible was compiled and of the missing gospels. Langdon even interprets the Disney movie the little mermaid, reciting it as an attempt by Disney to show the divine femininity that has been lost. All of these retellings are presented as at least partly true.

v     The Intelligence of women

Characters in the Da Vinci code ignore the power of woman at their peril. Throughout the novel. Sophie is underestimated. She is able is sneak into the Louvre and give Langdon a secret message. Saving him from arrest. Because fiche specifically calls Sophie a “female cryptologist” when he is expressing his doubts about Sophie and Langdon s ability to evade Interpol. When interpreting one of the clues hidden in the rose box. Langdon and tabbing leave Sophie out, completely patronizing her. When she is finally allowed to see the clue, she immediately understands how to interpret it. Sophie saves Langdon from arrest countless times

Other women are similarly underestimated. Sister Sandrine. In the church of saint-surplice, is as entry for the brotherhood, but Silas  indoctrinated in the hyper masculine ways of opus dei, and does not consider her a threat. And Marie chauvel, Sophie s grandmother, manages to live without incident near Roslyn chapel for years, preserving her bloodline through Sophie s brother.

Good intentions win over greed

                        

    The Da Vinci code is written as a classic thriller in which, throughout the book, good and evil take turns having the upper hand. However. By the end of the book, the age-old truth is proven again, that good triumphs over evil. In this book, evil was more accurateiy described as greed. Sir Teabing s misguided intentions to reveal the truth about the Holy Grail were a result of his greed for knowledge of the truth and power. He capitalized on Bishop Aringarosa s greed for power to lord over the Vatican.

v      Search for truth is timeless

The question of whether Christ and Mary Magdalene were married is about as old as the Christian church. The search for the truth about this subject is timeless and has permeated lore for thousands of years. As the success of Dan Brown s book proves, it is still a great question. The millions of readers are interested in the quest for the truth on this subject as well as the characters in the book. Robert Langdon and sir teabing, two of the main characters, have devoted their lives to the quest for the truth about the Holy Grail. Although their motives become very different, the two men have made the search for the Holy Grail central point of their lives and careers.

v     Christianity vs. paganism

A theme central to The Da Vinci code is the similarities and differences and influences upon each other of Christianity and paganism. Throughout the book, the author provides a history of the influences that paganism had on the early Christian church and how those influences have prevailed throughout history. The book also discusses the power that paganism had over the early Christian church and the eventual power that the Christian church gained over paganism to force the suppression of many of the pagan practices, including goddess worship and nature worship.