Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Dan Brown was American author of thriller fiction. Who is the best known for the 2003 bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. Brown’s novel features the recurring themes of cryptography, Keys, Symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories. The Da Vinci code connects with Jesus ‘relationship with Mary Magdalene and fathered her child. According to the book it is Mary Magdalene who is the Holy Grail and whom Da Vinci painted in his work the Last Supper. In 2006 Director Ron Howard made a film on Da Vinci Code.
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According to Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code is not Anti-religion or Anti-Christian book. But here in this novel Brown put all things which include as conspiracy Christian fiction. It is about Christianity of revealing the contrarian truth or not may be truth that Jesus Christ was not virgin and he had child also, He revealed this thing not based on myth or interpretation but he has also some strong evidence. He includes a historical thing that is battle between Opus Dei and Priory of Sion over the possibility of Jesus having been married to Mary Magdalene. Dan Brown uses history of Christianity to forward the story of the novel. This book The Da Vinci Code is simply an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate that he imagined one story that made only for entertainment.
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The protagonist of a story is the main character who traditionally undergoes some sort of change. In the novel we can see that Sophie and Langdon are both the protagonists of the plot. They work together to uncover the clues about the Grail and Sophie’s family. The antagonist of the novel is Leigh Teabing or the Teacher. Robert Langdon is a professor of symbology and a writer of several books. If we do an Atheist reading than Leigh Teabing can be consider as a protagonist. As he is interested in studying history of Christianity, because his character deals an idea which is also center of the novel.
Robert Langdon is a follower of Christianity when at the end Langdon uncover the mystery behind the Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail also called Sangreal. We can say that Langdon is a hero or traditional protagonist. If we can see Atheist reading point of view Sir Leigh Teabing become hero.
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Narration of studied Paradise Lost and The Da Vinci Code, In Paradise Lost Milton wrote on Eve and Adam. Eve is responsible for fall of Adam. Paradise Lost tries to show rationally with given Eve some space. But it also decline women. We can say about ‘The Da Vinci Code’ breaks human faith with showing history of Christianity. Here Brown’s novel Da Vinci Code has all historical issues and reference strong evidence. Mary Magdalene’s role in the Bible is very short but her role in ‘ The Da Vinci Code’ is rather long and important one. Brown is trying to prove that Mary Magdalene was the favorite of all the Disciples of Christ.
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