Da Vinci code group task

The Da Vinci
CODE
-Dan Brown
Group Task , Sem-4
Department of English
MKBU

Presenters…
JUPITER
Sima Rathod
SATURN
Mehal Pandya
NEPTUNE
Samiya Kagdi
MERCURY
Sanjay Jogadiya
VENUS
Hina Malek
MARS
Tamsa Pandya

Content
● About the Author
● Major works by Dan Brown
● About the text
● Historical context of the Novel
● Synopsis Of the Novel
● Setting of the Novel
● Geographical study of the Novel
● Major Characters
● Minor Character
● Thematic study of the Novel
● Symbolic study of the Novel
● Movie adaptation
● Learning out come
● Search for qualitative resources

Dan Brown
• Dan Brown’s full name is Dan Gerhard
Brown.
• Dan Brown was born on June 22, 1964,
Extern, new Hampshire,US.
• He is an American author who wrote well
researched novels that cantered on secret
organisations and had intricate plots.
• He was best known for the Robert Langdon
series , which notably included the Da Vinci
code(2003) .
• In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100
Most Influential People in the World by
TIME Magazine.

01.
Major works by Dan Brown
Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress is a techno-
thriller novel written by Dan
Brown and published in 1998 by
St. Martins Press.
Inferno
Inferno is a 2013 mystery thriller
novel by American author Dan
Brown and the fourth book in his
Robert Langdon series, following
Angels & Demons…..
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci code proved
controversial , and many
theologians and art scholars
dismissed Brown’s notions
The Lost Symbol
is a thriller set in Washington, D.C.,
after the events of The Da Vinci
Code, and relies on
Freemasonry for both its recurring
theme and its major characters.
03.
02.
04.

Work cited
● Dan Brown. n.d. 28 February 2021 <https://danbrown.com/#author-section>.
● Internet Archive . Ed. Lisa. 27 November 2020. 28 February 2021
<https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL39307A/Dan_Brown>.
● Morris , Edward. Book Page. April 2003. 28 February 2021
<https://bookpage.com/interviews/8526-dan-brown-mystery-
suspense#.YDsyQegzZPa>.

About the text
● Author: Dan Brown
● Setting: The present day
● Time and Place Written: Early twenty-first century; the United States
● Publisher: April 2003
● Symbols: Red hair; blood; cell phones
● Narrator: Third-person narration, anonymous, omniscient narrator
● Point of View: The Da Vinci Code is mainly narrated from the point of
view of Robert Langdon. Langdon is also portrayed as a trustworthy
and knowledgeable character. In the first chapter of the novel
Langdon expresses a high degree of uncertainty about the situation in
which he has found himself.

Cont….
● Third person, omniscient. The story is told by an anonymous narrator who has
access to the thoughts of the characters.
● Places: Paris, France; Versailles, France; London, England; outskirts of
Edinburgh, Scotland
● Type of Work: Novel
● Tense: Past
● Genre: Mystery, Detective fiction, Thriller, Conspiracy Fiction
● Language: English
● Tone: Objective & earnest
● Motifs: Ancient and foreign languages; art; sexism
● Major Conflict: The protagonists attempt to interpret the message left behind
by Jacques Saunière and find the hidden secret of the Priory of Sion.

Cont….
● ‘Da Vinci code’ one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great
American Read.
● While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone
call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been
murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon
and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles,
they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da
Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
● Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—a
secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da
Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and
Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless
adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be
lost forever.

Protagonist/Antagonist
The antagonist of a story is the character that provides an
obstacle for the protagonist. The antagonist of this plot is
Lee Teabing, or the Teacher.
The protagonist of a story is the main character who traditionally undergoes
some sort of change. He or she must usually overcome some opposing
force. The balance of female/male, yin/yang, chalice/blade is
carried through in Brown’s characters.
Sophie and Langdon are both the protagonists of this plot.
They work together to uncover the clues about the Grail and Sophie’s
family. They could not overcome this challenge separately.

Cont….
Climax
The climax of a plot is that to allows the protagonist to
resolve the conflict.
Climax: when Teabing holds Langdon and Sophie at
gunpoint in Westminster Abbey. Langdon and Sophie
learn who is behind the murders, refuse to help
Teabing, and solve the riddle. Moreover, Fache
captures Teabing and Sophie and Langdon are free to
find the Grail.
Conflict
The conflict of a plot is the major problem
experienced by the protagonist: Langdon and
Sophie is trying to uncover the clues left by
Jacques Saunière.

Cont….
Rising action
. Rising action is the action that will lead to the climax (or
the major turning point in the plot).
rising action : everything that happens before the police
capture Teabing. This includes eluding the police,
traveling to London, Teabing’s “kidnapping,” and
uncovering the passwords
Mood
The mood is suspenseful. Brown creation of suspense in
three ways: he keeps the chapters short; he sacrifices
detail for action; he switches back and forth between
various sub-plots. The plot itself is suspenseful because
information is often revealed in flash-back or deliberately
withheld in an effort to surprise the reader.

Cont….
journey of
the place
This novel journeys through Paris, London, and just
south of Edinburgh, Scotland. The plot also makes
reference to New York City and areas of Spain. The
plot occurs in the present day.
Exposition
The exposition of a plot is the place where the reader is
introduced to the main characters and any important
information to understand what is presently occurring. The
first twenty chapters of this novel are its exposition. In
these chapters, we meet the major characters ,
backgrounds , major conflict Sophie and Langdon will
confront is uncovering the clues left by Saunière about the
Grail.

Summary of the text
● Robert Langdon, who has a history of being controversial, got a
visitor, an agent with the French Judicial Police. He questions
Langdon about his earlier plans to meet Jacques Sauniere. Langdon, a
symbologist, was horrified and afraid to know about the death.
● Silas is the albino attacker who rings his teacher and informs his
teacher about the killing of Sauniere and his friends. The teacher
orders him to seek the keystone from Saint Sulpice. Silas engages
himself in some “corporal mortification”, as physical self punishment
for the sins. According to him “pain is good”.
● Langdon is driven to Louvre by Jerome Collet, an agent of the French
Judicial Police. Here, he meets Bezu Fache and brings Langdon to the
Grand Gallery where he sees Sauniere’s body surrounded by a mental
barricade.

Cont…
● Bishop Manuel Aringarosa, the president general of Opus Dei boards plane for Rome.
On the way he receives a call from Silas who informs him about the keystone and the
other promises for help.
● Sauniere’s death position is discussed by Fache and Langdon that is tapped by Collet
from Sauniere’s former office.
● Now, at Saint-Sulpice Sister Sandrine, a pious woman, who is the keeper of the Church
of Saint- Sulpice, is awakened by a phone call from her boss to allow Opus Dei to come
into the church immediately.
● At Louvre, Langdon takes in the cryptic message written by Sauniere-
“13 – 3 – 2 – 21 -1 -1 -8 –5
O, Draconian devil!”
Oh, lame saint!”
● Further, Fache shows him a naked body with invisible ink. In the circle there was the
drawing of ‘The Vitruvian Man’.

Historical context of the Novel
● The Da Vinci Code is a novel, Brown sets the reader up to see it as a historical novel,
where fictional characters and plot are placed in true historical contexts.
● In the Middle Ages there was much talk about the search for the holy grail.
The holy grail was believed to be the cup that Christ drank from at the Last
Supper. Legend taught that Joseph of Arimathea used the grail cup to catch the
blood of Christ when he died on the cross. Brown claims in Da Vinci code that
the holy grail is not a cup, but a person: Mary Magdalene. “The Holy Grail is
Mary Magdalene…the mother of the royal bloodline of Jesus Christ”
. The book that was used by Dan Brown to write The Da Vinci Code is
called Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry
Lincoln.

Cont……
Sarah married into the line of the Merovingian kings of
France. These kings ruled France for 300 years.
Brown claims that The Priory of Sion was started in
1099 in Jerusalem by a French king named Godefroi de
Bouillon after he conquered the city. He possessed a
powerful secret that had been in his family since the time
of Christ). Fearing that the secret would be lost he
founded a secret brotherhood called the Priory of Sion and told them to protect the
secret and pass it down from generation to generation.
Brown believes that the Priory of
Sion created a military arm of their
organization called the Knights Templar.
The Knights Templar were sent to Solomon’s
temple in Jerusalem to find some secret
documents.

Cont……
● Brown states that Pope Clement V decided
that something had to be done. He gave
secret orders for King Philip IV
of France to attack the Knights
Templar in 1307. Some of
the Knights escaped with the secrets. The
secrets were passed down
by the Priory of Sion. Brown believes
that Da Vinci was a member
of the Priory of Sion and knew the secret
of the holy grail. In his painting The Last
Supper there is no actual chalice. Brown
believes that the person sitting next
to Christ is not a man, but a woman, his
wife Mary Magdalene.

Cont….
● Brown believes that the Mona Lisa is
actually a self portrait of Leonardo dressed as a
woman: the androgyny of the sacred union of
male and female which is implied in the holy union
of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The name
Mona Lisa is actually an anagram
for “Amon L’Isa,” referring to the father and
mother gods of Egypt
(Amon and Isis). According to the Da Vinci Code,
the worship of Mary Magdalene officially ended in
A.D. 325 with the Council at Nicea.
Constantine wanted one simple form of
Christianity: :’One Church,
One Empire, One Emperor’.

Synopsis of the novel Da Vinci code
● So far, this novel is a mystery, much of the plot is revealed in flashbacks and
may be confusing. This synopsis will recount the major plot events
chronologically.
● Five months before the novel begins, Bishop Aringarosa is called to the Vatican
and told that the Pope no longer wants the Catholic Church to be associated
with Opus Dei (Opus Dei (Latin:"The Work of God") is a controversial Catholic
organization founded to foster Christian principles and promote the church).
● The Church has decided to give Opus Dei twenty-million euro, which the Church
had earlier borrowed from Opus Dei. A few weeks later, Aringarosa receives a call
from Lee Teabing, who disguises himself as a devout Frenchman and calls
himself “the Teacher.” Teabing tells Aringarosa that he knows how to find the
Holy Grail. (The Holy Grail - of legend and literature, it is commonly thought to
be the cup or chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper. It is said to possess
miraculous powers.)
●

Cont…
● For twenty-million euro--money that Teabing does not need, but uses as a
cover--Teabing will share the Grail with Aringarosa who can use it to bargain
with the Church. In the meantime Teabing has bugged the homes and offices of
prominent Parisians whom he suspects are at the top of the Priory of Sion.
When Teabing has enough information he tells Silas, the albino monk, to kill
the Grand Master and his sénéchaux. Silas must first demand to know where
the keystone is. When he kills the men, they each give him the same incorrect
answer.
●
Meanwhile, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon is in Paris to give a speech
about his research. He is woken in the middle of the night by Lieutenant Collet
because the Paris police need his help solving the murder of Jacques Saunière
●

Cont….
● The police captain, Bezu Fache, is actually bringing Langdon to the scene
because he thinks Langdon was responsible for the murder. Before he died,
Saunière left a riddle on the floor next to his body that included Langdon’s
name. At the scene of the crime Langdon meets Sophie Neveu, Saunière’s
granddaughter--although the police only know that she works for the
department of cryptology. Sophie knows Langdon is being wrongly accused
and helps him escape, but not before they discover more clues left by her
grandfather.
●
Langdon and Sophie follow Saunière’s clues to a Swiss Bank where they
uncover a cryptex. Without knowing that Teabing is the mastermind behind
the murders that occurred that evening, Langdon takes Sophie to his home.

Cont…..
● Teabing is a religious historian and life-long Grail seeker as well as Langdon’s
friend. Both Silas and the police end up at Teabing’s estate, but Rémy,
Teabing’s manservant who is in on the plot, helps them escape. Teabing,
Sophie, Langdon, Rémy and Silas (as a prisoner) travel to London.
●
On the way, they are able to open the cryptex, finding only another cryptex
inside. Teabing purposely misleads the next clue, leading them to the wrong
place. At the Temple Church, Rémy and Silas steal the cryptex and pretend to
kidnap Teabing. Teabing is angry with Rémy because he was not supposed to
show his face. Teabing murders Rémy by taking advantage of his peanut
allergy. Teabing sends Silas to the Opus Dei house, where he is later involved in
a shootout with the police and dies. During the shootout Silas accidentally kills
Aringarosa, who came to help him.
●
Sophie and Langdon figure out the real location described in the clue and go to
Westminster Abbey where Teabing lures them into a secluded room.

Cont….
● Here, Langdon retrieves the cryptex and
is able to guess the password. The police,
who have figured out Teabing is the
murderer, arrive. Langdon and Sophie go
to Scotland, where they believe the Grail
is. Instead, they find Sophie’s
grandmother and brother, whom Sophie
believed were dead. Langdon and Sophie
agree to meet next month in Italy after
sharing a kiss.
●
Two days later, back in Paris, Langdon
figures out the location of the Grail. The
Grail is buried under the inverted pyramid
at the Louvre.
"These books can't possibly
compete with centuries of
established history,
especially when that
history is endorsed by the
ultimate bestseller of all
time."
Faukman's eyes went wide.
"Don't tell me Harry Potter is
actually about the Holy Grail."
"I was referring to the Bible."
Faukman cringed. "I knew
that." ( Page. 222 chapter. 38)

THE SETTING: TIME AND SPACE
● The setting was one of the major genre-forming elements.
● E. V. Roberts and H. E. Jacobs give the following definition of the setting:
●
● Setting: The setting refers to the natural and artificial scenery or environment
in which characters in literature live and move. Things such as the time of day and
the amount of light, the trees and animals, the sounds described, the smells, and
the weather are part of the setting (Roberts & Jacobs 1987: 190).
●
● Time: The time span of the plot of this novel is rather limited as all the events
happen in the course of and the action lasts only one night. At the beginning, the
writer gives the precise location of the onset of the events in the story:

Geographical study of the novel
England
France
Scotland
Rome

France Paris -1) The Louvre
2) Saint Sulpice
Church
3) Chataux Villette
4) Specola Castel
England London – 1) Saint James park
2) Westminster Abbey
3) London’s Temple
Church
4) King’s Collage
Scotland -1) Rosslyn Chapel
2) Edinburg and Lothiabs
Cont…

Major Characters
Robert is one of the novel’s two protagonists. He is a professor
of symbology at Harvard University. He finds himself
entangled in a murder-mystery plot while on a visit to
France.
“The problems arise when we begin to believe
literally in our own metaphors” - Langdon, p.
342
Langdon says this to Sophie when she asks him what should
be done with the Sangreal documents. Langdon does not
think the documents should be destroyed, but he does not
think they should be used to destroy people’s faith.
“you lie entirely too well.” - Langdon, p. 345
Robert
Langdon

Cont…..
● Langdon says this to Teabing after he is able to convince the altar boy to allow them into the
Temple Church. This statement is ironic because Langdon does not realize how true it is.
Langdon is joking with Teabing about duping the altar boy, but he does not realize he is being
duped as well.
●
“You’re wrong. You want it much more. You’ve proven you’re willing to
kill for it.” - Langdon, p. 359
●
This quote exemplifies the theme of fanaticism that pervades the novel. While Langdon has
dedicated his life to history and uncovering symbols, he has not reached a fanatic level.
Unlike Silas, who has lost the ability to make rational decisions, Langdon does not value the
Grail above human life.
●
“What a better place for Saunière to keep watch?” - Langdon, p. 454
●
Langdon thinks this as he visits the inverted pyramid at the Louvre. He has finally found the
Grail. This moment occurs in the Epilogue, following the plot’s resolution. Langdon has
resolved his conflict and this discovery is a reward for a virtuous knight

Sophie Neveu
● Sophie is the novel’s other protagonist. She works for the
Department of Cryptology in Paris. She is the granddaughter of the
Grand Master of the Priory of Sion. Sophie embarks on a journey not
only to find the Holy Grail but also the truth about her family.
●
“Might I have a look at the box my grandfather
made.” - Sophie, p. 299
●
Sophie says this to Teabing, after he pretends not to hear her first
request. This moment is an example of how women are frequently
underestimated, even by men who ostensibly subscribe to the Grail-
lore of the sacred feminine. Not only does Sophie demand to see the
box, but she is the only one who can solve the script on it.
●
“I would love nothing more than to meet you in
Florence, Robert.” - Sophie, p. 449
●

Sir Leigh Teabing
● Teabing is a former British Royal Historian who
studies the history of Christianity. He is an
eccentric old man who has been crippled by
polio. He has spent his entire life searching for
the Grail.
●
“...I’ve just demonstrated for your lady
friend the unfortunate benefit of my
condition. It seems everyone
underestimates you.” - Teabing, p. 278,
Cha-
●

Bezu Fache
● Police captain, Fache is known as “the bull”; also
be noted that “fache” means anger in French.
Whenever an author picks a name for a character
that has an alternate meaning, the reader should
consider its implications. In this case “fache”
seems to be a direct characterization of Fache. He
frequently yells at the other characters and is
certainly stern. Fache successfully solves this
crime but decides he will probably retire when it is
through.
●
“A virtuous gesture, My Lord. I will see
that your wishes are carried out.” -
Fache, p. 560, chap- 103

Silas
● Silas is an albino monk whom the Teacher
uses to carry out the murders. Silas is
somewhat of a brute. He is not particularly
intelligent and he is very strong. He was
abused as a child and ended up in prison after
murdering a sailor. Bishop Aringarosa saved
Silas from starvation after he escaped prison
during an earthquake. Silas is an avid member
of Opus Dei and partakes in corporal
mortification (self-inflicted punishment).
●
“The keystone. It will lead us to our
final goal.” - Silas, p. 74

Corporal Mortification
of Silas….
He thought whatever he had done it is
work of God, he killed four protectors of
‘Holy Grail’.
“Castigo coupus meum”: - Punish my body , it
is prevalent in some parts strain of
"purification" of your body through what
can only be termed physical self-abuse as a
way of making yourself, still within your
imperfect meat sack, more pure and
presentable to God.
“Pain Is good”

Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
● Aringarosa saved Silas many years ago when he was
a simple Spanish priest, powerful bishop in the
United States who is in charge of Opus Dei. The
Teacher enlists the services of Silas through
Aringarosa and pretends to want twenty-million
euro for the Grail. Aringarosa ( name) represents the
Catholic clergy, those whom Teabing views as
traitors of the Grail because they want to keep it
from the public. In Aringarosa’s name are the words
“ring” and “Rosa,” or “rose”; thus Aringarosa, as
clergy, wants to create a ring around the rose. the
rose represents Mary Magdalene or the Grail.
Aringarosa represents the camp that wants to
obscure the Grail from the world forever.
●

Jacques Saunière
Saunière is the Grand Master of the Priory of Sion. He is also a
prominent Parisian and renowned Louvre curator. The novel
begins with Saunière’s murder investigation and revolves around
uncovering clues he left about the location of the Holy Grail for
Sophie and Langdon. Saunière raised Sophie after her parents
died in a car accident when she was a child. Saunière and his wife,
Marie, decided to separate the family after the accident because
they believed it was orchestrated by enemies of the brotherhood.
The Teacher
The Teacher is the mastermind who was able to infiltrate
The
Priory. He tricks Bishop Aringarosa, Silas, and Rémy into
performing his “dirty work.” He pretends to be French and
communicates with Aringarosa and Silas only through cell
phones. His real identity is Sir Lee Teabing.

Minor Characters:-
André Vernet
Sister Sandrine Bieil Rémy Legaludec
Marie Chauvel Lieutenant Jérôme Collet

Themes
The Subjectivity of
History:
The false conflict between
faith and Knowledge:
 The idea that faith in God is rooted in
ignorance of the truth.
 The Church has enforced ignorance
about the existence of the
descendants of Jesus.
 Langdon's secret of the Grail.
 History necessarily tell the story
Reinterpretation of story
 Langdon interprets the Disney
Movie "The little Mermaid"

Cont…..
Mystery and
Wonderment That
Serve Our Souls
 Quotation by Marie Chauvel in the resolution
 Mystery and wonderment of the Grail
 Marie explains that the Priory never intended to
release the Sangreal documents
 Thought of Sophie that he does not believe the
Grail documents should be released to prove
religious beliefs wrong
 Langdon’s Mickey Mouse watch symbolizes the
idea of storytell
The Intelligence of
women
 Ignore the power of women, for example Sophie's
character
 Fache calls Sophie, a 'female cryptologist"
 Sophie and Longdon's ability to evade interpol
Other women are similarly understood.

Sub-Themes
The Subjectivity of
Truth :-
 The thriller elements of the narrative unfold, the
novel’s thematic concern with truth.
 Accused of playing fast and loose
 The search for the Holy Grail
 The effect of challenging the faith
The Power of
Metaphor :-
 Unmentioned by the forward thrust of progress in
Holy Grail
 Mystery has for millennia allowed the Grail
 Why put their faith in the Holy Bible
 Langdon ponders over the wisdom of introducing
facts into the equation
 The question boils down to whether metaphor is
invested with the same.

Feminism VS
Patriarchy:-
 Lying at the heart of the pursuit in the historical oppression and
persecution of women by the
Catholic Church
 The Sacred Feminine as the secret
history of the Catholic Church
 The name of Jesus Christ subverts the intention and the foundation of
the beliefs

The first symbol the reader comes across in the book
is Fache’s tie clip – a silver crucifix with thirteen
embedded precious stones. As the narrator explains…..
“The symbol was known as a crux gemmata
– a cross bearing thirteen gems – a Christian
ideogram for Christ and His twelve
apostles” (p. 40, Chap-4).
Symbols

Red-Hair
When Sophie Neveu appears for the first time, Langdon
sees her as a very attractive young woman with very
beautiful dark red hair: “Her thick burgundy hair fell
unstyled to her shoulders, framing the warmth of
her face” (p. 75, chap- 9).
Langdon sees little mermaid Ariel as an allegory
of Mary Magdalene:
“When Langdon had first seen The Little
Mermaid, he had actually gasped aloud
when he noticed that the painting in Ariel’s
underwater home was none other than
seventeenth-century artist Georges de la
Tour’s The Penitent Magdalene – a famous
homage to the banished Mary Magdalene(…)
Of course, the Little Mermaid’s red
hair was certainly no coincidence either”(p.
348, chap - 61).

Count…
Sophie's Red hair (highlighted at the
beginning of the plot).
● A fore-shadowy image of Sophie's divine
blood.
● Later at Teabing's Chateau, Teabing
informs Sophie that: Mary Magdalene is
depicted with red hair in the last supper.
● There is a symbolic connection, when
Sophie's brother gives the Rosslyn chapel
and his hair is described as 'strawberry
blonde'.
● It extracts out that Sophie and her brother
are belonging to Mary Magdalene's
bloodline.

Stands for truth and enlightenment.
● Sauneire draws a pentacle(For
Sauneire, it signifies as a church,
intending to cover up the new world).
● Sophie realizes that her grandfather
has left a message for her on Monalisa,
because 'drop of his blood' remains on
the floor.
● Teabing finds a pinch of blood on
Silas's leg, which denotes as Silas is
having a cilice, a barbed punishment on
his thigh and disables, by hitting him.
● Silas perceives blood as cleansing of
impurities.
Blood
• ,at the very end of the novel, the
discovery of the blood of Mary
Magdalene running through Sophie
and her brother’s veins proves that
the story of the Grail is true.

In modern world cell-phone
symbolizes the secrets are both
harder and easier to keep.
● Teabing conceals his identity as
a teacher, uses cellphone to
communicate with unknown
allies.
● Worried about the cellphone
being traced.
● For example: Fache points that
Sophie has tipped.
Cell-Phones
Cell Phones, interpreting ancient symbols like
the pentacle, the chalice, and the rose, the cell
phone might seem like an incongruous
modern interloper.
In one instance, he even speaks to Silas from
the back of the limousine while Silas is in the
front, concealing his identity while only feet
away. At the same time, however, the
characters are often worried about their cell
phone use being traced. Fache, for example,
at one point figures out that Sophie has tipped
Langdon off by looking up her phone number,
which is stored in his cell phone, and finding
that it matches the number Sophie gave
Langdon as the American Embassies number.

The Last Supper:-
Hid a major clue in
“Major clue in
his
masterpiece.
.
Legends with
high
Renaissance art
to suggest that
the Holy Grail
Reexamining
the
painting
Mediaval
legends with
high
Renaissance
art

Mona Lisa's painting:-
An expression of
the artist's belief
in the "sacred
feminine."
A cryptic
reference to
the Egyptian
gods Amon
and Isis
Symbol of
the word:
"Mona"
and "Lisa"
It is painted as
The Mona
Lisa in the
Church's
suppression
of Mary
Magdalene's
true identity.

Vitruvian Man:-
The work of
ancient Roman
architect
Vitruvius
The novel's
opening scene,
Sauniere's body
is found in the
Louvre naked
and posed like
the Vitruvian
Man
● works of da
Vinci's solve the
mystery
Creative
Genius , art,
music, film and
literature

Fibonacci Sequence:-
Symbol of
proportion,
unrelated to
Leonardo da Vinci
Equaling the
sum of the
two
preceding
ones.
The Fibonacci
sequence describes
a natural growth
pattern common to
all life, as seen in
the structure of a
nautilus shell.
● Sauniere's
deposit box

The Blade:-
Blade is symbolic
of Male.
It
represents
aggression
and
Manhood.
It regards
Symbology of
the Grail: the
original sign for
a male was 'U.
The Blade and
chalice
guarding o’er
her Gates.

The Pentacle:-
Symbol of
beauty and
perfection and
is connected
to the
goddess and
the Holy Lady
Stability and
the Physical
The All, Spirit,
the Divine.
Intelligence and
the Arts.
The importance of
the balance and
harmony between
all the people of
the Earth and
between humanity
and the natural
world

The Rose:-
Traditional
gift
symbolizing
romantic love
innocence and
the feminine and
the red rose,
true love and the
masculine
Used to signify
a graceful
merging of both
feminine and
masculine
Less commonly
colored roses
include yellow for
platonic love,
orange for
passion and blue
for mystery.

Chalice or Holy Grail:-
The cup that
caught
Christ's blood
Female in its
symbolism, from
the water it carried,
the female
element, to its
shape as a womb-
like receptacle
Given the origin of
this symbol, it is no
real surprise that
books now abound
claiming that the Holy
Grail was in fact Mary
Magdalene.
Absence in
Leonardo Da
Vinci's painting
of The Last
Supper

Work cited…
● Brown , Dan. Da Vinci Code . Great Britain : Bantam Press, 2009.
● Gromacki, Gary, et al. "Decoding the da Vinci code." 26 May 2006.
● Lahey, Laurie. Pink Monkey. 2005. 28 February 2021
<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://lib.store.
yahoo.net/lib/monkeynote/pmSampleDaVinciCode.rtf&ved=2ahUKEwiY-
8jy5InvAhXMyzgGHe1OBnYQFjAEegQIBhAC&usg=AOvVaw308ssOg2h2rbvYEk9
NNMZ1>.
● SM, Maverick. Mavrky Book Review . July 2005. 28 February 2021
<http://maverickbookreview.blogspot.com/2005/07/da-vinci-code-by-dan-
brown.html>.
● Wijaya, Cita Paramita. “The Contribution Of Minor Characters in Developing
The plot As Seen in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code .” SanataDharma University,
2010.

Directed : Ron Howard
Produced by: Brian Grazer, John
Calley
Based on: ‘The Da Vinci Code’ by
Dan Brown
Release date: May 17, 2006 (
Cannes) , May 19, 2006 (United
States)
Movie
Adaptation of
Da Vinci Code

Sima Rathod
The DA Vinci Code is a 2006 American
mystery thriller movie, directed by Ron
Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman,
based on Dan Browns 2003 best selling
novel with the same name The DA Vinci
Code. The movie is a master piece with a
great star cast featuring Tom Hanks,
Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellen, Jean
Reno and Paul Batteny.

Cont…
In the novel Langdon was in his hotel
room while in the movie he was shown
in a hotel giving lecture and signing the
copies of his book. Sauniere killed by
Silas. But here in the movie Director
did a slight change, in the novel
Langdon was in his hotel room while in
the movie he was shown in a hotel
giving lecture and signing the copies of
his book.

Cont….
● Remy, in the book, confesses to Silas to work on behalf of the master, while in
the movie he claims to be the master himself.
● In the book, Robert is suspected by the police inspector bezu fache of
murdering the curator of the louvres because his name was written on the
ground and with the blood of saurniere, while in the movie langdon is
suspected because the bishop Aringarosa tells the police that he heard
langdon confess to the murder.
● In the book, Sophie and Langdon find a note written by Teabing on the tomb of
newton, while in the movie Teabing meets them personally, but he threatens
them with a gun.
● One Important difference is that in the book the agent sophie neveu at the end
of story meets her brother at roslyn church, while in the movie the character
of her brother has been deleted.
●

Cont…
● Andre Vernet who in the book was a friend of saurniere and the director of a
Swiss bank which robert and sophie had to visit, tries to subtract the two
protagonists what saurniere had left them, saying that anything they found
inside the box wouldn’t have been in good hands if the two had continued to
keep it in custody. While ,in the movie, andre vernet and jaques saurniere had
never met eachother and so vernet tries to steal the protagonists the content
of the box only for personal gain.
●
● Both the masterpieces, book and movie, leave continuously with bated breath
and with the desire to know always more and more, the search for truth is in
fact the constant theme of this book … though “The Da Vinci Code” must
probably be seen as a novel only, an invention, a thriller that has no pretense,
but to keep glued to the book and why not, also to push a personal reflection
on Church’s and art’s world.

Cont…..
The film The DA Vinci Code was
savaged by reviewers, but that hasn't
stopped audiences flocking to see it.
It's the latest example of a 'Critic -
proof'.
Mark Lawson.
One of the most talk driven summer
flicks in living memory, an out of sorts
Howard transforms what should be a
fun treasure trail romp into something
inert and borderline dreary.
Ian Freer
Empire
Where the book has dimensionless
characters, bland dialogues and numerous
chunks that read like a textbook for
Etymology 101, the film is a vast
improvement.
Mishty Varma
Hindustan Times.

Work cited
● Brown , Dan. Da Vinci Code . Great Britain : Bantam Press, 2009.
● Da Vinci Code. By Akiva Goldsman . Dir. Ron Howard. Perf. Tom Hanks, et al. Prods. Brian
Grazer and John Calley. Sony Pictures, 2006.
● Freer, Ian . Empire. n.d. 28 February 2021
<https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/da-vinci-code-review/>.
● Lawson, Mark. The Gurdian. 24 May 2006. 28 February 2021
<https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/may/24/culture.comment>.
● Varma, Mishty . Hindustan Times . 17 September 2007. 28 February 2021
<https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/review-the-da-vinci-code/story-
o9eGfP7QLW0teMBqexQKdJ.html>.

Similarities between the Movie and
the Book( Samiya Kagdi)
● The beginning of the movie and novel is the same. They portray the death of
Sophie Neveu’s grandfather (Brown, 2013)
● He was murdered in the Louvre. Mr. Langdon was not France, however, he was
contacted by Interpol to give them a hand as an expert.
● Sophie suspects that Interpol mistakenly thinks that Mr. Langdon is guilty in
this murder, and thus, leaves a voicemail, telling him to meet Sophie in the
bathroom.
● When they met, she gets rid of the tracker in Mr. Langdon’s jacket, and they
decide to take a closer look at the body for some symbols (Howard, 2006).
● After this, they run out of the museum not to be caught by Interpol. The albino
monk aimed to kill the guardians of the grail.
● The scene in the safety deposit box and in the Lee’s house corresponds to the
pages of the book.

Differences between the Movie and the
Book Version
● One of the biggest mismatches between the book and the movie is
that the book is focused on telling the story of Sophie’s family,
whereas the film is more about the way Robert Langdon helps to find
the answers to multiple questions regarding the crime and grail.
● It seems that Sophie is the main character in the book; however, I did
not feel it watching the movie.
● Another misunderstanding is the man that is presented at the end of
the movie. The viewers mistakenly think that this man is an ordinary
male working for a church, however, in the book, he is a brother of
Sophie (Howard, 2006).
● She was sure that the entire family was killed in the car accident;
however, it was a myth that aimed to save the bloodline.

Count….
● As a matter of fact, the book is more detailed than the movie; however, this
criterion should not be taken into consideration as it is impossible to present
all the information in the movie.
● In the book, Remy tells the albino monk that he helps the Teacher and works
for him; however, the movie presents this information in a different way
(Brown, 2013). Remy behaves like he is a Teacher (Howard, 2006).
● Fache suspects that Robert Langdon is guilty of the murder of Sophie’s
grandfather, Saunier. Fache makes this assumption based on the fact that the
name of the professor is written on the floor close to the body (Brown, 2013).
However, in the movie, Arigarossa told Fache that he heard that Mr. Langdon
confessed to killing Sophie’s grandfather (Howard, 2006).
● In the book, Robert and Sophie assume that Sir Leigh Teabing is in the College
Hall (Brown, 2013). They find a note that was left on the tomb of Charles
Newton. In the College Hall, they found the Teacher. However, in the movie,
the scene is completely different. Teabing leaves no message and forces them
to enter the College Hall. Robert and Sophie are surprised to know that Sir
Leigh Teabing is a Teacher (Howard, 2006).

Count….
● The next mismatch is significant. There are two cryptexes in the book. Sophie
and Mr, Langdon open the first one with ease in the plane (Brown, 2013). The
first cryptexes has the word ‘Sofia’. This word indicates Sophie, and, in
addition, this word is translated as intelligence. In the first cryptexes, there is
a second one that Sophie and Robert open with the word ‘Apple’. The
moviemakers decided to leave only one cryptexes that can be opened with the
word ‘Apple’.
● Silas accidently kills Aringarosa and aims to help him, carrying Arringarosa to
the hospital (Brown, 2013). In the movie, the albino monk is killed by the
police.
● In the book, Robert decodes the anagram of the artwork created by Da Vinci,
namely Mona Lisa. Sophie decodes another artwork, The Madonna of the Rock
(Brown, 2013). The police aim to stop Sophie and Mr. Langdon, however, they
fail. Sophie tells Robert her discovery only when they got to the car. They keep
silence as they both know what it means. In the movie, they work on the
decoding together and escape the building before the police came.

Count….
● Sophie and Robert go to the church to meet her brother who
she thought was dead (Brown, 2013). However, in the movie,
she did not have a brother. The ending, as well as the
beginning of the movie, was very close to the book. However,
as for me, the scene in the movie was more touching and
compelling. The combination of words and music created an
atmosphere that cannot leave indifferent.

Cinematography of the film.
● The film maker is succeed to make this
entire movie almost like the book,
therefore it is difficult to differentiate
the book from the movie.
● The movie has Sombre and brooding
like atmosphere but with a pinch of
spiritual and mystic aura.
● It seems as legs are widened,
approaching forward and then again
recedes behind: In this manner, it is
mysterious in tone.
● It highlights Longshots, low shots and
shots from above, especially in the
scene where Sophie is pressurized to
share the secret of the holy grail but
she denies as 'she doesn't know'.

Cont….
● While Robert Langon dares to
announce his name as knowing the
secret so that Teabing can approach
him(where the particular scene is
focused through different kinds of
shots).
● The entire movie is mysterious in tone
as well as in watching. But mystery is
followed by revelation and this way, it
keeps the audience/spectators
curious which compels them to know
more about the movie. In a way, what
is heavy at heart at the beginning is
lightened at the end.

The movie “ Do Vinci code ” is an adaptation
– Mehal Pandya
The movie “ Do
Vinci code ” is an
adaptation of Dan
Brown's ’s 2003
novel of the same
name.

Title coming…
● The title is coming with
the letter V. It is also
interesting. As we Know
the letters are not mere a
letter but we can find
meaning as symbols or
code. In this novel and
the Movie this letter
play a vital role.

Cont…..
Prologue
Louvre Museum, Paris
10:46P.M.
‘Movie and novel
both open with
same Prologue’

• Movie help us to understand and images
some glimpse from the book events.
Although we can see that in movie we
can not see everything which is in text.
So here also many changes did by
director.
•
In the first chapter Robert Langdon is in
Hotel Room.
• In the movie he is giving lecture. It is
also interesting one to know about
symbols.
CONT….

CONT…
● In the novel there is another
gallery that Dan Brown used
is National gallery in London.
But in the movie they
mentioned only one Louvre
Museum. They got the key
behind the picture of
Madonna of the Rocks which
is also known as Virgin of the
Rocks.

Cont……
● Another change that we can see in movie that is the Role of Bank officer Vernet who
want that things which is saved in bank from many year and he tried to kill them both.
●
But in novel he is a good friend of sauniere .So he don't want that two murdered can
get the property of his friend He is the president of the Paris branch of the Depository
Bank of Zurich
●

Cont….
● In the movie and novel both the
Character of the Monk Silas is very deep
one. He believes in God and he believes
that he is doing work of god. We can see
the flashback.
●
But in novel writer wrote that Silas is not
his real name which is given by his
parents. Because of the fight between
his parent and his father killed his mother
and he killed his father. He left the home
when he was seven years old.

Learning outcome (Hina Malek)
● Here in below I mention some of the quotes, which I like the most in this book.
"History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated,
and the winner writes the history books—books which glorify their own cause and
disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed
upon?'' (Page. 340 chapter. 60)
" The Truth has been silenced long enough!" ( Page. 548 chapter. 101)
"Life is filled with secrets. You can't learn them all at once." ( Page. 139 chapter. 21)
"Forgiveness is God's greatest gift." ( page. 545 chapter. 100)

Learning outcome ( Sima Rathod)
● Learning Out Comes:
● Today's enemies can be your friends tomorrow and today's friends can be
tomorrow's enemies. Today's opponents can be your allies tomorrow. And
today's allies can be tomorrow's opponents. Today's partners can be your
competitors tomorrow. And today's competitors can be your partners
tomorrow. What you reject today, you could accept tomorrow. And what you
accept today, you could reject tomorrow.
● Suzy Kassem.
When I herd about this novel I simply considered this as an American mystery,
triller but when I read the novel my whole perception changed, I had this thing in
my mind that Christianity was good the least controversial religion but

CONT…..
● after reading this novel and especially the historical context my
perception changed, just the way Sophie's perception changed after
knowing the truth about his grandfather, she was not interested in
Secret but she herself was a biggest secret. Langdon thought Sir Lie is
his friend but he was wrong, he became his enemy just to know the
secret of the holy grail, he didn't harmed anyone he gave priority to
his dream rather than his friendship and it reminded me of Balram
Halwai from the White Tiger by Adiga. Lie proved that today's friend is
tomorrow's enemy. People and their perspective changes. One must
work according to situations rather than expecting others to do
things on your own ways.

Learning outcome ( Samiya
Kagadi)
 Learning Outcomes It is literally very hard to develop learning
tendency towards anything you learn. When once it is developed it
goes feasibly well. Similarly it happened with me. It wasn't the
beginning or the end of the learning that matter but the process of
uncoiling each and every knots, that encounters you.
 The thing is, Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu, both are behind
unraveling the mystery, parellely Albino Monk Silas is there but in
terms of intentions, differing from each other, though the quest is for
the same.This is how your intentions matter towards learning..

Learning outcome ( Mehal Pandya)
In this Brown's book we can see the conflict between realness and Fiction. We can
not found that everything is real or fiction. It is our own choice that…
...which side of the story you believe becomes a matter of faith and personal
exploration…(P. 340)
Leigh Teabing
Freedom is expensive (p. 234)
-Aringarosa
The Bible did not arrive by fax from heaven. The Bible is the product of man, my
dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it
as a historical record of tumultuous times, and it has evolved through countless
translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of
the book.

CONT…
We can see that people have a deep believe in God. God ? Really? No they don't
believe in themselves so they take a support of religion, superstition and in those
things which have no logic.
I learnt from this book that if you have confidence, believe in self then we
can do everything and yes Hard work is also important… Because as
Silas said Pain is good.
●

Learning outcome (Tamsa Pandya)
● I actually really like this movie despite
all it's silliness story unfolds with
revelation of the "secret history" of
things. The movie about solving
puzzles .
● The entire movie is fodder for Bad
Religion
● "Symbols are a language" says
Langdon, Symbols are
at best orthography ,which is separate
from language.
● "How do we write our own histories
and thus define ourselves?" "How do
we find original truth?“
• Their exciting journey
incorporates a variety of
dynamic elements, a number
of historical settings in
countries. Their interactions
with other characters provide
us a invaluable opportunities
to examine characterization,
theme, and conflict, Duality in
treatment of Women .
• It touches to my conscious
mind and able to break some
constructed religious norms.

Cont…..
● The book can be read in a variety of curricular areas including history,
art history, math, mythology, world religions, and English Language
Arts. It guides me to learn English Language Arts , and I will find a
variety of related questions and activities within designed which kept
on engaged me for last some days in rich, meaningful study of the
text and its many associated themes and subjects
● So far , we can considered as more historic within more modern
novel/book equally.
● It tickle well to be sporty , be conscious, realistic, and of course the main how
to understand and how to be attentive with such prominent movies of history
where you have to find modern elements.

Learning outcome ( Sanjay
Jogadiya)
● After watching and reading da Vinci code one thing is very clear in my
mind that study of symbols metaphors is best way to learn something
apart from having bulky Books. it gives me clear insight , clear vision
how to Study historical places, locations how to connect symbols with
information.
● if I share my personal experience then I found this kind of case study
and the solution of historical case , pop up the understanding Human
psychology in better way. it shape me like every mysterious things has
certain history.

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