Major characters of The Da Vinci Code

1. Topic Name :- Major characters of Da Vinci Code
Name :- Hetal Dabhi
Semester :-4
Paper name :- 13(The New Literatures)
Year :- 2018-20
Submitted to :- S. B Gardi Deartment of English, MKBU.

2. Robert Langdon
•A male protagonist of the novel, a professor of symbology at Harvard, honest and
trustworthy.
•A successful academic and a writer of several books. He is interested to study religion but as
an outsider or an observer in matters of faith and is affectionate towards puzzles of all kinds.
•He anchors the story.
•In the novel, the constant presence of Langdon is felt which is reassuring. Although he is
seen as a sex symbol in the academic world, he is unfamiliar and inept with guns and
ammunition lacks to resolve planning and executing actions.
•He can imagine codes and symbols and can relate it to solve
riddles and figures out how to deceive the eyes of the
policemen in Louvre.

3. Sophie Neveu
•Sophie Neveu is the granddaughter of Jaques Sauniere, and a very
accomplished cryptographic working with the police, and is able to
comprehend her grandfather’s clues that point to the real perpetrator.
•She has a great attitude for solving puzzles which her grandfather employs
to prepare for an event where she has to be presented the truth of her origin.
•Sophie is not on talking terms with her grandfather as she witnessed him in
a religious sexual act which she misunderstood as an orgy.
•As the plot progresses, she comes to realize her grandfather’s role as the
grandmother of Priory of Sion.

4. Bezu Fache
•Bezu Fache is the over zealous police captain who
misunderstands Jaques Saunere’s last message and
implicates Robert Langdon in
his murder.
•He is called ‘The Bull’ by his subordinates for his tough
demeanor. He is also very religious.
•He is very religiouis, arrogant and persistent.

5. Sir. Leigh Teabing/The Teacher
•Sir Leigh Teabing is a British historian and lives in France in his search of
the Holy Grail.
•He provides refuge to Robert and Sophie as they escape Bezu Fache. He
proves to be a powerfully as he helps them escape the country in his private
jet and provides them with information that proves to be useful in
•their quest till his identity as the Teacher is revealed.

6. Bishop Aringarosa
•Bishop Aringarosa is the worldwide head of the notorious Christian sect, Opus
Dei.
•He is radical in his thoughts and holds church at fault for decreasing popularity of
Christianity.
•He is religious and pious person but believes in rigorous following of the religion
which involves the practice of corporal mortification.
•He provided refuge to Silas when he was wounded and helpless and thus earned
his devotion.

7. Silas
•Silas is a monk in Opus Dei. He is a religious and stern practitioner of the
ways of Opus Dei and performs elf loathing as well as binding of a metal
cilice around his thigh, rather excessively.
•He is an albino and thus became a cause for his father to abuse his
mother. He later killed his father and lived the life of a homeless person.
•Aringarosa recruiters him as an assassin to the Teacher unknowingly as
when he feels Opus Dei to be threatened by the Church.

8. Remy Legaludec
•Remy is the personal butler of Sir Leigh Teabing but is also used as
muscle by Teabing for his escapades as Teacher.
•Remy is a petty thief and was recruited by Teabing to do his leg work.
•Remy suffers from a severe peanut allagery which Teabing uses to
murder him later in the book.

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