This presentation is about the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. In this presentation we mention all the topics which are very helpful to understand about the novel.This presentation made by our group. Our group members are Kinjal Patel, Drashti Dave , Lajja Bhatt, Namrata Gohil, Khanjaniba Gohil and Sardarsinh Solanki ..
This document summarizes key details about Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. It outlines the plot, which follows characters Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they solve codes and riddles left by Sophie's murdered grandfather that lead them on a race through Paris, London, and Scotland. They discover evidence that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and had children, information the Catholic church has tried to cover up. The document also lists major and minor characters and themes in the novel such as spirituality, codes, and religious symbols featured in the story.
Symbolism in da vinci code presentationDharaba Gohil
The document summarizes key symbols in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. It discusses how red hair, blood, cell phones, the chalice/holy grail, and the pentagram are used symbolically. Red hair represents Sophie Neveu's divine bloodline. Blood stands for truth and enlightenment. Cell phones symbolize how secrets are both easier and harder to keep in the modern world. The chalice/holy grail and pentagram are symbols that are part of the novel's plot about the possibility of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene.
The document summarizes and refutes key claims made in the popular book "The Da Vinci Code". It presents 10 false claims from the book, explaining the real historical facts and truth in each case. The overarching conspiracy presented in "The Da Vinci Code" is exposed - that the real conspirator behind promoting its claims is Satan, aiming to seduce readers to doubt and reject Christianity in favor of humanism and pagan beliefs.
Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" erroneously presents false information as facts. This presentation clearly contrasts the historical facts with the fantasy that Dan Brown claims to be factual.
1) The story introduces the main characters - The Big Friendly Giant (BFG) who eats only vegetables and doesn't eat humans, the orphan Sophie, and nine other giants who eat humans.
2) The BFG kidnaps Sophie but explains that he doesn't eat humans. They have adventures catching dreams and blowing nightmares to the other giants.
3) Sophie and the BFG make a plan to save humans from being eaten - the BFG gives the Queen a nightmare and then they explain the problem. The Queen's army captures the giants and imprisons them.
The document outlines six essential elements of a fair-play mystery: 1) The detective must be memorable to distinguish them from others. 2) The crime must be significant like murder, blackmail, or theft. 3) The criminal must be a worthy opponent to match the detective's intellect. 4) All suspects, including the criminal, must be introduced early on. 5) All clues discovered by the detective must be available to the reader. 6) The solution must be logical when revealed to tie all the clues together.
This document provides background information on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, including a summary of the plot. It discusses the characters Alice encounters in Wonderland, such as the White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts, and Cheshire Cat. It also analyzes themes like growth into adulthood and learning the rules of new games and situations. Motifs like dreams and subversion are explored, along with the garden being used as a symbol.
This document summarizes key details about Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. It outlines the plot, which follows characters Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they solve codes and riddles left by Sophie's murdered grandfather that lead them on a race through Paris, London, and Scotland. They discover evidence that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and had children, information the Catholic church has tried to cover up. The document also lists major and minor characters and themes in the novel such as spirituality, codes, and religious symbols featured in the story.
Symbolism in da vinci code presentationDharaba Gohil
The document summarizes key symbols in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. It discusses how red hair, blood, cell phones, the chalice/holy grail, and the pentagram are used symbolically. Red hair represents Sophie Neveu's divine bloodline. Blood stands for truth and enlightenment. Cell phones symbolize how secrets are both easier and harder to keep in the modern world. The chalice/holy grail and pentagram are symbols that are part of the novel's plot about the possibility of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene.
The document summarizes and refutes key claims made in the popular book "The Da Vinci Code". It presents 10 false claims from the book, explaining the real historical facts and truth in each case. The overarching conspiracy presented in "The Da Vinci Code" is exposed - that the real conspirator behind promoting its claims is Satan, aiming to seduce readers to doubt and reject Christianity in favor of humanism and pagan beliefs.
Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" erroneously presents false information as facts. This presentation clearly contrasts the historical facts with the fantasy that Dan Brown claims to be factual.
1) The story introduces the main characters - The Big Friendly Giant (BFG) who eats only vegetables and doesn't eat humans, the orphan Sophie, and nine other giants who eat humans.
2) The BFG kidnaps Sophie but explains that he doesn't eat humans. They have adventures catching dreams and blowing nightmares to the other giants.
3) Sophie and the BFG make a plan to save humans from being eaten - the BFG gives the Queen a nightmare and then they explain the problem. The Queen's army captures the giants and imprisons them.
The document outlines six essential elements of a fair-play mystery: 1) The detective must be memorable to distinguish them from others. 2) The crime must be significant like murder, blackmail, or theft. 3) The criminal must be a worthy opponent to match the detective's intellect. 4) All suspects, including the criminal, must be introduced early on. 5) All clues discovered by the detective must be available to the reader. 6) The solution must be logical when revealed to tie all the clues together.
This document provides background information on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, including a summary of the plot. It discusses the characters Alice encounters in Wonderland, such as the White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts, and Cheshire Cat. It also analyzes themes like growth into adulthood and learning the rules of new games and situations. Motifs like dreams and subversion are explored, along with the garden being used as a symbol.
John Wayne Gacy murdered 33 teenage boys in the 1970s. He would lure the boys to his home by impersonating a clown named "Pogo" for children's birthday parties. Gacy buried 26 of his victims under the crawl space of his house. He was executed by lethal injection in 1994 after being convicted of 33 counts of murder.
Dan Brown is one of the most successful and popular authors of our time. He graduated from Amherst College and had a brief career in music before becoming a writer. His early novels like Digital Fortress and Deception Point were successful thrillers. However, his novels Angels & Demons and especially The Da Vinci Code, which featured the character Robert Langdon, achieved massive commercial success and helped popularize symbols and history. The Da Vinci Code became one of the best selling books ever with over 80 million copies sold. Brown's novels are praised for their page-turning plots but criticized for superficial research; nonetheless they remain hugely popular among readers.
This document provides an overview and analysis of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. It summarizes that the novel was first written in 1796-97 and published in 1813. It was originally titled First Impressions. The perspective is third person omniscient narration. Key elements include the social restrictions faced by women, epistolary sections in the form of letters, and 61 chapters over 281 pages. Elizabeth Bennet is introduced as the protagonist who must overcome her own prejudices.
This document discusses gender inequality and traditional gender roles. It analyzes word choices and descriptions in a passage that portray male dominance and privilege over females. Specific excerpts from the passage are provided that use adjectives and allusions to portray males in heroic and superior terms, while females are described as secondary and having household duties. The analysis suggests the passage enacts and reinforces social inequality between genders through the use of language.
Trifles justification of hiding evidenceMaria Sofea
The two women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, discover clues in Mrs. Wright's kitchen that reveal the emotional bleakness of her life with her oppressive husband. They find ruined preserves, unfinished sewing work, and a dead canary with its neck wrung, implying Mr. Wright killed it. The women do not tell the men of these discoveries, with Mrs. Hale pocketing the dead bird, as they want to protect Mrs. Wright from harsh punishment, given the era's treatment of women. Mrs. Hale feels guilty for not visiting her old friend more, while Mrs. Peters can sympathize with Mrs. Wright's stillness and loss of freedom, having suffered herself.
Use of Symbols, Science and Art in The Da Vinci Code Novel by Dan BrownPritiba Gohil
Here I am sharing My Presentation of Course No. 13: The New Literature based on Use of Symbols, Science and Art in The Da Vinci Code Novel by Dan Brown.
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, poet, and cleric born in 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. He is regarded as one of the foremost prose satirists in English. Some of his most famous works include A Tale of a Tub (1704), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). Swift used satire to criticize humanity and politics. He received his education from Kilkenny School and Trinity College Dublin, earning degrees including an MA from Oxford and doctorate from Trinity College. Throughout his career, Swift pseudonymously wrote political pamphlets and satires that brought him fame and influence as one of the most powerful
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel that works on several levels. Most study it as social commentary about the French Revolution, but even those not interested in history will find it a book of interest, because it is quite possibly the most romantic love story ever told’.
The document provides context about the setting and time period of Thomas Hardy's novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" including:
1) The story is set in the fictional county of Wessex in rural England in the late 19th century as agricultural practices were changing.
2) The main characters include independent woman Bathsheba Everdene and the three men that suit her - humble farmer Gabriel Oak, unstable soldier Frank Troy, and rigid landowner William Boldwood.
3) Themes explored include the precariousness of romantic relationships, the relationship between people and nature, and how characters are responsible for their own actions and suffering.
This document provides background information and context for Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities". It summarizes the key characters, settings in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, and some historical events of the time period like the storming of the Bastille. The document also includes brief biographies of real-life figures like King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette that influenced the story. Maps and images help depict the settings and events discussed.
This document provides a summary of the book "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov. It includes biographical information about Asimov, summaries of the 7 stories in the book dealing with conflicts that arise from the 3 Laws of Robotics, and a personal opinion that the book is interesting and shows humans are better than robots. The stories explore how robots might develop in unexpected ways and what challenges could emerge from attempting to program absolute obedience and non-harm of humans into robots.
This is the lesson to accompany the story "Boarding House" by James Joyce and may include extra excerpts from songs and poems as comprehension questions and language development. The actual story in not included here; this lesson is for after reading the story. Created by Coleman’s Classroom.
Comparison between Coraline and Alice in The WonderlandMeilina Rais
This is my reading assignment about the comparison between Coraline and Alice in The Wonderland. I took some material from several resources from website. If you want to know the resources feel free to ask me.
Guy de Maupassant was a prominent 19th century French writer known for his short stories and novels. He was born in 1850 in Normandy, France and studied law, but began a literary career in 1880 after resigning from his job in the Education Ministry. He published his first successful story in 1880 and wrote over 300 short stories and 6 novels within the next decade, establishing himself as a leading writer of the period. His health declined in the 1890s due to syphilis and he attempted suicide in 1892 before dying in a sanitarium the following year. As a writer, he was influenced by realism and naturalism and often portrayed unhappy characters victimized by their own flaws.
This document provides background information and a summary of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It includes sections on the author, the historical time period the novel is set in, major themes of the work, a synopsis of the plot, and character analyses of the two main characters Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The synopsis outlines the key events of the story, including Hester being punished for adultery, the arrival of her long-lost husband who seeks revenge on her lover, and the ultimate confessions and deaths of Dimmesdale and Hester's husband years later.
The document provides a summary of the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. It includes a biography of the author, lists of major characters, historical context, and summaries of the plot. The story follows the four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - as they grow up in New England during and after the Civil War. Each sister faces personal challenges and learns life lessons about love, independence, and family under the guidance of their mother Marmee.
Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography tells the story of the eponymous Orlando, born in 16th century England as a nobleman, who mysteriously changes sex and lives for centuries without aging. The novel follows Orlando from the Elizabethan period through the Victorian era until 1928, narrated by an unreliable biographer. Major themes include writing and literature, gender and identity, and how they change through the centuries. Symbols like clothing and Orlando's poem "The Oak Tree" represent these transformations.
Analysis of Hanif Kureishi’s “My Son the Fanatic” and “My Beautiful laundret...Muhammad Aqeel Hayder
This document provides an analysis of two short stories by Hanif Kureishi - "My Son the Fanatic" and "My Beautiful Laundrette" - from a postmodern perspective. It identifies several postmodern themes and techniques present in the stories, including fragmentation, pseudo-culture, and paranoia. In "My Son the Fanatic," the relationship between the protagonist and his son is fragmented, as they hold conflicting worldviews. Both characters see themselves as adhering to distinct belief systems. The story also depicts pseudo-culture through its portrayal of different perceptions of Western vs. Islamic culture between the characters. Paranoia is exhibited through the son's distrust of Western society.
Historical Background of The Novel "The Great Gatsby" .pptxDrashtiJoshi21
The document provides historical context for F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby". It discusses the Jazz Age of the 1920s when the novel was set and influenced by, including the flapper culture, prohibition, and post-WWI economic boom. It also gives biographical details about Fitzgerald's life and similarities between events in his life and elements of the novel's plot and characters.
This document provides an analysis of the Wife of Bath character from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It summarizes key details about her appearance and background as a thrice-married seamstress who seeks wealth over love in her marriages. The document also summarizes the plot of the Wife of Bath's Tale, in which a knight is given a year to determine what women truly desire and is told by an old hag that women wish to have sovereignty over their husbands.
The document discusses mystery and wonderment as serving our souls. It expresses gratitude but provides no other details about the topic. The summary is intentionally vague since the original text contains very little contextual information.
This document provides details about a presentation on the mysteries presented in Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" given by Gohil Khanjaniba M. It lists their name, academic information, presentation topic, and indicates it was suggested by Dr. Dilip Barad and dedicated to the English department at Smt.S.B.Gardi, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
John Wayne Gacy murdered 33 teenage boys in the 1970s. He would lure the boys to his home by impersonating a clown named "Pogo" for children's birthday parties. Gacy buried 26 of his victims under the crawl space of his house. He was executed by lethal injection in 1994 after being convicted of 33 counts of murder.
Dan Brown is one of the most successful and popular authors of our time. He graduated from Amherst College and had a brief career in music before becoming a writer. His early novels like Digital Fortress and Deception Point were successful thrillers. However, his novels Angels & Demons and especially The Da Vinci Code, which featured the character Robert Langdon, achieved massive commercial success and helped popularize symbols and history. The Da Vinci Code became one of the best selling books ever with over 80 million copies sold. Brown's novels are praised for their page-turning plots but criticized for superficial research; nonetheless they remain hugely popular among readers.
This document provides an overview and analysis of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. It summarizes that the novel was first written in 1796-97 and published in 1813. It was originally titled First Impressions. The perspective is third person omniscient narration. Key elements include the social restrictions faced by women, epistolary sections in the form of letters, and 61 chapters over 281 pages. Elizabeth Bennet is introduced as the protagonist who must overcome her own prejudices.
This document discusses gender inequality and traditional gender roles. It analyzes word choices and descriptions in a passage that portray male dominance and privilege over females. Specific excerpts from the passage are provided that use adjectives and allusions to portray males in heroic and superior terms, while females are described as secondary and having household duties. The analysis suggests the passage enacts and reinforces social inequality between genders through the use of language.
Trifles justification of hiding evidenceMaria Sofea
The two women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, discover clues in Mrs. Wright's kitchen that reveal the emotional bleakness of her life with her oppressive husband. They find ruined preserves, unfinished sewing work, and a dead canary with its neck wrung, implying Mr. Wright killed it. The women do not tell the men of these discoveries, with Mrs. Hale pocketing the dead bird, as they want to protect Mrs. Wright from harsh punishment, given the era's treatment of women. Mrs. Hale feels guilty for not visiting her old friend more, while Mrs. Peters can sympathize with Mrs. Wright's stillness and loss of freedom, having suffered herself.
Use of Symbols, Science and Art in The Da Vinci Code Novel by Dan BrownPritiba Gohil
Here I am sharing My Presentation of Course No. 13: The New Literature based on Use of Symbols, Science and Art in The Da Vinci Code Novel by Dan Brown.
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, poet, and cleric born in 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. He is regarded as one of the foremost prose satirists in English. Some of his most famous works include A Tale of a Tub (1704), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). Swift used satire to criticize humanity and politics. He received his education from Kilkenny School and Trinity College Dublin, earning degrees including an MA from Oxford and doctorate from Trinity College. Throughout his career, Swift pseudonymously wrote political pamphlets and satires that brought him fame and influence as one of the most powerful
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel that works on several levels. Most study it as social commentary about the French Revolution, but even those not interested in history will find it a book of interest, because it is quite possibly the most romantic love story ever told’.
The document provides context about the setting and time period of Thomas Hardy's novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" including:
1) The story is set in the fictional county of Wessex in rural England in the late 19th century as agricultural practices were changing.
2) The main characters include independent woman Bathsheba Everdene and the three men that suit her - humble farmer Gabriel Oak, unstable soldier Frank Troy, and rigid landowner William Boldwood.
3) Themes explored include the precariousness of romantic relationships, the relationship between people and nature, and how characters are responsible for their own actions and suffering.
This document provides background information and context for Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities". It summarizes the key characters, settings in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, and some historical events of the time period like the storming of the Bastille. The document also includes brief biographies of real-life figures like King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette that influenced the story. Maps and images help depict the settings and events discussed.
This document provides a summary of the book "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov. It includes biographical information about Asimov, summaries of the 7 stories in the book dealing with conflicts that arise from the 3 Laws of Robotics, and a personal opinion that the book is interesting and shows humans are better than robots. The stories explore how robots might develop in unexpected ways and what challenges could emerge from attempting to program absolute obedience and non-harm of humans into robots.
This is the lesson to accompany the story "Boarding House" by James Joyce and may include extra excerpts from songs and poems as comprehension questions and language development. The actual story in not included here; this lesson is for after reading the story. Created by Coleman’s Classroom.
Comparison between Coraline and Alice in The WonderlandMeilina Rais
This is my reading assignment about the comparison between Coraline and Alice in The Wonderland. I took some material from several resources from website. If you want to know the resources feel free to ask me.
Guy de Maupassant was a prominent 19th century French writer known for his short stories and novels. He was born in 1850 in Normandy, France and studied law, but began a literary career in 1880 after resigning from his job in the Education Ministry. He published his first successful story in 1880 and wrote over 300 short stories and 6 novels within the next decade, establishing himself as a leading writer of the period. His health declined in the 1890s due to syphilis and he attempted suicide in 1892 before dying in a sanitarium the following year. As a writer, he was influenced by realism and naturalism and often portrayed unhappy characters victimized by their own flaws.
This document provides background information and a summary of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It includes sections on the author, the historical time period the novel is set in, major themes of the work, a synopsis of the plot, and character analyses of the two main characters Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The synopsis outlines the key events of the story, including Hester being punished for adultery, the arrival of her long-lost husband who seeks revenge on her lover, and the ultimate confessions and deaths of Dimmesdale and Hester's husband years later.
The document provides a summary of the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. It includes a biography of the author, lists of major characters, historical context, and summaries of the plot. The story follows the four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - as they grow up in New England during and after the Civil War. Each sister faces personal challenges and learns life lessons about love, independence, and family under the guidance of their mother Marmee.
Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography tells the story of the eponymous Orlando, born in 16th century England as a nobleman, who mysteriously changes sex and lives for centuries without aging. The novel follows Orlando from the Elizabethan period through the Victorian era until 1928, narrated by an unreliable biographer. Major themes include writing and literature, gender and identity, and how they change through the centuries. Symbols like clothing and Orlando's poem "The Oak Tree" represent these transformations.
Analysis of Hanif Kureishi’s “My Son the Fanatic” and “My Beautiful laundret...Muhammad Aqeel Hayder
This document provides an analysis of two short stories by Hanif Kureishi - "My Son the Fanatic" and "My Beautiful Laundrette" - from a postmodern perspective. It identifies several postmodern themes and techniques present in the stories, including fragmentation, pseudo-culture, and paranoia. In "My Son the Fanatic," the relationship between the protagonist and his son is fragmented, as they hold conflicting worldviews. Both characters see themselves as adhering to distinct belief systems. The story also depicts pseudo-culture through its portrayal of different perceptions of Western vs. Islamic culture between the characters. Paranoia is exhibited through the son's distrust of Western society.
Historical Background of The Novel "The Great Gatsby" .pptxDrashtiJoshi21
The document provides historical context for F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby". It discusses the Jazz Age of the 1920s when the novel was set and influenced by, including the flapper culture, prohibition, and post-WWI economic boom. It also gives biographical details about Fitzgerald's life and similarities between events in his life and elements of the novel's plot and characters.
This document provides an analysis of the Wife of Bath character from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It summarizes key details about her appearance and background as a thrice-married seamstress who seeks wealth over love in her marriages. The document also summarizes the plot of the Wife of Bath's Tale, in which a knight is given a year to determine what women truly desire and is told by an old hag that women wish to have sovereignty over their husbands.
The document discusses mystery and wonderment as serving our souls. It expresses gratitude but provides no other details about the topic. The summary is intentionally vague since the original text contains very little contextual information.
This document provides details about a presentation on the mysteries presented in Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" given by Gohil Khanjaniba M. It lists their name, academic information, presentation topic, and indicates it was suggested by Dr. Dilip Barad and dedicated to the English department at Smt.S.B.Gardi, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
The document provides an analysis of how characters, enigma, and technical elements are established in the opening scenes of The Da Vinci Code film. It describes how Jacques Sauniere is introduced running in fear with Silas chasing him, creating suspense, while Professor Robert Langdon is shown to enjoy solving puzzles. Quick cuts between the two characters, ominous music, footsteps, and alarms build tension. Mise en scene elements like paintings, weapons, and lighting are used to clue the audience in on key plot points and characters.
O documento contém várias citações sobre temas como o interior, o coração, Deus, o amor e a humanidade. As citações destacam a importância de se olhar para dentro de si, de se purificar o coração para ver o essencial e se aproximar de Deus, e de amar uns aos outros.
The presentation discusses the mystery of the Holy Grail according to The Da Vinci Code. The Da Vinci Code claims that Jesus Christ himself said that Mary Magdalene was the Holy Grail, representing womanhood and the symbol of the sacred feminine. However, the Bible does not mention the words "grail" or "holy grail," and there is no proof that Jesus made this claim about Mary Magdalene. The concept of the Holy Grail originated from medieval legends. At the end of The Da Vinci Code, the main character uncovers that the Holy Grail, also called the Sangreal, refers to Mary Magdalene and the royal bloodline she carried as the supposed wife of Jesus Christ.
Conflict between Civilization and Barbarianssonal baraiya
This document summarizes key concepts from J.M. Coetzee's novel "Waiting for Barbarians". It defines civilization and barbarians, and discusses the conflict that arises from the domination of civilization over barbarians. The magistrate harms barbarian people to assert dominance, showing how civilization views barbarians as the "other". Through torture, the empire violates barbarian humanity to impose its ideology. Ultimately, the writer questions who the real danger and barbarians are, realizing that the empire seeks to eliminate otherness while committing crimes against humanity.
This document provides an overview of film criticism and reviews. It begins with background on the history of film from the 1890s invention of motion picture cameras. It then defines what a film and film review are. A film review evaluates and assesses a film's quality and determines if it is worth recommending. The document also distinguishes between journalistic film criticism found in magazines and newspapers from academic film criticism, which takes a more theoretical examination of how and why films work from a cultural perspective. Key journalistic and academic film critics are named like James Agee, Vincent Canby, and Andre Bazin.
Interpretation of dream by freud in harry’s dreamsonal baraiya
In this presentation i am going to deal with the interpretation of dream and the psychlogical theory in the dreams of Harry's dream and how it is connected with his real life.
This document is a guide to free resources for creating visually impressive presentations. It provides direct links to websites for free fonts, colors, icons, photos, backgrounds, charts, infographics, PSD/vector files, inspiration, and extras. The guide aims to provide creative people with everything they might need for their design process. It encourages using the resources to complement unique creativity and create designs for all to share.
You and I have wasted enough time on PowerPoint Presentations. It's a necessary evil, but there are much better ways to approach it. Based off a talk I gave @ APTS. Enjoy!
Your welcome email (or lack thereof) sets the tone for the email marketing relationship you have with your subscribers—make sure it's sending the right message!
Did you know that Tuesdays at 11am is one of the worst possible times to send your email campaigns? Stop relying on guesswork and hunches to drive your email marketing--you might be shooting yourself in the foot. Learn How to Tweak Your Email Messaging to Generate More Leads!
View full presentation here: http://www.hubspot.com/the-science-of-email-marketing/
The document discusses how social media has changed marketing and created opportunities for personal branding. It notes that 20 years ago, marketing involved newspapers and television but today focuses on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The document encourages developing a personal brand on these channels, being responsive to customers, positioning oneself as a thought leader, and using one's brand to find or create the perfect job. It presents social media as a great equalizer that allows anyone to build their own future.
Are you leveraging social proof to optimally boost leads and sales? Checkout out these tricks for harnessing current and past customer success (testimonials, star ratings, customer action shots, etc.) to drive more conversions.
You'll learn:
- What kinds of social proof aid conversion (and why)
- Common conversion-killing social proof cases to avoid
- When and where social proof matters on a landing page
- How to score/grade the quality of your social proof
- What elements make a highly persuasive testimonial (and how to get them)
BONUS: Learn my "CRAVENS" methodology -- a simple scorecard for measuring the quality of social proof to effectively persuade conversion. CRAVENS = Credible, Relevant, Attractive, Visual, Enumerated, Nearby [anxiety points], Specific.
Note: A "craven" is a chicken, quitter, scaredy cat, etc. The CRAVENS model focuses on leveraging social proof to strategically reduce anxiety (i.e. scaredy cat, abandonment tendencies) and in turn boost conversion. Get ready for some actionable social proof tips and some epic LOL cat slides! #RememberTheCravens (scaredy cats!)
>> Presented Aug 26, 2014 for an Unbounce Webinar.
Short link: http://j.mp/socialproofcrowebinar
Pitching Ideas: How to sell your ideas to othersJeroen van Geel
Learn how to convince others of your UX ideas by understanding them.
We are good in designing usable and engaging products and services. We understand the user's needs and have a toolkit with dozens of deliverables. But for some reason it remains difficult to sell an idea or concept to team members, managers or clients. After this session that problem will be solved!
Selling your ideas and convincing others is one of the most undervalued assets in our field. This ranges from convincing a colleague to use a certain design pattern to selling research to your boss and convincing a client to go for your concept. You can come up with the best ideas in the world, but if it is presented in the wrong way these ideas will die a lonely dead. This is sad, because everybody can learn how to bring a message across. The main thing is that you know what to pay attention to.
In this session I will take you on a journey through the world of presenting ideas. We will move through the heads of clients and your colleagues, learn what their thoughts and needs are. We will move to the core of your idea and into the world of psychology.
https://www.wrike.com/blog/08/27/2014/Crowdfunding-Sites-Infographic - In the last few years, the crowdfunding scene has exploded. It's not just about Kickstarter and IndieGoGo anymore. Now there are hundreds of platforms to choose from, with more popping up every day. But which crowdfunding site is best for your startup, small business, or charitable cause?
In this infographic, we cover 26 Top Crowdfunding Sites with all the essential details so you can choose wisely.
More info here on the blog: https://www.wrike.com/blog/08/27/2014/Crowdfunding-Sites-Infographic
The eBooks you create have the potential to become an important pillar in your content marketing mix.
Do it right and these high-converting "lead magnets" can continue to work for your content marketing machine long after the average blog post has ran out of steam.
But first, we need to move past the assumption that great eBooks are merely written and start building them with all the right parts!
Using icons is a great way to add visuals to your presentation. There are many ways to get icons online, some are even free. But if you need a specific icon that you can’t find or if you want a special spin to your icon (color, shadow etc) – you can use PowerPoint’s great (and somewhat hidden) “Merge Shapes” commands to create your own icons.
Using these commands you can combine basic shapes into other shapes. You can union and subtract shapes. You can intersect and combine. All while still working natively inside PowerPoint. Once you have created an icon you can change the color, filling and add shadows as needed.
It is just as fun as building with Lego blocks! Well, almost..
This is a guide in 15 steps showing you how you can use these commands to create your own icon - the example we are using is a calendar icon.
The document provides information about Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" including its characters, themes, symbols and bibliography. Some key details include:
- It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in the Louvre museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene.
- Major symbols discussed include the pentagram, Baphomet, Holy Grail, paintings like The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
- Themes explored are the conflict between faith and knowledge, the subjectivity of history and the intelligence of women.
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The document provides background information on Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. It discusses the author, main characters like Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu, as well as minor characters and groups involved like the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei. Key symbols in the novel like the pentagram, Baphomet, rose, Holy Grail, and paintings by Da Vinci like the Last Supper and Mona Lisa are explained. The overarching theme explores the possibility of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene and her bloodline surviving into present day.
The document provides information about Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" including its characters, themes, symbols and bibliography. Some key details include:
- It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in the Louvre museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene.
- Major symbols discussed include the pentagram, Baphomet, Holy Grail, paintings like The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
- Themes explored are the conflict between faith and knowledge, the subjectivity of history and the intelligence of women.
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The document provides information about Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" including its characters, themes, symbols and bibliography. Some key details include:
- It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in the Louvre museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene.
- Major symbols discussed include the pentagram, Baphomet, Holy Grail, paintings like The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
- Themes explored are the conflict between faith and knowledge, the subjectivity of history and the intelligence of women.
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The document summarizes the plot of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after the murder of Louvre curator Jacques Saunière. They become involved in a battle between the secret societies Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility that Jesus Christ had a companion in Mary Magdalene. The cryptic clues left by Saunière lead Langdon and Neveu on a quest to uncover the secret behind the Holy Grail.
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1. Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet with Count Dracula and help him purchase property in England, but locals warn him to be careful at the castle as evil forces are strong near Halloween.
2. While at the castle, Jonathan realizes he has lost blood and that the Count has no reflection, and that the exits are locked, making him a prisoner.
3. The novel Dracula is composed of letters and journal entries and tells the story of Jonathan's encounter with Count Dracula and others' efforts to stop the spreading vampire threat led by Dracula.
The film follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder at the Louvre museum and try to solve riddles left by the victim that point to a holy secret kept by the Priory of Sion. They are pursued by the police and Silas, an albino monk also seeking the secret. With the help of historian Leigh Teabing, they flee to London and uncover that Teabing himself is behind the secret society known as The Teacher. They travel to Scotland and discover that Sophie is a descendant of Jesus Christ through Mary Magdalene. Langdon realizes the final secret is buried under the Louvre pyramid.
The film The Da Vinci Code is directed by Ron Howard and stars Tom Hanks as Professor Robert Langdon and Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu. After a curator is murdered in the Louvre museum, Langdon and Neveu must solve riddles and clues related to art and symbols to find a religious treasure hidden for centuries. They are pursued by police and members of a secret society as they travel to locations in Paris, London, and Scotland. Their search leads them to discover an ancient secret connected to Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene.
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Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of symbology, anchors the story as he tries to solve codes and symbols related to the murder of his friend Jacques Sauniere. Sophie Neveu, Jacques' granddaughter and a cryptographer for the police, helps Langdon solve the clues left by her grandfather that point to the true perpetrator. Police Captain Bezu Fache misunderstands the clues and wrongly accuses Langdon of the murder. Sir Leigh Teabing, a historian searching for the Holy Grail, provides refuge for Langdon and Sophie as they try to escape Fache. Teabing later turns out to be the antagonist known as "The Teacher". Bishop Aringarosa heads the
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.
2. Drashti Dave
Khanjaniba Gohil
Kinjal Patel
Lajja Bhatt
Namrata Gohil
Sardarsinh Solanki
Group Work
S.B. Gardi,
Department of English,
M.K.Bhavnagar University.
Bhavnagar(Gujarat-India).
3. Key Facts
• FULL TITLE · The Da Vinci Code
• AUTHOR · Dan Brown
• TYPE OF WORK · Novel
• GENRE · Thriller
• LANGUAGE · English
• TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN · Early
twenty-first century; the United States
4. • DATE OF FIRST
PUBLICATION · March 2003
• PUBLISHER · Doubleday
• NARRATOR · Third-person, anonymous,
omniscient narrator
• POINT OF VIEW · The narrator speaks
from the point of view of several
characters, describing what they see
and hear. The narrator also provides
background information and pieces of
knowledge unknown to other characters.
5. • TONE · Objective, earnest
• TENSE · Past
• SETTING · The present day
• PLACE · Paris, France; Versailles,
France; London, England; outskirts of
Edinburgh, Scotland
• PROTAGONISTS · Robert Langdon;
Sophie Neveu
6. • THEMES · The false conflict between
faith and knowledge; the subjectivity of
history; the intelligence of women
• MOTIFS · Ancient and foreign
languages; art; sexism
• SYMBOLS · Red hair; blood; cell phones
7. • FORESHADOWING · Teabing’s
questions to Sophie about whether she
would reveal the secret to the world if
she had the choice foreshadows the
later revelation of Teabing’s obsession
with the necessity of revelation. Rémy’s
slowness in helping Teabing when Silas is
assaulting him foreshadows his
involvement with Silas and his desire to
steal the keystone.
8. Plot of the novel
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
The protagonists attempt to interpret
the message left behind by Jacques
Sauniere and find the hidden secret of
the Priory of Sion.
Leigh Teabing reveals himself as
the man behind the murders of the
Priory of Sion and Langdon and
Sophie discover who killed Jacques
Sauniere.
The protagonists go to
Rosslyn Chapel, where they
discover Sophie’s family.
Langdon goes to the Louvre,
where he discovers what he
thinks is the resting place of
the Grail.
9. • Time : Early twenty- first century
• Place : United State, Paris, France,
London, Scotland.
• Action : Unity of action is mention
sometimes
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11. Plot Summary of the Da Vinci
Code
• Louvre curator and Priory of Sion Grand
Master Jacques Sauniere is fatally shot
one night at the museum by an albino
Catholic monk named Silas, who is
working on behalf of someone he knows
only as the teacher, who wishes to
discover the location of the Keystone,
an item crucial to the search for the
Holy Grail.
12. • After Sauniere’s body is discovered in
the pose of the Vitruvian Man, the
police summon Harvard Professor
Robert Langdon, who is town on
business.
• Police Captain Bezu Fache tells him that
he was summoned to help the police
decode the cryptic message Sauniere
left during the final minutes of his life.
• The message includes a Fibonacci
sequence out of order.
13. • Langdon explains of Fache that Sauniere
was leading authority on the subject of
goddess artwork and that pentacle
Sauniere drew I his own blood represents
an allusion to the goddess and not “ devil
worship”, as Fache says.
• A police cryptographer, Sophie Neveu,
secretly explains to Langdon that she is
Sauniere's estranged granddaughter, and
that Fache thinks Langdon is the
murderer, because her grandfather's
message said "PS Find Robert Langdon",
which she says Fache had erased prior to
Langdon's arrival.
14. • Neveu is troubled by memories of her
grandfather's involvement in a secret
pagan group. However, she understands
that her grandfather intended Langdon to
decipher the code, which she and Langdon
find leads them to a safe deposit box at
the Paris branch of the Depository Bank of
Zurich.
• Neveu and Langdon escape from the police
and visit the bank. In the safe deposit box
they find the keystone: a cryptex, a
cylindrical, hand-held vault with five
concentric, rotating dials labeled with
letters. When these are lined up correctly,
they unlock the device.
15. • If the cryptex is forced open, an enclosed vial
of vinegar ruptures and dissolves the message
inside the cryptex, which was written on
papyrus.
• The box containing the cryptex contains clues
to its password.
• Langdon and Neveu take the keystone to the
house of Langdon's friend, Sir Leigh Teabing,
an expert on the Holy Grail.
16. • There, Teabing explains that the Grail is
not a cup, but a tomb containing the bones
of Mary Magdalene.
• The trio then flees the country on
Teabing's private plane, on which they
conclude that the proper combination of
letters spell out Neveu's given name,
"SOFIA.“
• Opening the cryptex, they discover a
smaller cryptex inside it, along with
another riddle that ultimately leads the
group to the tomb of Isaac
Newtonin Westminster Abbey.
17. • During the flight to Britain, Neveu reveals the
source of her estrangement from her grandfather,
ten years earlier.
• Arriving home unexpectedly from university,
Neveu clandestinely witnesses a spring fertility
rite conducted in the secret basement of her
grandfather's country estate.
• From her hiding place, she is shocked to see her
grandfather having sex with a woman at the
center of a ritual attended by men and women
who are wearing masks and chanting praise to
the goddess.
18. • She flees the house and breaks off all
contact with Saunière.
• Langdon explains that what she witnessed
was an ancient ceremony known as Hieros
gamos or "sacred marriage".
• By the time they arrive at Westminster
Abbey, Teabing is revealed to be the
Teacher for whom Silas is working.
• Teabing wishes to use the Holy Grail, which
he believes is a series of documents
establishing that Jesus
Christ married Mary Magdalene and bore
children, in order to ruin the Vatican.
19. • He compels Langdon at gunpoint to solve
the second cryptex's password, which
Langdon realizes is "APPLE”.
• Langdon secretly opens the cryptex and
removes its contents before destroying it
in front of Teabing.
• Teabing is arrested by Fache, who by now
knows that Langdon was innocent.
• Bishop Aringarosa, realizing that Silas has
been used to murder innocent people,
rushes to help the police find him.
20. • When the police find Silas hiding in an
Opus Dei Center, he assumes that they are
there to kill him, and he rushes out,
accidentally shooting Bishop Aringarosa.
• Bishop Aringarosa survives but is informed
that Silas was found dead later from a
bullet wound.
• The final message inside the second
keystone leads Neveu and Langdon
to Rosslyn Chapel, whose docent turns out
to be Neveu's long-lost brother, whom
Neveu had been told died as a child in the
car accident that killed her parents.
21. • The guardian of Rosslyn Chapel, Marie
Chauvel Saint Clair, is Neveu's long-lost
grandmother.
• It is revealed that Neveu is a
descendant of Jesus Christ and Mary
Magdalene.
• The Priory of Sion hid her identity to
protect her from possible threats to
her life.
22. • The real meaning of the last message is
that the Grail is buried beneath the
small pyramid directly below the inverted
glass pyramid of the Louvre.
• It also lies beneath the "Rose Line," an
allusion to "Roslyn."
• Langdon figures out this final piece to the
puzzle in the last pages of the book, but he
does not appear inclined to tell anyone
about this.
25. Minor characters:
• 1. Jacques Saunière
• 2. Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
• 3. Silas
• 4. Bezu Fache
• 5. Andre Vernet
• 6. Remy Legaludec
• 7. Jerome Collet
• 8. Marie Chauvel Saint Clair
• 9. Sister Sandrine
• 10. Pamela Gettum
• 11. Claude Grouard
• 12. Simon Edwards
• 13. Jonas Faukman
26. 1) Robert Langdon
• Robert Langdon is a
fictional character created
by author Dan Brown for his
novels Angels & Demons
(2000), The Da Vinci Code
(2003), The Lost Symbol
(2009) and Inferno (2013) .
• He is likable, capable, good
hearted and trustworthy.
• Successful writer of
several books.
• Outstanding imaginative
capability
27. 2) Sophie Neveu:
• Sophie Neveu is the granddaughter
of Louvre curator Jacques Saunière.
She is a French National Police
cryptographer.
• Her grandfather used to call her
"Princess Sophie" and trained her to
solve complicated word puzzles.
• Sophie is a coupled with
masculine toughness with
feminine qualities.
• Neveu’s presence in the novel
embodies the Chinese idea of
yin and yang.
• she is one of the major players who
attempt to crack her grandfather’s
code. She is also a descendent of
Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
28. 3) Sir Leigh Teabing:
• A former British Historian who
studies history of Christianity.
• Antagonist
• Known as teacher
• An eccentric old man crippled by
polio. He spent his whole life
searching for the holy Grail.
• He can willingly go to any
extremities to get what he
wants, no matter at what cost.
• At the end police arrest him.
29. 4) Silas:
• An albino numeracy of the
Catholic organization Opus
Dei.
• The novel depicts him as a
monk, although Opus Dei has
no monks. Silas's real name
is unknown.
• A young Spanish priest
named Manuel Aringarosa,
who gave him the name
Silas.
• In his last moments, Silas
goes out to alone and prays
to God for mercy and
forgiveness.
30. 5) Jacques Saunière:
• Is the curator of the
Louvre, head of the
secret Priory of Sion
• Murdered by Silas
• Saunière uses the last
minutes of his life to
arrange a series of
clues for his estranged
granddaughter, Sophie,
to unravel the mystery
of his death and
preserve the secret
kept by the Priory of
Sion.
31. 6) Bezu Fache:
• Fache is a captain in
the Direction Central
de la Police
Judiciaries (DCPJ),
the French national
criminal-investigation
police
• Strong and confident
• Believe that Langdon
is responsible for
Saunière's death
• Faith in use of
technology.
32. 7) Bishop Aringarosa:
• Bishop of Opus Dei
• Traditionalist in his
religious views..
• Fondness of
material things.
• Kind to Silas
• By mistake Silas
shut him.
33. 8) André Vernet:
• President of the
depository bank of
Zurich.
• Minor role- quite
intelligent or
attractive
character.
34. • 9) Sister Sandrine Bieil: Nun and keeper of the Church of Saint-
Sulpice
Favors modernizing structure of the Church. Killed by Silas.
• 10) Jerome Collet: Agent with the French Judicial Police.
Commits numerous errors. Believed in Sophie’s innocence. At the
end he proved that.
• 11) Simon Edwards: The executive services officer of Biggin Hill,
desire of the rich.
• 12) Jonas Faukman: Langdon’s editor. Eager to make money , classic
man.
• 13) Pamela Gettum: The religious librarian , kind soul, help Sophie
and Langdon.
• 14) Claude Grouard: A security warden at the Louvre.
35. • 15) Remy Legaludec: Teabing’s loyal
butler, only one who know the secret of
Teabing’s identity.
• 16) Marie Chauvel Saint Clair: Guardian
of Rosslyn Chapel, Neveu’s long-lost
grandmother.
36.
37. Battle
• It takes place between the Priory of
Sion and Opus Dei.
• Over the possibility of Jesus having
been married to Mary Magdalene.
38. Bloodshed and mystery
• Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting the Vitruvian
Man, with a cryptic message in itself has
mystery and pentagram drawn on his chest
in his own blood.
• Sophie Neveu clandestinely witnesses a
spring fertility rite conducted in the
secret basement of her grandfather’s
country estate.
• Teabing is revealed to be the teacher for
whom Silas is working.
39. David Lazarus of The San
Francisco Chronicle
“ This story has so many twists- all
satisfying, most unexpected- that it
would be a sin to reveal too much of the
plot in advance. Let’s just say that if this
novel doesn’t get your pulse racing, you
need to check your meds”.
40. Holistic spirituality for human
kind
• Langdon’s reflection in chapter-28-
“Mother earth had become a man’s world
and the gods of destruction and war were
taking their toll…”
• There was period in which “Matriarchal
paganism” ruled over the world.
• Jesus taught the reunion of the feminine
and masculine aspects of reality
• “Why do some people choose to believe to
lie or speculative ideas???”
41. Paganism
• Dan Brown contends that so much of
what we know of Christianity has its
roots in pagan worship.
• These mystery religions emphasized
personal salvation, illumination and
eternal life through.
• Discovered truth about the Priory Sion.
42. Codes
• Dan Brown has given a reference in which
Sir Isaac Newton has been mentioned.
• Moreover to unlock the box Sophie matches
some number which the secret code to blast
the history of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
• Dan Brown’s father was also a great
mathematician, so indirectly this method
has been connected to his personal
interests.
• Considered as the heart of the novel “The
Da Vinci Code”.
43. Motifs
• Definition:
Motifs are recurring
structures, contrasts or literary devices
that can help to develop and inform the
text’s major themes.
44. Ancient and Foreign Language
• English is modern language or we can say
that it is the language which is spoken by
many people.
• But in the text Prof. Langdon and Teabing
uses the Hebrew language as a clue to
enrich to the truth and mystery.
• Dead sea scroll Hebrew from the 3rd
century BCE To the 1st century CE,
Corresponding in the period before the
destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.
45. • Also called as Qumran Hebrew.
• Which is in use still in today.
• But it is also took place in biblical
references.
• As it is written in the Christianity.
46. Art and Sexism in “Da Vinci Code”
Art keeps secrets in its way of
hiding and expressing the things.
Sexist characters are always
suspect(not as expected).
49. Symbolism gives a writer freedom to add double
levels of meanings to his work
Literary
Self-Evident
Symbolic
More profound
than Literary
50. The symbolism gives universality to the characters and the
themes of a piece of literature.
Symbolism in literature evokes interest in readers as they
find an opportunity to get an insight of the writer’s mind on
how he views the world and how he thinks of common
objects and actions, having broader implications.
54. Chalice is symbolic of woman was ‘U’.
The famous cup from which Christ drank.
The Chalice represents a cup or vessel, and the womb;
represents womanhood and fertility- the sacred feminine.
The Holy Grail is conspicuously left out of the painting:
Last Supper.
Here is where Brown cleverly weaves medieval legends
with high Renaissance art to suggest that the Holy Grail -
which became the subject of endless search by medieval
knights - was not a cup at all but Mary Magdalene herself,
the human receptacle for Jesus' blood line.
55. Blade is symbolic of male.
It regards Symbology of the Grail: original sign for a
male was ‘U’.
It represents aggression and manhood.
56. It reminds him of how his interest in symbology began.
Langdon also talks to his classes about how remnants
of the Grail story are found in Disney stories.
Disney symbolized in the Mickey watch, exemplifies
the importance of magic and imagination for people.
Disney World, according to Langdon, is built upon
make-believe, infused with bits of hidden truth.
These fantastical stories are not unlike Grail
mythology or religion (as it is portrayed in the novel).
Disney, like Grail stories and like religion, is not
necessarily true but it gives people something much
more important--mystery and wonderment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THWrno6lBUQ
Video about Religious Symbols by Robert Langdon
57. Sauniere has drawed five lines on his body with his
own blood.
The Pentagram is a symbol of beauty and perfection
and is connected to the goddess and the Holy Lady.
In Modern times the Pentagram has been connected
to Satanism.
“It’s a pentacle. One of the oldest symbols on
earth. Used for over four thousand years before
Christ. . . The pentacle is a pre Christian symbol
that relates to nature worship”.
(Da Vinci Code pp. 35, 36)
58. The knight that sits in Saunière’s office is an ironic
symbol.
knights are supposed to protect the Grail but this
knight, which Teabing has bugged, betrays the Grail.
This “betrayal” illustrates two interrelated points:
When Langdon tells Sophie about Teabing, he remarks
there is no one better to help them on the quest for
the Grail than a knight.
1.All knights
cannot be
trusted.
2.Things are
not always
what they
seem.
Teabing
59. But the cell phone symbolizes the fact that in the
modern world, secrets are both harder and easier to
keep.
Teabing conceals his identity as the Teacher by using
cellphones to communicate with his unknowing allies.
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.
60. Da Vinci's Mona Lisa which Langdon states is an
expression of the artist's belief in the “sacred
feminine.”
The conclusion drawn is that Mona Lisa is not any
particular person, but a cryptic reference to the
Egyptian gods Amon and Isis. "Mona" is an anagram
of Amon and "Lisa" a contraction of l'Isa, meaning
Isis.
In the novel, Professor Langdon discovers that da
Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in opposition to the
Church's suppression of Mary Magdalene's true
identity.
61. Leonardo da Vinci's most famous drawings is based
upon the work of ancient Roman architect Vitruvius
who was a proponent of using human proportion in
building.
In the novel's opening scene, Sauniere's body is found
in the Louvre naked and posed like the Vitruvian Man,
with a cryptic message written beside his body. It is
the first clue that Professor Langdon receives that
prods him to delve more deeply into other works of da
Vinci that helps solve the mystery.
62. The Rose synonymous with the Grail in the Priory of
Sion: also means secrecy.
Sub rosa-under the rose= the Romans hung a rose
over meeting room to indicate the meeting was
confidential.
Rosa Rugosa, one of the oldest species of rose had 5
petals and pentagonal symmetry giving it
iconographical ties to womanhood.
Rose in sense of true direction and navigating one’s
way, as in the compass rose.
Rose lines is the line of longitude on maps.
In Priory of Sion the 5-petal rose is the symbol for
the Grail.
63.
64. • The use of omniscient narration is founded here.
• The Narrator is unknown, as if we are listening the story.:
each character is the third person for us.
• The narration is covering both the sides parallel way.
• It is the micro narrative which is challenging the ideas
presenting in the Meta Narrative i.e. Bible.
• In the beginning the word ‘Renowned’
• Boundary crossing from real to imaginary
from classical style to postmodern style fiction
• Open ended chapters with shocking ends
• Point of view changes at every chapter
Narrative Techniques
65. Use of Science & Mathematics
• His father was mathematician
• Use of Fibonacci series
• Use of PHI as Dexine number.
• Scientifically tries to legitimize the myth.
• establish new myths related to Pagan religion
• Nature and Math's
• Alphabets and math
• The Vitruvian Man
• The Last Supper
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mcpHsuTm_E
• This link is about the last supper video……
68. Conspiracy Theory
• The Theory is questioning to the beliefs, truths(pre-established) and
myths. And it presents the counter view of it.
• For example, who had attacked the twin towers of World Trade
Centre in New York?
• Osama Bin Laden was the terrorist?
• Nil Armstrong was really the first person went on Moon? Did NASA
really send the space shuttle to the Moon?
• Same way here we left with the questions:
• Did the stories and emergence of Crist is to control pagan beliefs?
• Was the Christ a Jew prince or the incarnation of God?
• Was Jesus ever married? If yes, then with whom, a lady or Church?
• Does the bloodline of Jesus is still live with us?
69. Feminism
• There are two folded feminism can be seen.
• The role of Sophie is putting questions on the does the female is
such a stupid?
• She was sometimes unable to solve the cryptograph though it is
her favorite hobby.
• She herself believe that the union of male and female id not
good which is quite masculine thought and shows the deep root
of patriarchy in her psyche.
• Langdon prove him having superior intellect in the work.
• On the other side the novel is about suppression and demolition
of Pagan Religion.
• The hidden truth of Holy Grail is abandon of the sacred
feminine.
• The Jesus had daughter is also denied.
• And the daughter carries out the bloodline of Jesus(Divinity &
Godliness) is also denied.
70. Da Vinci Code Biblical References
Jesus is the prophet from the Jewish
community chosen by the King of Rome
Jesus is called God 7 times and believed to be
the Son of God ‘ incarnate to pay for Eve and
Adam’s Sin.
The Dead Sea Scrolls the important document
regarding Christianity Called ‘Nag Hammadi’
The Dead Sea Scrolls done the Jewish
Documents with it. The Christian Documents
were safe. “ Nag Hammadi is not any kind of
document before late second century A.D.
“ One particularly troubling theme kept
recurring in the (Gnostic) gospels Mary
Magdalene… more specifically; her marriage
to Jesus Christ” (Pg 244)
The Gnostic gospels is a kind of anonymous
writings that blended psudochristian ideas
with the pure spirituality and it contains
nothing about Jesus & Mary
“The Bible we know today was collected by
pagan Roman Emperor Constantine”(Pg 231)
The Old testament exist Prior to even Jesus’s
Day, and the New Testament is began to apear
but not formeteed before 395-397 A.D. The
time of Constaintine is before 337 A.D. So it
was impossible that The Bible was collected
by him.
“ [A]ny gospels that describes Jesus’s earthly
life that are omitted from the Bible” (Pg 244)
The New testaments describes Jesus’s
hunger, fatigue, death, outrage, love, and his
interactions with different people eg his
mother.
Constantaine commissioned and financed a
new Bible which omitted those Gospels that
spoke of Christ’s Human traits and
embellished those Gospels that made him
godlike.
1.there was no New Bible commissioned by
emperor and he simply requested to make
fifty copies of widely read scripture.2. There is
no evidence that Constantine or anyone else
71. 10 Errors in the novel
• The Last Supper
• Priory Sion
• Opus Dei
• Rosslyn Chapel
• Problems with Paris
• The Vatican
• Mary Magdalene
• Gnosticism
• Geography
• Assorted errors
72. Annotated Bibliography
• http://www.catholic.com/documents/cracking-the-da-vinci-
code
• The link is having a page with the information in the
question answer form and it is regarding the conspiracy
shown in the da Vinci Code.
• http://listverse.com/2007/09/02/top-10-errors-of-the-
da-vinci-code/#.VHgGJMYIEdo.google_plusone_share
• This link shows the mistakes and errors in the book Da
Vinci Code. It is really makes reader ‘error & learn’!!!
• http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/DaVinciC
ode.htm
• This link shows criticism of the book Da Vinci Code
73. Annotated Bibliography
• http://www.cbn.com/special/davincicode/
• This link gives us the clear comparison of the Biblical
Response and what Da Vinci Code says instead.
• http://www.gospelway.com/religiousgroups/davinci-
mary.php
• The page states that in the book Da Vinci Code Jesus married
to Mary Magdalene was not true.
• http://www.gospelway.com/religiousgroups/davinci-
goddesses.php
• This links leads us to the page containing the information about
the pagan Goddesses and worship and it’s concern with Da
Vinci Code.
• http://www.pubbys.com/davincianswers/Da%20Vinci%20Cod
e%20Is%20Overtly%20Feminist.htm
• Through this link one can find the feminism that is read in the
book Da Vinci Code.
75. http:/thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Da_Vinci_
Code/Da_Vinci_Code28
From this site we can see some important symbols of the
novel. Among those I got some major symbols of the novel
like Chalice, Blade, Langdon’s Mickey Mouse Watch and
Sauniere’s Knight.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/watkins_davinc
i/davinci.html
In this site we can get an information about pentagram as
symbol in the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’.
76. http://www.chiff.com/a/da-vinci-code-
symbols.htm
From this site we get some information ‘Da Vinci Code: Clues,
Symbols & Meanings’. With the help of this site I choose Mona
Lisa’s painting as symbol and a symbol of Vitruvian man.
http://www.creatievepuzzels.com/spel/speel1/
speel3/davinci.htm
This site helps for to solve riddle of the novel. I get as symbol
to rose which a part of the riddle in this novel.
http://literarydevices.net/symbolism/
This site introduce symbolism. In which I put some
information of ‘Function of symbolism’.