1. Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, though he is on a 'constant spiritual journey' himself, and says that his book The Da Vinci Code is simply "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate" and suggests that the book may be used "as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith."
‘Da Vinci Code’ is a worldwide bestseller book. The novel has generated spiritual debates, discussion, and religious controversy. Brown's novels that feature the lead character Robert Langdon also include historical themes and Christianity as motifs. The novel challenges the “Established knowledge” of Christians. It questions widely accepted beliefs of the Christian religion. But, this novel is a “Theology Fiction” and entirely based on Christianity. As the writer has said on his website that the aim of the novel is to generate spiritual discussion. In this way, it examines the faith of Christian people. If someone truly believes in his God and religion then he will not get affected by any fiction. But on the contrary, it strengths his faith in God and serves as a positive catalyst.
2. You have studied ‘Genesis’ (The Bible), ‘The Paradise Lost’ (John Milton) and ‘The Da Vinci Code’ (Dan Brown). Which of the narrative/s seem/s to be truthful? Whose narrative is convincing to the contemporary young mind?
‘Genesis’, ‘The Paradise lost’ and ‘The Da Vinci Code’ all three books center on Christianity and God. Paradise Lost completely based on ‘First disobedience of man’ and the calamity resulted from breaking the rules. According to my opinion, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ seems more truthful though it is rejected as truth by established church and religious leaders. Because it portrays Jesus as a human being rather than God. As a normal human being, he had a relationship with Mary Magdalene. This narrative is quite convincing to the contemporary young mind. As a youngster, we don’t want to become ‘Divine being’. Because once someone recognized as divine then the high expectation of ‘Idealism’ gets automatically connected. Person no longer remains free to do anything as per his/her wish. But in the Novel, Jesus represented as human being. Thus, his strength, as well as weakness, can be accepted.
3. When we do a traditional reading of the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, Robert Langdon, Professor of Religious Symbology, Harvard University emerges as the protagonist and Sir Leigh Teabing, a British Historian as an antagonist. Who will claim the position of protagonist if we do an atheist reading of the novel?
When we do a traditional reading of the novel at that time Robert Langdon emerges as the hero of the novel who wants to keep secret of Holy Grail and the life of Jesus Christ. But when we deconstruct the idea of faith and religion at that time Leigh Teabing emerges as the protagonist of the novel. Leigh Teabing desires to expose the secret of the marriage of Jesus.
Ans. AS we know that any religions can be the reason for damage of society because people killed each other on the name of religion or god. Same things we find in Milton's paradise lost in which we find that how Christianity controls people and specially ruled on women. Churches and pope and Bishop only had power even artist and women had no freedom to do something. Same way in Da Vinci code we find that many women can be killed on the name of god, Silas who follow religion blindly and that's why he did four murders for the Grill and gave hard punishment for himself also. So it shows how religion can control the human mind, Silas can't think beyond God even he had not humanity also. So this way the narrative of The Da Vinci code damage humanity. At some point, movie or novel deconstructs the idea of god but the end is religious.
7. Explain Ann Gray’s three propositions on ‘knowability’ with illustrations from the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’.
a. 1) Identifying what is knowable b
‘Da Vinci Code’ is a worldwide bestseller book. The novel has generated spiritual debates, discussion, and religious controversy. Brown's novels that feature the lead character Robert Langdon also include historical themes and Christianity as motifs. The novel challenges the “Established knowledge” of Christians. It questions widely accepted beliefs of the Christian religion. But, this novel is a “Theology Fiction” and entirely based on Christianity. As the writer has said on his website that the aim of the novel is to generate spiritual discussion. In this way, it examines the faith of Christian people. If someone truly believes in his God and religion then he will not get affected by any fiction. But on the contrary, it strengths his faith in God and serves as a positive catalyst.
2. You have studied ‘Genesis’ (The Bible), ‘The Paradise Lost’ (John Milton) and ‘The Da Vinci Code’ (Dan Brown). Which of the narrative/s seem/s to be truthful? Whose narrative is convincing to the contemporary young mind?
‘Genesis’, ‘The Paradise lost’ and ‘The Da Vinci Code’ all three books center on Christianity and God. Paradise Lost completely based on ‘First disobedience of man’ and the calamity resulted from breaking the rules. According to my opinion, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ seems more truthful though it is rejected as truth by established church and religious leaders. Because it portrays Jesus as a human being rather than God. As a normal human being, he had a relationship with Mary Magdalene. This narrative is quite convincing to the contemporary young mind. As a youngster, we don’t want to become ‘Divine being’. Because once someone recognized as divine then the high expectation of ‘Idealism’ gets automatically connected. Person no longer remains free to do anything as per his/her wish. But in the Novel, Jesus represented as human being. Thus, his strength, as well as weakness, can be accepted.
3. When we do a traditional reading of the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, Robert Langdon, Professor of Religious Symbology, Harvard University emerges as the protagonist and Sir Leigh Teabing, a British Historian as an antagonist. Who will claim the position of protagonist if we do an atheist reading of the novel?
When we do a traditional reading of the novel at that time Robert Langdon emerges as the hero of the novel who wants to keep secret of Holy Grail and the life of Jesus Christ. But when we deconstruct the idea of faith and religion at that time Leigh Teabing emerges as the protagonist of the novel. Leigh Teabing desires to expose the secret of the marriage of Jesus.
4. What harm has been done to humanity by the biblical narration or that of Milton’s in The Paradise Lose? What sort of damage does narrative like ‘The Vinci Code’ do to humanity?
Ans. AS we know that any religions can be the reason for damage of society because people killed each other on the name of religion or god. Same things we find in Milton's paradise lost in which we find that how Christianity controls people and specially ruled on women. Churches and pope and Bishop only had power even artist and women had no freedom to do something. Same way in Da Vinci code we find that many women can be killed on the name of god, Silas who follow religion blindly and that's why he did four murders for the Grill and gave hard punishment for himself also. So it shows how religion can control the human mind, Silas can't think beyond God even he had not humanity also. So this way the narrative of The Da Vinci code damage humanity. At some point, movie or novel deconstructs the idea of god but the end is religious.
5) What difference do you see in the portrayal of 'Ophelia' (Kate Winslet) in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, 'Elizabeth' (Helena Bonham Carter) in Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or 'Hester Prynne' (Demi Moore) in Roland Joffé's The Scarlet Letter' or David Yates's 'Hermione Granger' (Emma Watson) in last four Harry Potter films - and 'Sophie Neuve' (Audrey Tautou) in Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code? How would justify your answer?
If you see in Hamlet and Frankenstein and Scarlet Letter director has move camera all over the women's body part which is not important but still camera has rolled over to the women's body part that is not good sign if we see the original work there is not a single dimensional what we see in the movie that is the difference between the original work and which we see in the movie and one more thing was that it's not a camera which moves on the woman's body but it's a representation of Mens eyes which move on the women's body that is the very bad thing which trains in movie but if you see the Da Vinci Code movie in then you can find that is not a single kissing scene of some of the new DP is not receive present just because in this full movie we can find that how the intellectuality of women is represented not the woman's body is important as we can see it or we can feel it or it's our interpretation , Sophie was very intellectual more than doctor London
So we can say that whole movie based on the intellectual it not based on the woman's figure or woman body so in this whole movie we find that the women represent as an intellectual but not as a thing.
6) Does novel/film lead us into critical (deconstructive) thinking about your religion? Can we think of such conspiracy theory about Hindu religious symbols/myths?
Yes, it is by watching movie or reading novel we can come to know that how religion has destroyed so many things lots of poor people and women by religion. Yes we can find it just because of lots of darker side in Hinduism we can find it and which was hidden by our religion gurus or many other people hiding the truth what exactly Godse they make that type of statement that which help them not help to other people if we see in Hindu religion we find that if you belong to the upper status then your life is too good you get a chance everywhere any religious ritual you want to do in your home people are love you it's become a celebration when you doing so in that way we can say that in Hindu religions so many evilness are there which was hidden still not reveal maybe nowadays in modern time it is there but we have changed the design we have to modernize religion that's why we cannot identify but still they are there and still they are attacking to the humanity.
Yes, it is by watching movie or reading novel we can come to know that how religion has destroyed so many things lots of poor people and women by religion. Yes we can find it just because of lots of darker side in Hinduism we can find it and which was hidden by our religion gurus or many other people hiding the truth what exactly Godse they make that type of statement that which help them not help to other people if we see in Hindu religion we find that if you belong to the upper status then your life is too good you get a chance everywhere any religious ritual you want to do in your home people are love you it's become a celebration when you doing so in that way we can say that in Hindu religions so many evilness are there which was hidden still not reveal maybe nowadays in modern time it is there but we have changed the design we have to modernize religion that's why we cannot identify but still they are there and still they are attacking to the humanity.
a. 1) Identifying what is knowable b
. 2) identifying and acknowledging the relationship of the knower and the knownc. 3) What is the procedure for ‘knowing’?
Ans. There are four knowability are there. Here in the novel " I don't know what i don't know". All characters are well knowledgeable but they can't know the truth. First Sophie, her self if not know that she is a part of this Holly Grail, bloodline etc. second Robert as a good professor not understand this matter and that's why he ask forthe help of Teabing. Then Le - Teabing can't see the Sophie present on her eyes and he doubting on them. And the character of Silas without knowing the truth killed so many people. So knowing the truth is very difficult. Sometimes things are on our eyes or in front of us but before the time or without rational mind we can't see it or reaches to the right path. So sometimes our inner call or intuitive knowledge is important .
Ans. There are four knowability are there. Here in the novel " I don't know what i don't know". All characters are well knowledgeable but they can't know the truth. First Sophie, her self if not know that she is a part of this Holly Grail, bloodline etc. second Robert as a good professor not understand this matter and that's why he ask forthe help of Teabing. Then Le - Teabing can't see the Sophie present on her eyes and he doubting on them. And the character of Silas without knowing the truth killed so many people. So knowing the truth is very difficult. Sometimes things are on our eyes or in front of us but before the time or without rational mind we can't see it or reaches to the right path. So sometimes our inner call or intuitive knowledge is important .
8) When we do a traditional reading of the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, Robert Langdon, Professor of Religious Symbology, Harvard University emerges as the protagonist and Sir Leigh Teabing, a British Historian as an antagonist. Who will claim the position of protagonist if we do an atheist reading of the novel?
On my point of view Sir Leigh Teabing, was the protagonist of this movie just because he want to reveal The Secret that's why he was doing for humanity not for on his self just because he wants to save humanity and he wants to expose the Church has the destroyed humanity and the poor people and woman that's why he was protagonist.
On my point of view, Robert Langdon was not the protagonist of this movie.
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