Saturday, 14 April 2018

The Da Vinci code by Dan Brown


     " જ્યાં પહોંચવાની ઝંખના વર્ષોથી હોય ત્યાં
          મન પહોંચતાં જ પાછું વળે એમ પણ બને"




                                                


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."


According to Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code is not Anti-religion or Anti-Christian book. But here in this novel Brown put all things which include as conspiracy Christian fiction. It is about Christianity of revealing the contrarian truth or not may be truth that Jesus Christ was not virgin and he had child also, He revealed this thing not based on myth or interpretation but he has also some strong evidence. He includes a historical thing that is battle between Opus Dei and Priory of Sion over the possibility of Jesus having been married to Mary Magdalene. Dan Brown uses history of Christianity to forward the story of the novel. This book The Da Vinci Code is simply an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate that he imagined one story that made only for entertainment.


(2) 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 'Harmione Granger' (Emma Watson) in last four Harry Potter films - and 'Sophie Neuve' (Audrey Tautau) in Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code? How would justify your answer?


  The portrayal of the character its makes difference, and the perspectives towards the author or film maker is different for us, Kenneth Branagh sexually objected Kate Winset by taking liberty with Ophelia's portrayal and showed her nude which we do not find in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Ron maintained sacredness in Sophie's portrayal  in movie and thus, even if Dan's Sophie is kissed on lips, he do not show those scenes in movie. Kenneth Branagh in Frankenstein also, takes liberty with portrayal of Elizabeth on screen, whereas Ron Howard, remained faithful to the central theme of feminine sacredness in Sophie's portrayal.



9)Explain Ann Gray’s three propositions on ‘knowability’ with       illustrations from the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’.


    .       1) Identifying what is knowable 
          2) identifying and acknowledging the relationship of the  knower and the known
        3) What is the procedure for ‘knowing’?


          

"જે શોધવામાં જિંદગી આખી પસાર થાય
ને એ જ હોય પગની તળે એમ પણ બને"


Image result for Ann Gray’s on ‘knowability

    In this novel this sentence "I dont know what I dont know" is reflecting here, even character of Sophia her self don't know that she is descendant of Jesus and also Robert langdon quest for knowing is also presented, so idea of 'knowability' is play a vital role in this novel.  And after the known the truth Sophia and Robert langdon are seems to not happy, they dont take much interest to revel the truth to the worlds the lines 

" જ્યાં પહોંચવાની ઝંખના વર્ષોથી હોય ત્યાં
          મન પહોંચતાં જ પાછું વળે એમ પણ બને"

Are represents both situations at the end of the novel.











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