Thinking activity about Da Vinci code

Thinking activity about Da Vinci code

So Hadley welcome all my dear readers.
This is blogger on Da Vinci code, Given by Dr,Dilip barad sir.

1) Brown street 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."

Ans :My be it is truth. Because Brown say something Christian follow of darkness so He represent about Cristina religion rules. It is truth all myth is not truth . It is imagination of Chris. So brown say something Truth about Christian myth is not truth. But imagination.

2)Although it is obvious that much of what Brown presented in his novel as absolutely true and accurate is neither of those, some of that material is of course essential to the intrigue, and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has retained the novel's core, the Grail-related material: the sacred feminine, Mary Magdalene's marriage, the Priory of Sion, certain aspects of Leonardo's art, and so on[1].” How far do you agree with this observation of Norris J. Lacy?

Ans:  I think Christianity  worship of  patriarchal  like as another religion. So Christian follow of patriarchy. And Christianity believe about mam superior to women.  woman has home that only has power to give a life in this universe that's why the sacred feminine is more powerful than. Christianity also believe in patriarchy so there is a doubtful on Shepherd feminine just because sometime we believe that purity come with the man but we forget that woman has home that only has power to give a life in this universe that's why the sacred feminine is more powerful than other.

3)@ (If)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?

Ans:     the  paradise lost by John Milton . It is not Truth but narrative is convincing to the contemporary young mind. Example  Eve and Adam is good cupals but wife convince of Adam eat apple .it is present example. And satan is villain so I think narrative is convincing to the contemporary young mind. But
All are myth and imagination of Christian.

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: In Many ways ‘The Da Vinci Code’ breaks human faith with showing history of Christianity. Though it tries to show feminine sacredness somehow it also harms women with objectifying them. Bible bounds religion or people through religion. It also makes man to God. But the most harmful thing is it attacks female as unworthy and reason for downfall of human kind. Paradise Lost tries to show logically with giving Eve some space. But it also decreases women.


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 '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?

Ans :- If we do feministic reading of these women then all have their own perspective according to their personality. In Scarlet letter, Hester Prynne was very beautiful,smart and independent women. It shows Hester's Independence and individual bravery but not showing intelligence. She has to give up infront of the society,as only because she is a women? Then in Hamlet, Ophelia is a beautiful women ,but there is nothing important or value of women in play , because of so and so reason she has to die, so what's about her role in play?Then next Elizabeth in Frankenstein was Beautiful, Innocent and weak character. She is loneness girl because narration is not good and they have complaisantly. They can have helpless character in Mary shelly novel. Further Hermione Granger,in some level she is potraying as intelligent character,she is using knowledge through books and using power. On soem extent she is more important or smarter character.At last, Sophie Neveu in "The Da Vinci code" is a super female leading character at some extent. It showing her beauty with brain as a cryptologist.

6)Do novel / film lead us into critical (deconstructive) thinking about your religion? Can we think of such conspiracy theory about Hindu religious symbols / myths?

And: yes of course Hindu religion use OM symbols like as Christian religion symbols. So we can find OM . It is story myth and imagination of people. It is not true story. And Muslim use 786 symbols it is imagination not tru store all religion use symbols.

7)How you come across any similar book/movie, which tries to deconstruct accepted notions about Hindu religion or culture and by dismantling it, attempts to reconstruct another possible interpretation of truth?

Ans :Yes , I came across many Some kind of movie because with book we don't have touch. As we raised with Hindi Bollywood cinmea there are some movie which creates notion about Indian culture and there is possibility of reconstruct the truth of religion. Here I can't recommend the particular name of the movie because I can't remember, but surely I can say I have seen.

8)When we do traditional reading of the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, Robert Langdon, Professor of Religious Symbology, Harvard University emerges as protagonist and Sir Leigh Teabing, a British Historian as antagonist. Who will claim the position of protagonist if we do atheist reading of the novel?

Ans : when we do traditional Reading of the novel ' The Da Vinci code' , then as per my understanding I think sir Leigh Teabing should be protagonist, because he was a British historian. He has history,past , he is well aware about religion and myth, whatever he is doing, he has a motive to cure people, to make people free from religion and it's faith. He is not doing for money or for itself but there was Humanity in center of his work. So, dependent on this perameters there should Sir Leigh Teabing as a protagonist character.

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

Ans :Sir Leigh Teabing and Robert Langdon both are in quest of knowing Holy grail.
• identifying and acknowledging the relationship of the knower and the known.
• Identifying what is knowable? As Sir Leigh Teabing known the greed of Aringarosa.

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