Paper13 the new lit..
- 1. Topic : The Role Of “The Second Sex” in Patriarchal society (With Reference To Da Vinci Code). Paper no : 15 “The new Literature” Name : Makwana Vijay K. Semester : 4 Roll no : 34 Enrolment no : 206910820180035 Email : [email protected] Submitted to : Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
- 2. About novel : The Da Vinci Code is a mystery detective novel written by Dan Brown. It follows Cryptologist Sophie Neveu and Symbologist Robert Langdon as they investigate a murder in Museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus having married with Mary Magdalene.
- 3. Character of Sophie Neveu : Granddaughter of Jacques Sauniere. She is French National police Cryptographer. She is one of the major players in decoding the code. Embodies the Chinese idea of Yin and Yang as she coupled with masculine toughness and feminine qualities Can be considered as the feminine face of ‘Mona Lisa’.
- 4. Equality : Sophie is the protagonist and the strong character. At the end we came to know that not any other person but Sophie is one who belongs to the Bloodline of Jesus Christ. So here we can see that Den Brown challenges the idea of mail dominantion that only a male can carry the bloodline.
- 5. Sophie as the “Second Sex” : In the beginning of novel Sophie’s character seems to be very strong, but as the novel moovs on whole control of plot goes into hand of Robert Langdon. Sophie isn’t solve any problems without talking Robert’s help. The role of sophi becomes secondary to the male characters.
- 6. Other examples women : “To The Lighthouse” character of Mrs. Ramsey : to show the ideal women who follows patriarchy. Always follow male orders and only do house work., don’t work outsid and earn money.
- 7. “Samson Agonisit” character Dalila : she cheated to Samson. Philistine government sent her to cut Samson hair and break his super powers. She work under the influence of patriarchy.
- 8. “Hamlet” character Ophilia : She hartly love with Hamlet but as the revenge purpose of Hamlet that’s why he ignored her.
- 9. Ramayana’s character of Sita : She also ideal woman but under control of Ram.
- 10. Mahabharata ‘s character of Gandhari : She under control of Dhritrastra.
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