What Is The Mood Of The Da Vinci Code

The main tones of The Da Vinci code are objective and serious. The story gives a lot of true information. It also has many serious moments that include being framed for murder and being held at gunpoint. “He felt himself suddenly reeling back to Harvard, standing in front of his ‘Symbolism in Art’ class, writing his favorite number on the chalkboard.” “A long-legged math major in back raised his hand. ‘That's the number PHI.’ He pronounced it fee.” (pg. 93) “Langdon advanced to the next slide─a close-up of a sunflower’s seed head. ‘Sunflower seeds grow in opposing spirals. Can you guess the ratio of each rotation’s diameter to the next?’ ‘PHI?’ everyone said.” (pg. 94) Langdon remembered a time when he was teaching his class at Harvard University.

Two symbols that I noticed that showed up are red hair and a rose. “Her thick burgundy hair fell unstyled to her shoulders, …” (pg. 50) “The woman to Jesus’ right was young and pious-looking, with a demure face, beautiful red hair, and hands folded quietly.” (pg. 243) “He was a handsome young man in his late twenties, with a Scottish brogue and strawberry blond hair.” (pg. 436) When Robert Langdon first saw Sophie he described her hair color as burgundy. He also described her brother’s hair color as strawberry blonde. When Sophie first noticed Mary Magdalene in The Last Supper painting she described her hair as beautiful and red. This symbol is obviously everywhere throughout the story because of Sophie. To me the red hair represents Sophie’s connection to Mary Magdalene and her bloodline. Sophie and Robert are both unaware of what red hair represents until the end. “Langdon glimpsed an unimaginable web of connections emerging.” (pg. 439) Robert realized that Sophie and the docent at the Rosslyn temple shared the same bloodline and were siblings. Sophie only realized this because of her memories of the temple and the

The rose also makes it’s appearance many times throughout the story too. “Langdon stared in wonderment at the lid’s hand-carved inlay─a five-petal rose. He had seen this type of rose many times.” (pg. 190) “ ‘ … because my grandfather always told me the Rose meant secrecy. He used to hang a rose on his office door at home when he was having a confidential phone call and didn’t want me to disturb him.’ ” (pg. 201) “The signs were everywhere. Like a taunting silhouette emerging from the fog, the branches of Britain’s oldest apple tree burgeoned with five-petaled blossoms, …” (pg. 420) The rose first appears when Robert saw it on the rosewood box that he and Sophie retrieved from the bank. He also tells Sophie the Priory of Sion meaning of the rose. Later on in the book the rose is mentioned once again when Robert is trying to decipher the code of the second cryptex. To him the rose represents the Holy Grail. To Sophie it represented secrecy and privacy. I think that the rose represents all of the secrets in the story that will soon be figured out. The characters are not aware of what I believe the rose represents. I think that this symbol connects with the not completely truthful history theme. It connects with the secrets that are being hidden behind history, but can possibly be found out if you look hard