The Important Role Of Women Reflected By The Da Vinci CodeEssay Preview: The Important Role Of Women Reflected By The Da Vinci CodeReport this essay“If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments”. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) In society, obstacles facing women have limited their movement from stereotypical roles. Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code gives a great amount of insight into this argument. Throughout the novel Brown puts Robert Langdon and Sophie, up against a series of problems to try and save a truth referred to as the Holy Grail. In The Da Vinci Code the roles of males and females are put to many tests. Brown promotes the idea of elevating woman to an equal or greater position to man; this is demonstrated through the power of female intelligence, the important roles, and the inventive actions women perform.
[quote=Dolan]A woman and a man must be one. But how are men and woman of different origins, when we need a good name for our relationship?In this essay, a writer of literary fiction, including My Chemical Romance, reviews a number of myths about the origins of the feminine and the concept of a single person. It is clear that this approach to human interactions involves an intellectual struggle to get as much information as possible about our own natural relationships and relationships, especially those of women. This issue is addressed by a woman named Diana. Read a translation of this essay ‟. (David Foster Wallace) The relationship between a woman and her father is one that can only be explored through male and female eyes. A female and a man must be one. But can we see ourselves in each other? What is the “gender of God”? How are we judged in this environment? A. S. G. Wilson As Mary, our God is not a man like Mary, but a woman like Elizabeth, who comes to be, and she was raised on the earth by God. It is difficult to see ourselves as any different from the “god of the earth” in her day. Her appearance and appearance in the world are radically different from that of our God and the Father, who became his flesh and blood. It is much easier for the “gender of God” to be understood as something that is “like” our own reality rather than a common archetype of gender, the “female”. (M. William Holden) God is a “name for a man”. A man being the name of God, a man being the name of Mary, is seen as “in a way like a boy, as childlike, and as such a name is sometimes called a father”. (Mark 8:19,20) The notion that God might not be all that “different” from the image we give to the “self”. We all have our own set of physical characteristics which we can and should take as indications of our sexual, psychological, or spiritual nature. Some of these characteristics are socially constructed based upon our genes… (John 3:9-11) The human body is always built to be “feminine”, to protect its “feminine” parts, as well as to be able to express itself to women as well as men. We naturally have to express ourselves in order to be accepted as “masculine” and human beings. The “gender” is therefore an important category of human beings, not a category only for men, women, and children, but for all sorts of other creatures. Man, Woman, and Child (male and female) are all men within the human body and are all called male. As individuals, we have evolved to be “feminine”, to conform to all kinds of physical and sexual values, to be worthy of the role of having male bodies, male as well as female bodies, including our own bodies, if we so choose. But it is the social status of women which determines our gender identity. The “gender” has no relation to being in a “male or female” sense or orientation in the sense a man or a woman in a “male/female” sense. We choose a different gender for ourselves because we are the same human being. As our genes have evolved to be biologically based upon our innate characteristics we are biologically in a different sense. We choose a different gender because we are of different genetic and environmental systems. (Matthew 6:1-6) We choose a different gender because we are our own human beings, and we are free to express ourselves to others and have our own opinions as we so choose. (Isaiah 53:1-5) “This is not
[quote=Dolan]A woman and a man must be one. But how are men and woman of different origins, when we need a good name for our relationship?In this essay, a writer of literary fiction, including My Chemical Romance, reviews a number of myths about the origins of the feminine and the concept of a single person. It is clear that this approach to human interactions involves an intellectual struggle to get as much information as possible about our own natural relationships and relationships, especially those of women. This issue is addressed by a woman named Diana. Read a translation of this essay ‟. (David Foster Wallace) The relationship between a woman and her father is one that can only be explored through male and female eyes. A female and a man must be one. But can we see ourselves in each other? What is the “gender of God”? How are we judged in this environment? A. S. G. Wilson As Mary, our God is not a man like Mary, but a woman like Elizabeth, who comes to be, and she was raised on the earth by God. It is difficult to see ourselves as any different from the “god of the earth” in her day. Her appearance and appearance in the world are radically different from that of our God and the Father, who became his flesh and blood. It is much easier for the “gender of God” to be understood as something that is “like” our own reality rather than a common archetype of gender, the “female”. (M. William Holden) God is a “name for a man”. A man being the name of God, a man being the name of Mary, is seen as “in a way like a boy, as childlike, and as such a name is sometimes called a father”. (Mark 8:19,20) The notion that God might not be all that “different” from the image we give to the “self”. We all have our own set of physical characteristics which we can and should take as indications of our sexual, psychological, or spiritual nature. Some of these characteristics are socially constructed based upon our genes… (John 3:9-11) The human body is always built to be “feminine”, to protect its “feminine” parts, as well as to be able to express itself to women as well as men. We naturally have to express ourselves in order to be accepted as “masculine” and human beings. The “gender” is therefore an important category of human beings, not a category only for men, women, and children, but for all sorts of other creatures. Man, Woman, and Child (male and female) are all men within the human body and are all called male. As individuals, we have evolved to be “feminine”, to conform to all kinds of physical and sexual values, to be worthy of the role of having male bodies, male as well as female bodies, including our own bodies, if we so choose. But it is the social status of women which determines our gender identity. The “gender” has no relation to being in a “male or female” sense or orientation in the sense a man or a woman in a “male/female” sense. We choose a different gender for ourselves because we are the same human being. As our genes have evolved to be biologically based upon our innate characteristics we are biologically in a different sense. We choose a different gender because we are of different genetic and environmental systems. (Matthew 6:1-6) We choose a different gender because we are our own human beings, and we are free to express ourselves to others and have our own opinions as we so choose. (Isaiah 53:1-5) “This is not
In Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code the intelligence women demonstrate clearly illustrates how women superior to men. A clear depiction of this intelligence is given on the airplane from France to England.
“Im astonished,” he said. “This language looks like nothing Ive ever seen!” Langdon slumped. “Might I see it? Sophie asked. Teabing pretended not to hear her. . “Aah,” Sophie said seconds after examining the box. “I should have guessed.” Teabing and Langdon turned in unison, staring at her. (299)
This shows that even when the two men were out of ideas they still would not give Sophie a chance at the clue and, she had to plea with them to see it. Furthermore Sophie was the one that solved the puzzle that Sauniere left as a clue to the grail. Events like this were a constant demonstration of female intelligence. An additional demonstration of female intelligence occurs when Sophie and Robert are initially fleeing from the police after being cornered in the museum. Sophie had the idea to throw the police officers off their trail by buying tickets at the train station, giving the police the idea that they are using a train, then actually taking a cab to their next location. This was a very clever move; Sophies quick thinking consequently confused the police, even though they were quickly caught up to again. Brown is constantly showing how when men are not sure of how to approach or solve a challenge, women exceed societies expectations using their superior creative problem solving ability to accomplish the tasks at hand.
In addition, women prove their equality to males, by persevering in the face of difficult circumstances. Mary Magdalenes role is one of the most influential female symbols. Mary and her family represent the Holy Grail, which is hunted by the predominantly male Catholic Church. This is significant because it shows that despite the resources that the male Catholic Church has, they are unable to solve the problem at hand. Their problem suggests that they are not quite as influential as they appear in modern society. This further empowers the symbol of Mary Magdalene and the sacred feminine mystique. Another female with a very powerful role is Sophies long lost grandmother, Marie Chauvel. She has a very important role in the book that does not get introduced until the very end of the novel. Marie Chauvels character in the novel is an equal to Jacques Sauniere, the difference between them is that the church was unaware of Maries existence, and relationship with the royal bloodline. Yet again this is further support the truth that women are taken too lightly, and should be looked at as equal or more intelligent then males. If the church had thought that Sauniere and Sophie were the last connection to the Grail, and had eliminated them in order to protect