M.K. Bhavnagar university department of English

Name:- Rathod Neha R.Class:- M.A. sem-4Roll no:- 27Email id:- neharathod108@gmail.comYear:- 2016-2017Paper:- 13Topic:- Major character of Da vinci code

Major character of Da vinci code About writer Daniel "Dan" Brown (born 22

June, 1964) is an American author of thriller fiction who is best known for the 2003 bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code.

Brown's novels are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour period, and feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories.

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery-detective novel written by Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in Paris's Louvre Museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus having been married to Mary Magdalene.

Sophie Neveu A cryptologist with the French Judicial

Police, and the female protagonist of the novel.

Sophie, who is about thirty years old, is attractive, single, compassionate, and very intelligent.

She was raised by her grandfather after her parents, brother, and grandmother died in a car accident, and her grandfather instilled in her a love of puzzles and codes. In her twenties, Sophie trained in Britain in cryptology.

In the novel, she is one of the major players who attempt to crack her grandfather’s code. She is also a descendent of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

Robert Langdor Langdon, the novel’s protagonist,

anchors the story. He is likable, capable, and

goodhearted. Langdon is trustworthy, as is Sophie, his female counterpart and love interest. This trustworthiness makes him stand out in a narrative in which the author casts doubt on the motivations of every major character except Langdon and Sophie.

In the novel’s many moments of uncertainty, Langdon’s presence is consistently reassuring.

Sir Leigh Teabing An historian and the antagonist of

the novel. Sir Leigh Teabing is a knight, a

Royal Historian, and an extremely wealthy man. He is crippled from polio and is not married.

The Holy Grail has been his one passion for years, and the search for the Truth, which he believes to be present in the Grail, obsesses him. Eventually, his need to know turns him into a murderer.

He creates an alter ego, the Teacher, who carries out his evil plot.