The Da Vinci Code Themes

You can't talk Da Vinci Code without discussing a little bit of art, as well. This book is riddled with references to various masterpieces painted by the likes of Caravaggio, Leonardo Da Vinci, Rap...

Religion's a touchy subject in Da Vinci Code. While Langdon feels a particular fondness for those in the Vatican (thanks to his escapades in Angels & Demons), Teabing is a rabid advocate for tu...

Nothing adds intrigue like a good secret, and The Da Vinci Code is chock full of 'em. There are secrets that have been passed down for generations in a secret society created for that very purpose,...

As Lord Acton says, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." And message is pretty applicable to our tale. The Da Vinci Code spends a lot of time discussing the Church's quest for power – both in th...

Family plays a pretty important role in Da Vinci Code. Not only does the Holy Grail turn out to reveal a holy/royal bloodline (which could in turn threaten all of the Catholic Church's power and di...

Feminism, and the idea that patriarchal society arose from a conspiracy starting with the Emperor Constantine, is one of the major themes that permeates Dan Brown's controversial bestseller. (Heck...

The Da Vinci Code wouldn't have been the same book without characters that are so preternaturally clever it almost defies belief. In every chapter there are examples of amazing forethought, quick t...

Even though we know there's a guy called the Teacher pulling some of the strings behind the scenes of our story, it's not till the very end that we realize he's a bad guy…and that he's been masqu...