Background of the Study

Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code is a novel that tells us a journey of Sophie Neveu and Robert Langdon who try to reveal what Jacques Sauniere wants to tell. Their journey begins when Jacques Sauniere is found died in Grand Gallery, house of painting of famous Italian artists in Louvre Museum. He arranges his body in Vitruvian Man position with four lines message beside his corpse body and a pentacle in his stomach. This strange situation makes Sophie Neveu, granddaughter of Jacques Sauniere, and Robert Langdon, a professor of religious symbology, are met. They involves in a journey made by Jacques Sauniere which full of riddle, and word games. They do not know why Jacques Sauniere is involving them in his game and what Jacques Sauniere wants to tell. Sophie Neveu is sure if her grandfather’s game will reveal the truth of her family that she believes has died in car accident when she was a child. Her journey in revealing the message of her grandfather, unpredictably help her to understand her grandfather better than before. She finds the explanation of sex rites that she saw some years ago which has successfully made her relation with her grandfather has fallen for a long time. Langdon explains the right definition of the sex rites to her, and for the first time she tells the reason what makes her and her grandfather never meet and communicate for a long time. She tries to fix her mistake of abandoning her grandfather and not letting him to explain by attempting to keep the cryptex that her grandfather gave her and reveal what actually her grandfather wants to tell her about her family. Her journey with Robert Langdon also helps her know and learn new things and symbols that she never heard and knew before. She learns if her grandfather is one of the top members of Priory of Sion. Priory of Sion is the guardian of Holy Grail which she believes is The Cup that used by Jesus to share wine in Last Supper and to catch the blood of Jesus in crucifixion. But through this journey, she learns that Holy Grail is not as simple as a cup at all. She learns so much about Holy Grail and the sacred feminine. She learns the connection between them. The Rose, that she knows is the symbol of secrecy, actually is more than that. It is the symbol of Holy Grail that speaks in many levels. It relates to Holy Grail through some reasons and its characteristic. Not only that she also get the right meaning of pagan and pentacle that always relate to devil worship. Based on the previous explanation, the writer decides to analyze symbols of sacred feminine described in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Finally, the writer chooses “Sacred Feminine Symbol Described in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code ” as the titles of this thesis.

1.2. Statement of the Problem

Connected with the background of the study, the statement of the problem as follows: 1. What are the general descriptions of Sophie Neveu in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code? 2. What are conflicts experienced by Sophie Neveu in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code? 3. What are settings described in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code? 4. What are sacred feminine symbols described in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code?

1.3. Scope of the Study

In analyzing Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, the writer focuses to analyze on the general descriptions of Sophie Neveu as character, conflict experienced by Sophie Neveu and settings described in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. The writer also focuses on the study of semiotic approach especially sacred feminine symbols.

1.4. Objective of the Study

1. To describe the general descriptions of Sophie Neveu in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. 2. To describe conflicts experienced by Sophie Neveu in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. 3. To describe settings in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. 4. To describe sacred feminine symbols in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.

1.5. Significance of the Study

The significance of the study as follows: 1. For the writer The writer wants to find out how structural element, such as character, conflict, setting and semiotic approach especially symbol can build the story in Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. 2. For the reader To give more knowledge about the structural elements in literature like character, conflict, and setting, beside to improve the reader’s knowledge in symbol as semiotic approach.