The Star of David Left

that there are many symbol of sacred feminine in the novel. All of the sacred feminine symbols will be as follows: First is Sophie Neveu. Sophie Neveu is one of character in The Da Vinci Code novel. She is granddaughter of Jacques Sauniere, the curator of Louvre Museum. She belongs to sacred feminine symbol because her name is rooted from the goddess of wisdom, Sophia. Next is Holy Grail. Holy Grail is one of sacred feminine symbols. It is because Holy Grail, based on the novel, is a woman. It is related with its symbol. The symbol of Holy Grail is a chalice, an ancient feminine symbol that shapes like “V” letter. It represents the woman’s womb. The role of a woman as a life giver, give a man birth to world, is same as like God’s power that create man and give him life in world. Her role once is considered as sacred. The other symbol of sacred feminine is Rosa Rugosa. This rose has five petal and they create pentagonal symmetry. The pentagonal symmetry or known as pentacle is the symbol of Venus, the goddess of sexual love and beauty. The Rose also represents the woman’s genitalia, where a man enters the world for the first time he was born. The unification of male and female is represented by the Mona Lisa. Its name was the anagram of Egyptian god and goddess. They are Amon and Isis, the god and goddess of fertility. Once, Isis’ pictogram was L’isa. The unification of male and female can also be seen in word Hermaphrodite. The word comes from the name of Greek god and goddess, they are Hermes and Aphrodite. Next symbol is pentacle. Pentacle is symbol of sacred feminine and most specific is the symbol of Venus. Venus is the goddess of sexual love and beauty. Not only that, pentacle is also related to pagan religion which has been known in society as devil worship, but in the novel The Da Vinci Code, pagan religion is an ancient religion before Christian that worship Mother Nature. The Vitruvian Man is one of other sacred feminine symbol. It is the picture of naked man in spread eagle inside a circle. Circle is the symbol of feminine symbol. This picture shows how male and female are in balance to create harmony in world. Blade and chalice, the ancient feminine and masculine symbol, are fused together. They form The Star of David or the Seal of Solomon. It represents the unification of male and female to create harmony in world. The last symbol of sacred feminine is left. Left is considered as everything related to evil. It also happens to sacred feminine. It is considered as unclean because it has been banished by the Church.

4.5 Contribution of Sacred Feminine Symbols to Sophie Neveu’s Conflict

and Setting Sophie Neveu is a woman with many conflicts both external and internal. It is started when she has not yet ready to see sex rite that was done by her grandfather. She does not have enough knowledge about it. She blames her grandfather that her grandfather lies to her. It makes her decides to keep her distance away from him. After her grandfather died, she starts her journey to reveal what her grandfather wants to tell her. It started with four lines message beside her grandfather corpse. Sacred feminine symbols are the key of her journey to solve her problems. They make her meet with Robert Langdon, a professor of religious symblogy, who has same interest with her grandfather in feminine. Langdon and Neveu meet in Grand Gallery where the corpse of Jacques Sauniere is located. Langdon has become the primary suspect of Jacques Sauniere murder because his name is written in the last message. From him, she learns about Priory of Sion, the guardian of Holy Grail and her grandfather is one of four top members in the society. She also gets a different point of view about sex rites. Sex rite that her grandfather did is a rite to honor the unification of male and female, the thing that once is very sacred and the way to learn fully about God. Indirectly, it makes her knows her grandfather well and she can fix her mistake in past time toward her grandfather. It also makes her knows how much her grandfather loves her. It can be proved from following quotation: So you shared interests with him? Fache asked. Yes. In fact, Ive spent much of the last year writing the draft for a book that deals with Mr. Saunières primary area of expertise. I was looking forward to picking his brain. Fache glanced up. Pardon? The idiom apparently didnt translate. I was looking forward to learning his thoughts on the topic. I see. And what is the topic? Langdon hesitated, uncertain exactly how to put it. Essentially, the manuscript is about the iconography of goddess worship —the concept of female sanctity and the art and symbols associated with it. Brown, 2003: 23