Myth and Religion in Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons
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2021-06
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Dan Brown is an American author; who wrote Angels and Demons. This novel
introduces the character Robert Langdon; who is a protagonist of Dan Brown‟s
subsequent novels with the Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra. Dan Brown puts science
and religion into conflict by reviving the myth of Illuminati; a secret society of
scientists whose relationship with the catholic church has long been intimate tangled
and not fully known. The writer mentioned defferent churches and works of Bernini
and Raphael as religious symbols. Dan Brown uses also key words related to nature
referred to the churches, Earth for Santa Maria del Popolo on Piazza, Fire for Santa
Maria Della Vitoria, Air for ST. Peter‟s Square, and Water for Piazza Novena
Bernini‟s Fountain of the four Rivers. This research analyzes Dan Brown‟s work in
the light of archetypal method. The first chapter provides a Scio-historical context and
Framework, it seeks to define religion, myth, catholic church, Illuminati, and study
the Greek Mythology and how Dan Brown appears as a mythologist. The second
chapter analyzes religion, religious symbols, and the myth of Illuminati and how does
it affect society, the Churches that are used in the novel as symbols and the religious
story of Habakkuk and the Angel.
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Key words: Catholic Church, Illuminati, Archetypal theory, Myth, Religion.