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Chapter 14
Themes
and Colors
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Da Vinci Code, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Conspiracies and Secrets
Art and Symbolism
Faith vs. Knowledge
Sacred Femininity and Revisionist History
Power and Manipulation
Summary
Analysis
Silas leaves his handgun in the car, feeling it has no place in Saint-Sulpice. The plaza is empty except for two sex workers, who awaken Silas’s desire. The cilice cuts into his thigh, reminding him of his vow of celibacy. This is his first time in France since being imprisoned, and he feels tempted to return to his former way of life. Reminding himself that he has been reborn and his actions—even murder—are ordained by God, Silas knocks on the door, knowing the keystone will lead them to victory.
The difficulty and lawlessness of Silas’s former life seems to be the reason he was chosen for this mission. In the context of serving God, he easily justified using the violence that he became comfortable with thanks to his traumatic childhood experiences.
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