The Illuminati Reflected In Dan Brown’s Angels And Demons (2000): A Marxist Approach

ABSTRACT This study is about The Illuminati Reflected in Dan Brown’s Angels And Demons (2000), which is analyzed by using Marxist approach.The objectives of the study are to identify the members, the power of Illuminati and the reasons of Illuminati-Catholic conflicts could happen. This research belongs to qualitative research. The primary data of this research is Angels and Demons novel by Dan Brown, while the secondary data of this research is other sources related to the study, such as: virtual sources and other printed materials that support this research. The researcher draws three conclusions in this research. First, Illuminati have members such as scientist, government, banker and the artists. Second, the power of Illuminati is from their money, brotherhood with Masonic, and their position. Third, the reasons of Illuminati-Catholic conflict could happen because their stereotypes from Church toward Science and vice versa. Keywords: Illuminati, Angels and Demons, Marxist