Book Review Of The Name Of The Rose: The Name Of The Truth Essay

Imagine a chivalric Benedictine monastery, with cellarers, herbalists, gardeners, librarians, young novices. One after the other, half a xii monks are found murdered in the most bizarre ways, and the ref very quickly finds out that the monastery, supposedly a place of worship and tranquility is the place of sin and corruption. William of Baskerville, a learned Franciscan who is move to solve the mystery finds himself involved in the frightening events inside the abbey. This is the tarradiddle of "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. It is the year 1327 when William of Baskerville and his young scribe (Adso of Melk, who narrates the legend many years later) arrive at the monastery. The monastery contains the greatest library of Christianity. The monks drop dead "by books and for books" (351), however, only the librarian and his assistant are allowed to enter the laden in the labyrinth of the library. The reason is that there are thousands of books by pagan, Jewish, Arab authors, and the librarian has the sovereign power to decide whose mind is mature enough to slang these "heresies" (340). Naturally, the forbidden library, like heaven, becomes the place that all the monks crave for. Strange intrigues engender among the monks, and suddenly turn to murder. A gifted young illuminator, Adelmo, is killed the next sunup a second monk is found dead, plunged head first into a barrel of pigs blood. Surprisingly enough, toward the end of the book it turns ou...