The Name of the Rose
In the title of the novel, The name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco, the 'rose' can signify many ideas. By making this the title of the book, Eco has attracted the attention of a reader because it suggests a number of things. A rose can be all of nature, the most beautiful of it, a girl, etc. Just as the title suggests several answers, so can the implications in the novel. The rose can be the Church, the richest and most powerful organization in the entire world. As each of its most devoted die, a little bit of the doctrine is forgotten until the 'name becomes bare', it can no longer be understood as its whole. In return, the most learned abbey in Europe burns to the ground, much like the martyrs it exalted. Instead of seeing the deaths for what they are (just random acts, committed by several people, not one deprav
The novel must be taken in its entirety, not just in pieces to understand it. A rose, to understand it's beauty, cannot be taken apart, but must be seen as a whole. Differentiating the parts, one can understand their function. Moreover, it is the rose itself that is important because as Shakespeare says, 'that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet'. The name is not what is important; it is what the rose is, plus what it can signify. The title 'The Name of the Rose' can apply in this fashion: William comes across a bud, as he searches for clues, the petals continue falling off, as the rose dies, when enough petals have dropped, he can see what makes the flower. The petals are there to reveal the truth, to those who are in search of it. The petals are there to draw attention to what is import
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Approximate Word count = 553
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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