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{{quote| ''Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.''<ref>Lat.: "Yesterday's rose endures in its name, we hold empty names".</ref> }} |
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'''''The Name Of The Rose''''' is a novel written by [[Umberto Eco]] in 1980, which also received a [[The Film of the Book|movie adaptation]] in 1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and starring [[Christian Slater]], F. Murray Abraham, [[Ron Perlman]], [[ |
'''''The Name Of The Rose''''' is a novel written by [[Umberto Eco]] in 1980, which also received a [[The Film of the Book|movie adaptation]] in 1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and starring [[Christian Slater]], F. Murray Abraham, [[Ron Perlman]], [[Michael Lonsdale]], and [[Sean Connery]]. |
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It is set in what has been called the [[Medieval Morons|disastrous]] [[The Late Middle Ages|fourteenth century]], during the period of the Medieval Inquisition. The story, described by some as [[Sherlock Holmes]] [[Recycled in Space|IN THE 14th CENTURY]], follows Brother William of Baskerville and his young friar apprentice, Adso of [[Useful Notes/Austria|Melk]], who go to an abbey where a murder was committed in order to [[Detective Story|investigate it]]. |
It is set in what has been called the [[Medieval Morons|disastrous]] [[The Late Middle Ages|fourteenth century]], during the period of the Medieval Inquisition. The story, described by some as [[Sherlock Holmes]] [[Recycled in Space|IN THE 14th CENTURY]], follows Brother William of Baskerville and his young friar apprentice, Adso of [[Useful Notes/Austria|Melk]], who go to an abbey where a murder was committed in order to [[Detective Story|investigate it]]. |
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: In the movie, {{spoiler|Bernardo Gui's cart gets pushed off a cliff by angry peasants, causing him to fall on a spiked thing which kills him. Your heart bleeds for him.}} |
* [[Asshole Victim]]: In the movie, {{spoiler|Bernardo Gui's cart gets pushed off a cliff by angry peasants, causing him to fall on a spiked thing which kills him. Your heart bleeds for him.}} |
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* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: William, and how. |
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: William, and how. |
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* [[Be as Unhelpful as Possible]]: This is the attitude of every monk in the abbey toward William's investigation. |
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* [[Big Labyrinthine Building]] |
* [[Big Labyrinthine Building]] |
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* [[The Black Death]]: At the end of the novel, Adso reveals {{spoiler|that William eventually died during the Black Death.}} |
* [[The Black Death]]: At the end of the novel, Adso reveals {{spoiler|that William eventually died during the Black Death.}} |
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: William, played by [[Sean Connery]]. |
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: William, played by [[Sean Connery]]. |
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* [[Corrupt Church]] |
* [[Corrupt Church]] |
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* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Salvatore ([[The Unintelligible|and how]]), Ubertino da Casale, and [[Be |
* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Salvatore ([[The Unintelligible|and how]]), Ubertino da Casale, and [[Be as Unhelpful as Possible|half the monks]]. |
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* [[Definitely Final Dungeon]]: The library tower. |
* [[Definitely Final Dungeon]]: The library tower. |
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* [[Description Porn]]: And how: the book devotes page upon page to descriptions of the church's altar, the entrance to the crypt, Adso's vivid {{spoiler|psychedelic-herb-induced}} visions, and the monastery's relics. |
* [[Description Porn]]: And how: the book devotes page upon page to descriptions of the church's altar, the entrance to the crypt, Adso's vivid {{spoiler|psychedelic-herb-induced}} visions, and the monastery's relics. |
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** …Which in this case also qualifies as {{spoiler|[[Cyanide Pill|suicide]]}}. |
** …Which in this case also qualifies as {{spoiler|[[Cyanide Pill|suicide]]}}. |
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* [[Eureka Moment]]: William has one considering the secret of the library. Adso remembers how Salvatore said "tertius equi", which is [[Canis Latinicus]] for "The third of horse" (when he meant "the third horse"). William concludes: "the first and the seventh of the four" really means {{spoiler|"the first and the seventh of the ''word'' four", and "four" is "quatuor" in Latin, so you have to push the letters Q and R!}} |
* [[Eureka Moment]]: William has one considering the secret of the library. Adso remembers how Salvatore said "tertius equi", which is [[Canis Latinicus]] for "The third of horse" (when he meant "the third horse"). William concludes: "the first and the seventh of the four" really means {{spoiler|"the first and the seventh of the ''word'' four", and "four" is "quatuor" in Latin, so you have to push the letters Q and R!}} |
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** They had a minor one earlier, when Adso dreamed a story similar to the "Coena Cypriani", a kind of [[The Bible |
** They had a minor one earlier, when Adso dreamed a story similar to the "Coena Cypriani", a kind of [[The Bible|Bible]] [[Parody]]. Which helps William to remember that there was a book in the library consisting of four texts, one of them a comment for the Coena Cypriani, another one the book they're looking for. |
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* [[Finger-Licking Poison]] |
* [[Finger-Licking Poison]] |
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* [[Flanderization]]: The transmogrification of the [[Purity Sue|saintly]] Ubertino da Casale (a minor character) from well-educated, decent, pious (if slightly fanatical) old man to a [[Mad Oracle|creepy]], [[Cryptic Conversation|obtuse]] [[Butt Monkey]] who hits on Adso and is ridiculed by William. Note that the poor guy actually existed. |
* [[Flanderization]]: The transmogrification of the [[Purity Sue|saintly]] Ubertino da Casale (a minor character) from well-educated, decent, pious (if slightly fanatical) old man to a [[Mad Oracle|creepy]], [[Cryptic Conversation|obtuse]] [[Butt Monkey]] who hits on Adso and is ridiculed by William. Note that the poor guy actually existed. |
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* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Bernard(o) Gui(donis), Ubertino da Casale, Michael of Cesena. |
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Bernard(o) Gui(donis), Ubertino da Casale, Michael of Cesena. |
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* [[Primal Stance|The Hunchback]]: Salvatore. Played by [[Ron Perlman]] with extreme creepiness in the film. |
* [[Primal Stance|The Hunchback]]: Salvatore. Played by [[Ron Perlman]] with extreme creepiness in the film. |
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* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler|Bernardo Gui in the film}}. This didn't happen in the book or in [[Real Life]], in which he died a far less cheesy death a couple of years after the time in which the movie takes place. |
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* [[In Which a Trope Is Described]]: In spades. One chapter heading is even self-referential. |
* [[In Which a Trope Is Described]]: In spades. One chapter heading is even self-referential. |
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* [[The Spanish Inquisition|The Inquisition]] |
* [[The Spanish Inquisition|The Inquisition]] |
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*** Someone lucky enough to have read Borges's short story ''Death and the Compass'' will see the connection to this story clearly |
*** Someone lucky enough to have read Borges's short story ''Death and the Compass'' will see the connection to this story clearly |
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: Not surprising, as Eco is a scholar of the Middle Ages. |
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Not surprising, as Eco is a scholar of the Middle Ages. |
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* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: The girl, of course. |
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* [[Theme Serial Killer]]: The killings follow symbolism from the Book of Revelations. {{spoiler|As it turns out, this is mostly by accident.}} |
* [[Theme Serial Killer]]: The killings follow symbolism from the Book of Revelations. {{spoiler|As it turns out, this is mostly by accident.}} |
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* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: The lost dialogue of Aristotle is assumed to be this. {{spoiler|[[Finger-Licking Poison|it's actually poisoned]]}}. |
* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: The lost dialogue of Aristotle is assumed to be this. {{spoiler|[[Finger-Licking Poison|it's actually poisoned]]}}. |