“Nones, in which justice is meted out, and there is the embarrassing impression that everyone is wrong” The terrified cellarer is now before the tribunal. Remigio holds his own under questioning until Bernard marches Salvatore in. It is clear the man has been tortured, and he has revealed all...
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“Vespers, in which Ubertino takes flight, Benno begins to observe the laws, and William makes some reflections on the various types of lust encountered that day” William, Ubertino, and Michael ofCesena confer after the trial of Remigio. William tells Michael not to go to Avignon to meet directly...
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“Compline, in which a sermon is heard about the coming of the Antichrist, and Adso discovers the power of proper names” After Vespers, everyone expects a homily from Abo, but instead he asks Jorge to speak. The blind monk exhorts the audience—including the visitors—to reject pride. He thunders...
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This section opens with Bernard Gui furtively taking his leave of Malachi. Shortly thereafter, the official meetingbegins between the representatives of Pope John and the Franciscandelegation, which is supported by the Holy Roman Emperor, Louis IV. The Franciscans known as “the Spirituals” have...
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“Matins, in which the princes sederunt, and Malachi slumps to the ground” During morning prayer, all notice that Malachi is absent. The abbot is worried and Jorge is “unusually agitated” as he desperately gropes the seat next to him to determine whether the librarian is there (497). After a long...
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“Lauds, in which a new cellarer is chosen, but not a new librarian” The chapter opens with Adso in confusion–he is starting to lose “all temporal sense” as the misfortunes and murders multiply (503). The abbot orders a quick funeral. He appoints Nicholas (the glazier) as the new cellarer and...
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Kristopher Rodriguez August 1, 2009 English 3 1. The Rules of St. Benedict are basically 73 rules monks used when they lived in an abbey under an abbot. In this particular novel, the Rule is referring to Cenobites, which are monks living in a monastery under an abbot. Some of the monks follow the...
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Differences from the movie to the book can make a huge difference in a arson's outlook toward It; if the plot has drastic changes then the movie is rarely better than the book. Set in 1327, The Name of the Rose by Umber Echo will grab your attention from the first sentence and keep you entertained...
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The year is 1327. William of Baskerville, a Franciscan friar, and Adso of Melk, a young novice travelling under his protection, arrive at a wealthy Benedictine abbey somewhere in Italy on an important secret mission. A group of Franciscans has come under fire from Pope John XXII, who suspects them...
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The novel begins with what appears to be a preface to the book itself, dated January 5, 1980. In it, the narrator describes finding a book on August 16, 1968, that was written in 1842 by “a certain Abbe Vallet” (xiii), who reproduced a fourteenth- century narration by the monk, Adso of Melk...
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The narrator notes that “Adso's manuscript is divided into seven days, and each day into periods corresponding to the liturgical hours” (xx), but he suspects the subtitles were added by a third person, likely Abbe Vallet. Nevertheless, they are helpful to the reader, so he preserves them. In...
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The prologue is written by Adso of Melk when he is an old man, somewhere between 60 and 70 years of age. The events he is about to relate took place when he was a young Benedictine novice in the service of a Franciscan monk, William of Baskerville, who hails from Hibernia (modern-day Ireland)...
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The Preface, Note, and Prologue are the framing devices of the novel. They set up the idea that this text is a “manuscript” found by a twentieth-century man (the unknown narrator), translated by an eighteenth-century scholar (Abbe Vallet), written by a fourteenth-century monk (Adso of Melk). The...
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“Prime, in which the foot of the abbey is reached, and William demonstrates his great acumen” As the two men toil their way uphill to the abbey, Adso is amazed by an edifice he later learns is the Aedificium, an octagonal structure that seems tetragonal from a distance, a "perfect form, which...
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“Terce, in which William has an instructive conversation with the abbot” After being shown to their rooms and eating a lovely meal, Adso, who is temporarily bunking with William, falls asleep in his niche of clean straw. When Abo arrives for the private meeting, he mistakes the sleeping novice for...
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“Sext, in which Adso admires the door of the church, and William meets Ubertino of Casale again” After an extended description of the Church’s architecture, Adso and William meet Salvatore of Montferrat, an old monk who is an associate of Remigio's. This strange-looking man speaks an amalgam of...
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“Toward Nones, in which William has a very erudite conversation with Severinus the herbalist” The abbey’s herbalist, Severinus, greets the two men warmly and offers to show them around the gardens; he and William have a spirited and highly-technical discussion about herbs, both edible and medicinal...
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“After Nones, in which there is a visit to the scriptorium, and a meeting with many scholars, copyists, and rubricators, as well as an old blind man who is expecting the Antichrist” While climbing the tower to the scriptorium, Adso sees William examining the windows along the stairway, noticing...
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“Vespers, in which the rest of the abbey is visited, William comes to some conclusions about Adelmo’s death, there is a conversation with the brother glazier about glasses for reading and about phantoms for those who seek to read too much” William decides to skip vespers, and instead he and Adso...
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“Compline, in which William and Adso enjoy the jolly hospitality of the abbot and the angry conversation of Jorge” In the refectory, William is given the honor of sitting at the abbot’s table, and for this first meal together, so is Adso, though hereafter he will eat with the monks. Malachi and...
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