Introduction
"The Name of the Rose," which is written by Umberto Eco is a representation of the difference between superstition and truth. The book is about the use of deception by those who hold an advantage over the rest. It was correspondingly a representation of the importance of aspects of reality in finding the truth about certain situations. The book is centered on religious principles and doctrines and implores the reader to look at the reality that surpasses superstition and religious doctrines. It has employed the use of literary devices in its plot and uses aspects of rhetoric to pass the different messages it seeks to rely concerning the seemingly perfect world in which the clergy resides.
The plot of the book involves the story told by a young monk who becomes curious about the deaths of other monks in the church and accidentally stumbles upon information that sets the pace for the whole novel. He stumbles upon a book that holds some secrets that the monks are striving to guard with their lives. Monks begin to be found dead in the Abbey, and the William becomes more inquisitive. He confronts an elderly monk with a theory about how the monks died according to the representation of the book of revelation in the bible (Eco,
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For instance, the first monk is killed and is found the blood of a pig. A pig is an animal that is seen to be unholy, and the fact that the monk was immersed in the blood of a pig showcases the unholy nature of the place. The place, should, bring forth factors that are holy. The body was dumped in the blood of a pig as a sign of the unholy nature that existed in the Abbey. Such unholy acts made Aldos question his faith and the teachings that he had acquired from his master about the scripture and the place that monks lived. The pig is a symbol of evilness that reverberates in the Abbey throughout the