The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

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The Name of the Rose Questions and Answers

What is the exact translation into English of "Stat rosa pristina, nomine, nomina nuda tenemus" from The Name of the Rose?

Did the peasant girl in The Name of the Rose die?

In The Name of the Rose, what is the debate about that occurs on the Fifth Day?

What happens at the end of The Name of the Rose? Who was the murderer? Does the abbey still exist?

What does the rose symbolize in the film The Name of the Rose?

Who is the narrator of The Name of the Rose?

In The Name of the Rose, how is William of Baskerville the symbol of empiricism?  

In the movie The Name of the Rose, who is Severinus and what does he do?

Do you think the library in The Name of the Rose is a labyrinth?

In Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, what is the order in which all of the murders happen?

Who is the abbot of melk In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco?

What are some literary techniques and quotes along the themes of women and knowledge in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose.

How is the The Name of the Rose considered a detective story when the detective is thwarted throughout the story and is ultimately defeated at the end?

What is the significance of the seven-day time frame in which The Name of the Rose takes place?

What is the symbolism behind "poison" in days 4, 5, 6 of The Name of the Rose? 

Regarding the novel The Name of the Rose, how does knowledge lead to heresy and to what extent does heresy affect prejudice in society? 

Who dies due to the poison in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco?

Both the library and the its organization as a Labyrinth are symbols in The Name of the Rose. Of what are they symbols?

In the Name of the Rose, how does they abbey relate to the world?

In The Name of the Rose, what are some key symbols in Third Day and Fourth Day?

Who says a dream is a scripture in The Name of the Rose?

What (more) modern detective does Eco model his detective on in The Name of the Rose?

What does the abbey sound like in The Name of the Rose?

In The Name of the Rose, name and briefly describe the heresy that is explored during Days 3 and 4 and finally fully explained "After Compline" on Day 4.

What books available in 1327 do you thin would help you understand The Name of the Rose? 

In The Name of the Rose,what is the media and how does it connect to the murders?

What is the connection between power and heresy in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose?

Is the abbey, where William visits, in the city of Melk, from the book The Name of the Rose?

How are books symbolized in Third Day?