Name of the Rose summary
The "Name of the Rose" was set in the 13th century monastery. The movie is told as a flashback from Adso, as an old man, looking back to when he was child. The movie starts off with Brother William of Baskerville and his novice, Adso of Melk, riding to an abbey in north Italy. Once they arrive in their room they are welcomed by the lord bishop who also informs them of a mysterious death that has just happened. The people that live in the abbey believe that it is just the presence of evil but Brother William begins to investigate the place. Another man is then found head first in a pot of hog's blood. Brother William is led to some evidence written on a piece of pa
The towns people also find this peasant girl with a hunchback monk, they believe that they have committed the sin and they also declare them guilty for the murders. I found it very ironic that next they show both the building and the hunchback and peasant woman being burned at the same time. Meanwhile Brother William and his novice gain entrance to the forbidden library and are closing in on the book. Brother William has noticed that all the victims have had black fingers and black tongues, so he proclaims that the next person to die will have a black tongue and finger. Meanwhile, another man is found drowned in a tub of water. Brother William and Adso continue to try to find the source of the murders, but each time they try to ender the library they are threatened by Bernardo Gui, who is protecting the book. When Brother William comes to look at the man he finds that he does have a black finger and black tongue, so the town people start to believe that Brother William is the murderer. The last seen is then Brother William and his novice leaving the abbey and riding back home. While they are searching, the novice is seduced by a peasant girl, which is considered to be the ultimate sin, but the novice thinks that he is in love with her. per in lemon juice from a book that he thinks is the reason for the deaths, so Brother William asks to see the library but it is forbidden. They are tied to a cross and burned to death. While trying to escape from the building with the book the building catches on fire. Another man finds the book that Brother William has been looking for but before he can notify Brother William he is stabbed and killed. They finally find the book by Aristotle and find that the pages have been poisoned.
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