History Literature / TheNameOfTheRose

* LastOfItsKind: William comments that the [[spoiler: copy of Aristotle’s second book on comedy that he and Adso discover in the Abbey’s archives is likely the last surviving copy left, sadly it Contents are lost when Jorge burns it.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Jorge murders several monks and ends up burning the last surviving copy of Aristotle’s second book on comedy, (as well as unintentionally causing a huge fire that consumes the entire abbey and all it’s books) his robes catch on fire and he is burnt to death]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Jorge murders severel monks and ends up burning the last surviving copy of Aristotle’s second book on comedy, while he does succeed and the book is lost (as well as causing a huge fire that consumes the entire abbey and all it’s books) his robes catch on fire and he is burnt to death]].

* EvilIsPetty: Turns out that the reason [[spoiler: Jorge]] murdered the other monks was because [[spoiler: he refuses to allow anything to contradict his belief that humor is the work of the Devil.]]

* EvilIsPetty: Turns out that the reason [[spoiler: Jorge]] murdered all the other monks was because [[spoiler: he refuses to allow anything to contradict his belief that humor is the work of the Devil.]]

* EvilIsPetty: Turns out that the reason [[spoiler: Jorge]] murdered all the other monks was because [[spoiler: he refuses to allow anything that contradicts his belief that humor is the work of the Devil.]]

* EvilIsPetty: Turns out that the reason [[spoiler: Jorge]] murdered all the other monks was because [[spoiler: he refuses to consider and will hide anything that contradicts his belief that humor is the work of the Devil.]]

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* ReligionIsWrong: There are shades of this, [[spoiler: Jorge de Burgos’ justification for murdering the other monks by poisoning pages of the last copy of Aristotle's Book on Comedy which he has hidden is because he believes laughter and knowledge would undermine the churches power over people. The death of the corrupt and sadistic Gui at the hand of the peasants is also seen as a victory.]]

* ReligionIsWrong: There are shades of this, [[spoiler: Jorge de Burgos’ justification for murdering the other monks by poisoning pages of the last copy of Aristotle's Second Book of Poetics on Comedy which he has hidden is because he believes laughter and knowledge would undermine faith in God and the churches power over people. The death of the corrupt and cruel Gui at the hand of the peasants is also seen as a victory.]]

* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: A caliph is mentioned as having ordered a library burned because either they said what was in the Quran and therefore redundant, or did ''not'' say what was in the Quran and thus heretical.

It received a [[TheFilmOfTheBook movie adaptation]] in 1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Creator/FMurrayAbraham, Creator/RonPerlman, Creator/MichaelLonsdale, and Creator/SeanConnery. It was also adapted a year later into an unlicensed [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Abadía_del_Crimen video game]]. In 2019 it was adapted by Italian UsefulNotes/StateBroadcaster Rai 1 into a TV miniseries, and broadcast on Sundance TV in the United States. It starred Creator/JohnTurturro, Creator/RupertEverett, Creator/MichaelEmerson, Creator/JamesCosmo and Creator/SebastianKoch.

* ApopheniaPlot: The murders taking place across the abbey are believed to be SignsOfTheEndTimes, as each death seemingly corresponds to one of the Seven Trumpets in the Book of Revelation: Adelmo fell from a tower in a hailstorm, [[spoiler: Venantius]] is apparently drowned in a vat of blood, [[spoiler: Berengar]] drowns in his bath, [[spoiler: Severinus]] is brained to death with an armillary sphere, and a dying [[spoiler: Malachi]] even mentions something that had "the power of a thousand scorpions." The more rational [[ScienceHero William of Baskerville]] suspects that a ThemeSerialKiller is at work. [[spoiler: However, in the finale, he realizes that most of the deaths invoked Revelation purely by coincidence, and curses himself for being so easily mislead by nonexistent patterns. In order of appearance: Adelmo committed suicide, Severinus was beaten to death with the sphere by Malachi because it was the first thing within arm's reach, and Venantius, Berengar and Malachi all unwittingly poisoned themselves by reading the MacGuffin, a treasured book that the BigBad had laced with poison in order to keep its secrets safe. The murderer told Malachi that the book has the power of a thousand scorpions because he came to believe that the signs were not incidental but part of a divine plan after hearing about William's theory.]]

* ApopheniaPlot: The murders taking place across the abbey are believed to be SignsOfTheEndTimes, as each death seemingly corresponds to one of the Seven Trumpets in the Book of Revelation: Adelmo fell from a tower in a hailstorm, [[spoiler: Venantius]] is apparently drowned in a vat of blood, [[spoiler: Berengar]] drowns in his bath, [[spoiler: Severinus]] is brained to death with an armillary sphere, and a dying [[spoiler: Malachi]] even mentions something that had "the power of a thousand scorpions." The more rational [[ScienceHero William of Baskerville]] suspects that a ThemeSerialKiller is at work. [[spoiler: However, in the finale, he realizes that most of the deaths invoked Revelation purely by coincidence, and curses himself for being so easily mislead by nonexistent patterns. In order of appearance: Adelmo committed suicide, Severinus was beaten to death with the sphere by Malachi because it was the first thing within arm's reach, and Venantius, Berengar and Malachi all unwittingly poisoned themselves by reading the MacGuffin, a treasured book that the BigBad had laced with poison in order to keep its secrets safe.]]

** The murderer himself [[spoiler:came to believe that the signs were not incidental but part of a divine plan after hearing about William's theory, which is why he told Malachi that the book has the power of a thousand scorpions. William notes: "I conceived a false pattern to interpret the moves of the guilty man, and the guilty man fell in with it."]]

* The murderer himself [[came to believe that the signs were not incidental but part of a divine plan after hearing about William's theory, which is why he told Malachi that the book has the power of a thousand scorpions. William notes: "I conceived a false pattern to interpret the moves of the guilty man, and the guilty man fell in with it."]]

** William of Baskerville. The name is a two-part ShoutOut to logician and friar William of Ockham and [[SherlockHolmes a certain fictional detective.]]

* RecycledInSpace: The story is basically a medieval SherlockHolmes mystery in addition to the literary elements.

* ShoutOut: William has a line that could be rearranged as "Elementary, my dear Adso" (like the famous BeamMeUpScotty relating to SherlockHolmes).

** At the end of the book William quotes to Adso a phrase from "a mystic from your land", ''"Er muoz gelîchesame die leiter abewerfen, sô er an ir ufgestigen"''. That's a medievalized version of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittgenstein%27s_ladder a quote]] from the 20th century Austrian philosopher UsefulNotes/LudwigWittgenstein.

** At the end of the book William quotes to Adso a phrase from "a mystic from your land", ''"Er muoz gelîchesame die leiter abewerfen, sô er an ir ufgestigen"''. That's a medievalized version of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittgenstein%27s_ladder a quote]] from the 20th century Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.

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* CampGay: Brother Berengar. And, according to some dubitable sources, the dead monk, Adelmo. He was described as having the "eyes of a maiden seeking commerce with an incubus." Yeah, a monk said that.