“It is the most immediate of the paths that put us in touch with the AlmightyÖ” (p145).
The Abbot’s display of the wealth of the monastery to William and Adso as they arrive exposes the Abbot’s pride, vanity and greed. Eco gives certain clues, yet they can be understood in various ways and one can never be certain about the relation among them.Įco uses a complex approach of writing in the Benedictine monastery of In the Name of the Rose. Eco makes the reader uncertain, where in a typical mystery the detective and the reader communicate a series of signs to find the identity and motive of the criminal. Many characters resemble well-known real or fictional figures. Besides the detailed description of characters, the author challenges the reader to solve the mystery of the monksí death. Symbolism is one of the more powerful tools Umberto Eco uses to make The Name of the Rose such a great masterpiece.
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