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A matter of honor

"Don Rodrigo [...] threw the bridle to Tiradritti, one of her in tow. He took off his gun, and gave it to Montanarolo [...] then they took out of his pocket and gave them to some berlingo Tanabuso [...]. Meanwhile, the aforementioned three good and who was the fourth Sqinternotto (oh, you see that big names with great care by Serbs) remained with the three of the Unnamed [...] to play, to mulch, and tell each other their exploits. "

People are identified by their name for life. For this reason Manzoni chose carefully how to call some of his characters, not by sound, but the meaning and message for readers. Almost a label buckling perennial, the writer wanted to blow up the main feature in the eyes of the figures and described by him impress in the memory of those who read. You can distinguish the characters of the antagonists, the good from the bad, the violent by devotees to God is given the opportunity to delineate a character without know. All thanks to a single word: the name. Triggering a chain reaction of ideas and images you get to connect this series of letters with a very specific character. One need only think of Christopher, the bearer of Christ from the Latin, referring to his choice to serve the Church. Even Lucy, the most important female figure throughout the novel, in the name of purity and devotion to God For Lucy is from Light and then the Divine Light. Rodrigo, then, in addition to recall the English origins, comes from the Germanic powerful and full of glory. Even scarring, one of the good, recalls the struggles and cuts. The same character if you were called, for example, Benjamin was not credible. Or the Unnamed, so powerful that its name can not be pronounced, brings with it an aura of mystery and unknown. In the case of some good as Tiradritti, Montanarolo, Tanabuso Squinternotto Manzoni and coined new names by combining two words, just as with Azzeccagarbugli. Named Advocate already understand that this man is certainly capable of "pulling out of trouble," Who is it for him, maybe not always so clear.

This same trick for defining a character through his name had been previously used by Dante Alighieri . In the twenty-first canto of the Divine Comedy Dante meets the Malebranche in a pit, a group of devils. The evil entities have names like Rubicante, rabies, and then the angry, Cagnoli, which refers to its appearance and animal Graffiacane that refers to the creature's claws. Finally, when Dante comes to Paradise is Beatrice as his guide, whose name comes from a pure soul and it is blessed and closer to God

Marina Picardi