![]() ![]() But, like Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the Star Wars Saga, he is, first and foremost, a victim a victim hoodwinked by the forces of darkness. He is a murderer, a rapist, and a misogynist. Yes, it is old-fashioned in its prose, and sometimes it takes a little while to get to significant and thrilling events, but it’s actually a very compelling and riveting read, and not as full of mind-numbing tedious descriptions of minutiae as other older works are.Īnd yes, Ambrosio is a selfish, monstrous bastard. When I picked it up, I was expecting quite a slog to get to the scenes of supernatural horror and macabre terror, but surprisingly it is not as hard to get into as one would think. The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis is a classic gothic novel that was written in 1795. But he has caught the diabolical attentions of the powers of darkness, who put forth an ordeal of infernal temptation that will lead Ambrosio to succumb to black magic, murder, rape, incest, and torture. Women want to be with him and men want to be him. ![]() He is regarded by the populace to be spotless, innocent, and godlike in his morality and character. The Abbot Ambrosio is a prestigious, handsome, and much-idolized monk who is the head of a monastery in Medieval Spain. ![]()
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