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A 5 page paper which examines the roles of the female in “The Monk” by Matthew Lewis. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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mysterious realities. It is also a novel that presents women in a very common, yet intriguing way, when compared to women in literature today. The following paper examines the role
and function of women in the novel "The Monk" by Matthew Lewis. Women in "The Monk" In first understanding some of the roles played by women, or how women
are presented in the text, we look at a couple of excerpts. The first deals with the lust that the main character, Ambrosio, has for a woman, Matilda. He claims
that, "Two coral lips were visible, ripe, fresh, and melting, and a Chin in whose dimples seemed to lurk a thousand Cupids" (Lewis). He is obviously envisioning this woman as
a very seductive and powerful lustful object and indicates that "how dangerous was the presence of this seducing Object. He closed his eyes, but strove in vain to banish her
from his thoughts" as he attempted to struggle with his desire, closing his eyes so he would not see her. But still, he "shuddered when He beheld, how deep was
the precipice before him" (Lewis). In this particular excerpt we can see how women are seen as objects of beauty, objects that are to be desired. Of course Ambrosio
was apparently trying to be a noble and honorable man, but still it almost seems as though it was the womans fault for being an object of lust. One critic
notes that, " Unfortunately, closing his eyes doesnt seem to help; his imagination is a dangerous supplement to his physical senses which sees even more vividly than do his eyes"
(Matthew Lewis, The Monk (1796), p. 78). This offers us another aspect of the woman seen as an object of lust and temptation because even closing his eyes does not
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