The Monk Matthew Lewis Analysis

Matthew Lewis’ ending scene of his literature novel The Monk can be considered as diving into the madness that is gothic literature. The author uses tone, diction and symbolism during the scene to leave readers a memorable and gruesome ending to his novel. The author exercises the literary element of tone infused with diction to convey a serious last thought to the ending of the novel for readers. “Blind, maimed, helpless, and despairing, venting his rage in blasphemy and curses execrating his existence, yet dreading the arrival of death.” Lewis applied adjectives such as despairing, helpless and blind to set the tone of the last paragraph as daunting and horrible people usually see in gothic literature. The scene as a whole is appalling