What makes a good person sin? More specifically, what makes a monk start raping and killing people? Matthew Lewis would answer Catholicism, for it corrupts even the most virtuous person as shown in his book The Monk. The main character Ambrosio was left at a monastery when he was just a year old, leaving him to be raised by monks. Later in life, at the peak of his success, Ambrosio succumbs to the temptation of sins such as lust, murder, rape, and sorcery, and breaks his monastic vows. Hinting that his upbringing is to blame, Lewis writes that if “his Youth been passed in the world, He would have shown himself possessed of many brilliant and manly qualities” (182).
Further implying corruption brought by Catholicism, Lewis writes the monks used
Further implying corruption brought by Catholicism, Lewis writes the monks used