The Monk, Chapter 2: samenvatting

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1. Alone in his cell, Ambrosio admires his virtue and the Virgin’s beauty, then assures himself that temptation cannot defeat him.
2. Rosario brings flowers, requests prayers for Vincentio della Ronda, and hints at suffering he fears to confess.
3. A dropped letter reveals Agnes’s pregnancy and a planned escape with Raymond; Ambrosio refuses her appeal for secrecy.
4. Agnes condemns Ambrosio’s cruelty, and the Prioress rejects his hesitant request to soften her punishment.
5. In the garden grotto, Ambrosio finds Rosario distressed and argues that complete solitude cannot bring lasting contentment.
6. Rosario describes Matilda’s fatal, rejected love for Julian, asks for pity himself, and receives Ambrosio’s tender comfort.

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Agnes challenges the basis of Ambrosio’s confidence in his virtue. Her accusation connects his sheltered life with his refusal to understand another person’s weakness.

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