Philosophical Reviews: The Castle Of Otranto

 

From a philosophical point of view, the friar's dilemma is interesting: whether to hand Isabella over to the despot to save the life of his son Theodore, or not?

The cause of the death threat to his son is due to his refusal to marry Isabella to Manfred since it was clearly a marriage of convenience.

Without the advent of a supernatural event, what decision would he have made?From a philosophical point of view, the friar's dilemma is interesting: whether to hand Isabella over to the despot to save the life of his son Theodore, or not?

The cause of the death threat to his son is due to his refusal to marry Isabella to Manfred since it was clearly a marriage of convenience.

Without the advent of a supernatural event, what decision would he have made?

True love is represented by Isabella who, knowing that Theodore loved Matilda madly, decided to ease the pain with more love.

In my opinion the battle between good and evil cannot be win without the divine intervention.