ACWO Final Scene

When Alex returns to his original self at the end of the film, the spectator is rewarded along with him because we are aligned with him and we have suffered as he did through his punishment because we were denied the pleasure he felt while committing violent acts. The music becomes uplifting when he is cured and the depiction of violence returns to what it was at the start of the film. We as the spectator are happy for Alex because he is no longer suffering and therefore, neither are we because we are able to take enjoyment from the acts he is committing, like we did at the beginning of the film. Both we and Alex are returned to the Male Gaze.