![]() ![]() ![]() Presumably because she is so "inhuman," the Duke does not devour Wolf-Alice. Since he does not belong among humans or wolves, the Duke is terribly lonely. Even wolves would not accept the Duke, because he eats his own kind. To the townspeople, he is an abhorred ally of the devil, but their attempts to scare him off are hopeless because he is not afraid of garlic or Christian symbols. When the moon comes out, he becomes ravenous and devours humans and human corpses. The Duke is a lonely, invincible creature who does not cast a reflection. Exasperated, they send her to live with a werewolf called the Duke. She learns to cooperate with the nuns in order to get food, but they cannot break her of her animal habits. Once they realize she is human, they bring her to live in a convent. Peasants discover Wolf-Alice sleeping next to her wolf mother, whom they shot to death. ![]() What distinguishes Wolf-Alice most from other humans is the fact that she is unaware of her own mortality. Even though she is physically a woman, "Nothing about her is human except that she is not a wolf" she runs on all fours, is nocturnal, howls rather than speaks, and does not wear clothes. ![]()
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