Wolf-alice Quotes Flashcards
Context
Mute and runs on all fours due to being raised by wolves
Was brought to a convent but nuns passed her on to a duke who’s a supernatural creature with no reflection
She gets her period for the first time
Finds a friend in the mirror and realises it was her
Begins to wear a white dress which makes her shine
Villagers plan revenge on duke for stealing corpse of young bride
Villagers see bride in white follow duke so assume it’s her ghost
She licks his wounds until his face gradually appears in the mirror
The setting
The moon and mirrors have this much in common: you cannot see behind them
Wolf- Alice
She inhabits only the present tense
Critic- Helen Simpson
The stories are ‘fired by the conviction that human nature is not immutable, that human beings are capable of change
