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Let's glance at a couple of controlling images.
In one, a wolf attacks a man who screams and tries to beat him back. The man is overcome and falls bleeding into submission as the wolf tears at his flesh. Then, in a moment, the wolf is seized by the man's own terror and pain and, horrified, runs from the crime and leaves him.
In the other, a wolf attacks a man who takes a deep breath and opens himself to the teeth and the violence. The man is overcome and falls bleeding into submission as the wolf tears at his flesh. Then, in a moment, the wolf is seized by the man's own acceptance and relents, licking the wounds clean.
It works only, of course, if the wolf and the man are in some way allied; if the wolf is not motivated by malice, if the man can accept the part of him which can be hurt and the part of the wolf which needs to hurt. And it's best to remember that wolves and men are not mutually exclusive. The scene could still play if they were both animal, tearing into each other, reacting with fear or acceptance, breaking apart or licking each other clean.
In one, a wolf attacks a man who screams and tries to beat him back. The man is overcome and falls bleeding into submission as the wolf tears at his flesh. Then, in a moment, the wolf is seized by the man's own terror and pain and, horrified, runs from the crime and leaves him.
In the other, a wolf attacks a man who takes a deep breath and opens himself to the teeth and the violence. The man is overcome and falls bleeding into submission as the wolf tears at his flesh. Then, in a moment, the wolf is seized by the man's own acceptance and relents, licking the wounds clean.
It works only, of course, if the wolf and the man are in some way allied; if the wolf is not motivated by malice, if the man can accept the part of him which can be hurt and the part of the wolf which needs to hurt. And it's best to remember that wolves and men are not mutually exclusive. The scene could still play if they were both animal, tearing into each other, reacting with fear or acceptance, breaking apart or licking each other clean.
