Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.
Although the ironic thing about Larry Talbot, as the Hook points out, is that he isn't pure of heart. Even before Bela Lugosi puts the fang on him, our man Larry is already spying on his pretty neighbor, picking out walking sticks with wolf-and-moon motifs, and luring his lady friend out into the woods in what even she identifies as a classic Little Red Riding Hood moment. On the level of literal plot mechanics, it's the werewolf bite that makes Larry a monster, but on a symbolic level it's pretty clear that he was halfway there already.
And of course, as a man of rational science whose friends and family frown on mumbo-jumbo and superstition, it's likely that Larry isn't saying his prayers either. If even the pure-hearted and religiously observant can fall victim to the werewolf curse, then I guess Larry Talbot doesn't stand a chance!
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Date: 2006-11-11 01:59 am (UTC)Although the ironic thing about Larry Talbot, as the Hook points out, is that he isn't pure of heart. Even before Bela Lugosi puts the fang on him, our man Larry is already spying on his pretty neighbor, picking out walking sticks with wolf-and-moon motifs, and luring his lady friend out into the woods in what even she identifies as a classic Little Red Riding Hood moment. On the level of literal plot mechanics, it's the werewolf bite that makes Larry a monster, but on a symbolic level it's pretty clear that he was halfway there already.
And of course, as a man of rational science whose friends and family frown on mumbo-jumbo and superstition, it's likely that Larry isn't saying his prayers either. If even the pure-hearted and religiously observant can fall victim to the werewolf curse, then I guess Larry Talbot doesn't stand a chance!