Wolf Alice

This piece was kind of confusing and definitely difficult to read.  However the piece was so interesting I kept pushing through the difficulty I was having with the language and reading until the end.  I think that it was displaying her as child and the different main points in life a woman tends to experience.  When she was described as "all fours" in the beginning I interpreted that as her crawling like a baby.  Then obviously she got old enough to be on her own and was in a house with a male figure.  Duke I believe was her lover.  I do not completely comprehend the wolf aspect, however it was interesting with the imagery and personification used with these animals and what their experiences.  Then she got her period, then wore a wedding dress, and I perceived the ending as displaying death possibly of her lover, Duke.  It seemed as if they were constantly struggling to survive and always had others who were after them wanting to harm them.  But it seemed as if her and Duke's relationship was not strong, yet in the end she was taking care of him.  This was definitely an interesting piece, and as mentioned in class its funny because this type of story line is presented a lot in today's society with mystical creatures or animals that hold human characteristics, such as Twilight.