“An American Werewolf in London” A realistic and sad wolfman created by John Landis and Rick Baker

What the werewolf represents

What the fairy tales `` Little Red Riding Hood'', `` The Three Little Pigs '', and ``The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats'' that feature wolves all have in common is that ``wolves break into homes and eat the residents.'' Fairy tales often contain allegory. Like ``If you slack off, you'll cry later'' in ``The Ant and the Grasshopper '' or ``Good things happen if you're honest'' in ``The Golden Ax and the Silver Axe .''

In the case of fairy tales in which wolves appear, the now clichéd notion is that ``wolves = men's violent nature'', and in particular they appear as a symbol of men's sexual urges. Robbery, murder, and rape were rampant in medieval Europe when fairy tales were created, and fairy tales with wolves as their theme imprinted on young children that there were creatures like ``wolves'' in the outside world. I had.

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Also, in the story ``Werewolf'' from the song collection ` `Twelve Love Stories '' written in the 12th century, where ``werewolves'' are said to have first appeared in fiction, the story of how a lord who is a werewolf transforms. is "to be completely naked". To return, she must "get dressed," clearly following the steps of sex. The lord's wife hides his clothes, leaves the lord as a wolf, and remarries a knight. This part of ``Werewolf'' is a kind of glossy story. You can see that the existence of ``werewolves'' has been inextricably linked to ``sex'' since ancient times.

In "An American Werewolf in London," the day after David shares a bed with Alex, he transforms into a werewolf, supposedly sexually satisfied, and attacks five men and one woman who was caught in the crossfire.

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