But there was another side to "Beast" Butler that Civil War literature often fails to mention.
Carol jumped from beast to beast, trying to create some excitement.
Mr Fréger was intrigued by the transformations of human being to beast that he witnessed in 18 European countries.
"We're saying that once a man or a lady is confined like that, you're dealing with a mental imbalance and you're turning man to beast or woman to beast, inhumane".
Also look for the portrait of the man over the fireplace: every so often lighting flashes and the portrait morphs from prince to Beast.
Ennobling, and gently humorous, commentary has long been part of nature documentary, but the continuum of man to beast is casually presented here as axiomatic.
Del Toro, as he proved in "The Devil's Backbone" (2001), is enthralled by such transformations: plant to human, man to beast, war to uneasy peace.
One of Mert and Marcus's favorite things about the place is the way that variations in the wind and the light cause the character of Es Vedrà to change, from beacon to beast and back again.
The ancient Greeks had a class of physicians who were called "horse-doctors," and the Latin term for the specialty, veterinarius ("pertaining to beast of burden"), came to denote the field in modern times.
It's also, as his quiet stories and those of friends who also pay witness to his cruel history make vividly, at times mistily clear, a look at the lines connecting parent to child, man to beast.
Five minutes away, in a council lock-up on the main road, science professor Clemens Spechtler, 45, is preparing the final touches for his transformation from man to beast.
