The central character in The Last Unicorn is, of course, the unicorn herself; she is more than a magnet to whom the rest of the characters are drawn, but a fascinating character in her own right. It is her quest to discover the fate of her race that propels the plot, and her judgments and observations that express the central ideas in the book. Because she is unique, the last of her breed, the search for her lost comrades is also a search for her own identity. She is horrified to be mistaken for a horse, and pleased when a butterfly recognizes her true nature. The fake horn that Mommy Fortuna forces her to wear is almost as distressing to the unicorn as her captivity, and her attachment to Molly Grue arises not from Molly's longlost virginity, but from her ability to see her for what she is...