After reviewing the movie “Silence of the Lambs”, directed by Jonathan Demme, making a profile of one of the main characters Dr. Hannibal Lector was fairly easy. This character is present thorough throughout the film and showed depth and complexity, helping develop a genuine psychological profile. Dr. Hannibal Lector from the move “Silence of the Lambs,” has Antisocial Personality Disorder, he fits all diagnostic criteria for the disorder and we can see great development through his lifetime. Throughout the film, Dr. Lector demonstrates all of the diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder. _________ Defines this disorder as “a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others” (pg.400). The first criteria …show more content…
Dr. Lector does not rationalize at any time with his own behavior; he talks arrogantly about how it does not need rationalization. He routinely instills fear into people. For example, when handed the questionnaire from Agent Sterling he replies with “The last time somebody tried to dissect me, Miss Sterling, I ate his liver with his kidneys and some fava beans.” At no time during this scene does he seem disappointed in himself; instead he consistently smiles and laughs when speaking. Finally when looking at this character he makes no effort to minimize his actions. He feels his criminal actions are like a masterpiece, elaborate, creative and well planned out. Rather than leaving the body after taking the police officers life, he disembowels him and hangs him up the wall just to show off his actions. He also shows this mans body in symbolism looking like Jesus or an Angel. His twisted mind also creates an artistic flair. Dr. Lector shows a lack of empathy to the individuals he inflicted pain upon. When developing a theory about how this character developed this disorder, it is evident in biological, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and sociocultural
...oermann et al, 2005). This has a tendency to lead to an insecure sense of one’s self. (Hoermann et al, 2005) A person with this disorder has a difficult time being reliable. This can be from constant career change, relationships and goals. These essential changes occur without any warning. (Hoermann et al, 2005)
Meursault is a fairly average individual who is distinctive more in his apathy and passive pessimism than in anything else. He rarely talks because he generally has nothing to say, and he does what is requested of him because he feels that resisting commands is more of a bother than it is worth. Meursault never did anything notable or distinctive in his life: a fact which makes the events of the book all the more intriguing.
For my book report, I have read and evaluated Dr. Hales book titled Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of Psychopaths Among Us, published by The Guilford Press. The purpose of the book was to bring awareness to psychopaths that live among us and will be describe in farther details in the paper. I will evaluated the purpose, strengths, weakness of the book and include a summarized portion for others to understand.
He did however exhibit part of the Mc’Donalds triad with his cruelty to animals, but it is said that he did not portray any other condition associated with psychopathy, Clairice states in the movie that “there’s no word for what he is.” Lecter would be labeled as an organized killer, He is portrayed as being intellectually brilliant, cultured and sophisticated, with refined tastes in art, and music. He is obviously well-educated and speaks several languages, and he does not like people with bad attitudes, they are the ones most likely to end up being his victims. We talked about how the serial killer is more mad than bad, or that he is simply evil. I think this is portrayed in his character where as he was a successful intelligent doctor who really had no reason to kill other than simply enjoying it. He was not a mission killer because there was not a specific type or group of people that he targeted. Nor was he a vision killer because he was not deemed insane, and he was also not a hedonistic killer seeing as he was never sexually involved with his
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In our society, mostly we are influenced by the fantasy based on serial killers, showed in literature, movies, TV Series etc. Not informing the audience with the depth of the serial killer psychological mysteries hidden behind the character’s actions and which led them to where they are. However, In Real-Life Monsters: A Psychological Examination of the Serial Murderer. The author Stephen J. Giannangelo takes an original approach describing the psychological explanation of these criminals instead of repeating the theoretical explanation of these criminals who committed horrific crimes. This book included the author’s personal observation about serial killers and Psychopathology. In the beginning of the book, the author examines the past psychological,
The monster Hannibal Lecter can be summed up in one quote from Thomas Harris’ fourth novel, Hannibal Rising: “I don’t want a conviction, I want him declared insane. In an asylum, they can study him and try to find out what he is…. What is he now? There is not a word for it yet. For lack of a better word we’ll call him a monster” (Harris 283). From early in Dr. Hannibal Lecter’s life, it was clear that he was a monster. The film, The Silence of the Lambs, is one of those films that is a cornerstone to a generation of filmmakers and the movie industry itself. It redefined the horror genre with new types of fears that plagued the every day person rather than a specific market like teenagers, in the previous famous horror films. Leading the way for the movie is the monster, and one of the main characters, Hannibal Lecter. Lecter is a monster like no other and also redefined what movie monsters were. Gone are the masked men with chainsaws, now Lecter brings forth a new type of monster that is intelligent, clever, but above all, human. The film itself presents a complex to the viewers because of the fact that Lecter is helping the FBI in its search for another serial killer, Buffalo Bill. Lecter is unlike any other movie monster in the way that he kills his victims. Lecter’s nickname is “Hannibal the Cannibal” because he cooks and eats his victims. He has also become a great example to psychologists treating people with similar problems. Above all, Lecter is unique because he is the first monster to take the mask off and have the people around him face who he really is, a true monster.
When discussing horrific psychopathic killers throughout history, there are many people that make us question how and why someone could act in such gruesome ways. While there are many names we could pull from when it comes to psychopathic killers, not many would come close to the deranged Albert Fish. Sometimes referred to as the “Gray Man” or the “Brooklyn Vampire”, Albert Fish had a strange obsession and fetish for pain, and murdered with the intent of sexual gratification, which often ended with the consumption of his victims. Albert Fish is widely referred to as the inspiration for the character of Hannibal Lecter. In order to analyze the origins of Fish’s criminal tendencies, it is important to pay attention to his early childhood and
Dr. Hannibal Lector, one of the main characters of the story is a psychiatrist, but also happens to be a cannibalistic serial killer. Dr. Lector is introduced into the NBC series as a psychiatrist who occasionally helps the FBI with their murder cases. Whereas in Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Lector was being held in prison until he eventually broke loose. It is made clear to the audiences the Hannibal is definitely the killer, there is no mystery to that, which can make things interesting for this character in the Hannibal series of whether or not he’ll be caught.
Psychoanalysis was approached by Sigmund Freud, with the aim “for reaching and radical reconstructing of the personality” (Fonagy 1995), by providing insight of self understanding to patients, with maladaptive behaviours. Freud worked with patients who expressed different symptoms which he investigated to be based on personality differences. This leads to the distinction of thre...
Some of the criteria that a sociopath is required to meet are the outright display of more than three symptoms of antisocial personality
positive. Dr. Lecter is merely a means to an end for Clarice. She’s involved with him simply
“I ask you for this man’s head… the horror I feel when I look into a man’s face and all I see is a monster” (Camus 102). The prosecutor’s harsh judgement gives powerful intel into the narrator’s indifferent character. The focus of the trail shifts from the actual murder to Meursault's beliefs and attitudes, specifically his lack of grief at his mother’s funeral and atheism go against the social norm and label him as an outsider. As sentenced to death and deemed unfit for society, Meursault begins to draw metaphoric conclusions as he awaits his deathbed. In his eyes, those sentenced to death are viewed as patients.
In analyzing “Buffalo Bill”, Hannibal Lecter says that “Billy hates his own identity…and he thinks that makes him a transsexual. But his pathology is a thousand
One of the biggest traits of psychopath serial killer is their inability to empathize with human feelings. There is no generic profile for psychopath serial killer. Serial killers differ in many ways, including their motivations for killing and their behavior at the crime scene. They will use people for excitement, to build self-esteem. In the movie the behavioral science doctor mentions that Dr. Lecter ate a nurse’s tongue and during the ordeal his pulse rate never raised above eighty-five, which is usually a pulse pate of a regular person that is resting. The calmness he displays is a shallow emotional response, as well as lacking empathy or remorse.