In the movie, “Silence of the Lambs” there is one psychological disorder that is being depicted throughout the movie is “Antisocial Personality Disorder.” This disorder has a common definition of “To have complete disregard for other human beings.” The people afflicted with this disorder commonly tend to break the social norms and laws, act impulsively, and generally have no regard for safety of the self or of others (Lenzenweger, 2007.) It is also referred to more commonly as ‘sociopathy”, and can be caused by numerous things. For causes, they can range anything from child abuse, to having parents in jail or who are antisocial, or even just having it in the genes. The signs that can arise at an early age would be things like setting fires, or participating in animal cruelty as a child. The symptoms that can arise are the following but not limited to: break the …show more content…
All of Lector’s action’s had a manipulative action behind them, whether they were apparent or not. When he agrees to help the agent, it was not because he wanted to save all the women the serial killer was abducting; it was so he could set his plan to escape into motion. He purposefully got into the agent’s mind in order to break her down internally slowly, by leaving thoughts in her head while also making her actions more rash, endangering her own safety more. Lector killed those officers, and had no remorse; he broke the law, acted very arrogant, and fought his way to freedom. Hollywood showed these symptoms in a sort of extreme light, however they still portrayed a sense of accuracy. The movie also described Lector in the beginning and described his childhood, which is common with those in the real world that have “Antisocial Personality Disorder.” Lector was said to have alcoholic and abusive parents, which lead to an increased risk of this