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Character Analysis: Hannibal Lecter

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The series is about the FBI consultant Will Graham, who together with Jack Crawford and his team hunts down serial killers, especially the Chesapeake ripper. Will Graham have a special ability to have pure empathy and a vivid imagination, which grants him the ability to understand every type of murderers. The downside with these abilities is he slowly becomes frenzied. Throughout season one, Will creates a strong bond with the psychologist Hannibal Lecter. Worrying in relation to Will’s mental health, Jack Crawford unknowingly reaches out for aid by the same serial killer that affects Will, Hannibal Lecter. Intrigued by the opportunity Lecter accepts the challenge. Accomplishing the uttermost of his opportunities, Hannibal starts …show more content…

He is a difficult character, considering he is just as mysterious to the audience as to the other characters. Essentially, he is considered an agreeable person trying to assist the best that he can. He is polite and often mark the lack of manners in others, giving us the impression that manners are essential to him. Hannibal never lose face and are professedly in control, apparently nothing catches him off guard. By the watchers perspective, he only have a number of close relations. He grows fond of Abigail, constantly mentions Will as his friend and Belinda Du Maurier is one of the few he talks with a little deeper, nevertheless she were not aware of everything. Alana Bloom and Hannibal Lecter engages in a sexual relationship, where Hannibal is similar to a snake, whispering in Alana’s ear. Hannibal shows psychopathic tendencies, however the term is not right. One of the forces that drives the series forward is Hannibal’s curiosity; his actions driven by it is mainly what pushes the series forward. One way to recognize the real Hannibal is the symbolic usage of the Wendigo, a mythical shape-shifting man-eater. The Wendigo shows up in Will’s dreams and hallucinations, carrying a few of Hannibal’s outer characteristics. By virtue of the Wendigo, spectators can harvest a deeper understanding of Hannibal’s nature. He can change from a sophisticated man to cannibalistic serial killer in matter of seconds, certainly making him a shape-shifter of

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