Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Silence of the Lambs analysis - part 15: The meaning of Starling climbing uphill

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The movie begins with Clarice climbing up a steep hill. This can be interpreted as climbing out of, or escaping from, a pit. This in part represents her trying to 'escape' her early life, i.e., her childhood, this being necessary for her to become a fully mature, grown woman. Clarice's becoming a grown woman will be accomplished with the aid of two people: her primary father (and thus Oedipal) figure, Jack Crawford; and her soon-to-be psychoanalyst, the psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

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