CATEGORY: MOVIES [Hidden plot related]
It has already been observed that Jesus is to come through Will - due to Lecktor's encouragement to do as God does (kill), Will is to believe that he can become Christ. Dollarhyde himself is also trying to become something - he tells Lounds that he (Lounds) is "privy to a great becoming": what he believes he is becoming is the biblical book of Revelation's red dragon, whom as we've said, represents Satan. Basically, Dollarhyde is trying to 'out-Lecktor' Hannibal Lecktor, who is a personification of Satan.
The idea of becoming, is the underlying connection between Will Graham and Francis Dollarhyde. The toilet tissue note is directed at Graham, but the audience initially sees it as having applicability to Dollarhyde. It says, "I know that you [Dr. Lecktor] alone can understand what I am becoming. You alone know the people I use to help me in these things are only elements undergoing change to fuel the radiance of what I am becoming, just as the source of light is burning." Will "knows" that the note really expresses his own thoughts; "radiance" and "source of light" are references to Jesus, i.e., God through Jesus. Thus we see that when Graham confronts and defeats Dollarhyde, not only has he defeated the killer within himself, but his own becoming has been defeated, a fact which is indicative of the defeat of the second coming of Christ.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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