Saturday, July 3, 2010

Summary/Table of Contents to the Hannibal analysis

CATEGORY: MOVIES **Contains spoilers**









There is a button that links to this table of contents, at the bottom of each post in the analysis. Note that there are links to videos taken from this analysis at the left-hand side of the screen. Free use of Wikipedia is made at various places in the analysis, as detailed in the notes.

part 1 - Dante's use of the number '3' in La Vita Nuova, is a reference to the Holy Trinity

part 2 - We explore each part of the Trinity - God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit

part 3 - Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling represent Dante and his beloved, Beatrice

part 4 - Clarification on the issue of whether or not Starling represents the Trinity in Hannibal

part 5 - Chapters 28 and 29 of La Vita Nuova strengthen our theory that Beatrice, and thus Clarice, represents the Trinity

part 6 - Introduction to Saint Augustine's book, On the Trinity

part 7 - Lecter represents the Egyptian pagan, Hermes Trismegistus

part 8 - The numerals printed on Lecter's 'mug shot' are a reference to On the Trinity

part 9 - Applying Book 12 of On the Trinity to the 'banquet' scene: the metaphorical meaning of Krendler's scalp being removed

part 10 - Barney represents a 'corrupted' Holy Spirit; numerical reference to Genesis on a photo in Starling's work area

part 11 - Hannibal Lecter planned to get caught at Union Station

part 12 - The movie makes reference to the Book of Exodus, and to other biblical passages as well

part 13 - Cordell Doemling is deceiving Mason Verger and is secretly working for Lecter

part 14 - Lecter is to become Mercurius, of whom Hermes Trismegistus is the masculine aspect

part 15 - Lecter's letter to Starling is examined; the perfume experts are working for Lecter

part 16 - A biblical reference to the book of John: Jews as "The Children of the Devil"

part 17 - An overall view of the alchemical process that Lecter and Starling are to undergo

part 18 - Description of the book, The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz; how it applies to the movie

part 19 - Lecter's goal, on a psychological level, is to unite with his own unconscious

part 20 - The movie's depiction of use of the left hand as corresponding to use of the unconscious; the reason why Lecter cut off his own hand

part 21 - Lecter's periods of introversion are linked to his childhood and to his libido

UPDATE: The 'unified analysis' of the Lecter series contains some more posts for Hannibal

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