Earlier in the Silence of the Lambs hidden plot thread (which began in part 1 of the individual analysis of The Silence of the Lambs on this blog), it was stated that the two insect biologists, Roden and Pilcher, and Ardelia Mapp as well, are working on the side of Jame Gumb, whom as we've said, represents the Freemasons. Recalling that Gumb is attempting to trick Lecter (evil hermaphroditic Jews) on the creation plan, as indicated by the fact that he weighted down Frederica Bimmel's body expecting it never to be found, it must be the case that Roden, Pilcher, and Ardelia are assisting Gumb in his plan to fool Lecter. This implies that Gumb has promised them a piece of the 'evil kingdom' that will result if Gumb completes his act of creation as he intends, that is, without Lecter's ultimate rule over this kingdom, which in turn represents the 'utopia' that is planned to be established in southern Indiana, by evil hermaphroditic Jews, certain evil high-ranking Freemasons, and other parties.
Once Lecter (evil hermaphroditic Jews) realizes that Gumb (evil high-ranking Freemasons) is trying to trick him, he knows he has to resurrect himself prior to Gumb's confrontation with Starling - he wants Gumb to win the confrontation, but, as indicated above, he does not want Gumb to usurp his place as ruler over the 'evil kingdom' the suit represents, nor does he want his resurrection to be 'pre-empted' by Gumb attaching an eighth and final piece to the suit. Lecter desires that Starling lose the confrontation, but that even if Gumb skins Catherine Martin and obtains a seventh piece for the suit, Starling's thigh will be too small to use for the eighth piece; and, as we've observed earlier, if Starling wins the confrontation with Gumb, she will be 'converted' into an ordinary human being, and will no longer be an impediment to Lecter. Lecter's 'sprinkling' of Officer Boyle's blood on his Memphis cell floor, which represents the sprinkling of the blood of the Paschal lamb on a metaphorical 'door' to the underworld, is designed to protect Gumb from Starling, the angel of death. Lecter knows that he can escape from his Memphis cell, and then perform his resurrection attempt, prior to the confrontation between Gumb and Starling; then Lecter can deal with Gumb as necessary, should Gumb win the confrontation.
Next to Officer Boyle's dead body lies some of his blood, spattered by Lecter when he killed Boyle by beating him to death with a police baton. The blood on the floor is to serve the function of protecting Jame Gumb in his basement underworld, from Clarice Starling, the angel of death - just as the lamb's blood sprinkled on the Israelites' doorposts during Passover, served to protect their families' first-born sons.
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