student edition edited by: dr. kay picart and brett ader
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Student Edition
Edited by: Dr. Kay Picart and Brett Ader
Timeline
•About the Author…again! 5 min.
•Brief Plot 1 min.
•Psyche Out 5 min
•Men of Hannibal 15 min.
•Women of Hannibal 15 min.
•Starling Scramble 10 min.
Plot SummarySeven years have passed since Dr. Hannibal Lecter escaped from custody, seven years since FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling interviewed
him in a maximum security hospital for the criminally insane. The doctor is still at large, pursuing his own ineffable interests, savoring
the scents, the essences of an unguarded world. But Starling has never forgotten her encounters
with Dr. Lecter, and the metallic rasp of his seldom-used voice still sounds in her dreams.
Mason Verger remembers Dr. Lecter, too, and is obsessed with revenge. He was Dr. Lecter's sixth
victim, and he has survived to rule his own butcher's empire. From his respirator, Verger monitors every twitch in his worldwide web.
Soon he sees that to draw the doctor, he must have the most exquisite and innocent-appearing
bait; he must have what Dr. Lecter likes best.From the cover of Thomas Harris’ Hannibal
Thomas Harris is quite simply the best suspense novelist working today.
-The Washington Post
Thomas Harris•Born: 1940
•Place: Jackson, Mississippi
•Education: Baylor University (English)
“He’s (Lecter) immensely good company. I work in this little office and I’m always glad when he
shows up. He is, in the most general terms, a
worthy adversary.”-Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris’ Works
Thomas Harris’ Works
Coming some time in 2004 or 2005 will be:
The Lector Variations. Thomas Harris’ explores
the life of a young Hannibal Lector.
Psyche Out
• Psychopath, literally means, “mental illness.”
• Comes from the words:
1.Psyche: mind
2.Pathos: disease
• Sociopath is the same as Psychopath.
• Thomas Harris described Hannibal as a “pure sociopath.”
Men of Hannibal
• Hannibal• Mason Verger• Paul Krendler
• Barney• Inspector Rinaldo
Pazzi
Hannibal Lecter
Born: Lithuania, around 1938, to an aristocratic family.
•Based on a composite of Serial Killers.
•Fantasy/Memory Palace
•Religion…Satan vs. God
•Elements of the Supernatural
•Has a “taste” for the good life!
Mason Verger
•Relevance of name to character.
•Takes role of “imprisoned” bad guy.
•Sexually abused sister as a child.
•Represents big business.
A major reason was invisible to her until, like an astronomer locating a
black hole, she found Deputy Assistant Inspector General Paul Krendler by his influence on the bodies around him. (Harris, 94)
Paul Krendler
• Deputy Asst. Inspector General• Represents unethical ties between
politics and money.• Possible parallel between Krendler
(Clarice) and the deserters (Mischa)
Barney Rinaldo
Pazzi •Lecter’s previous Orderly
•Treated Lecter with dignity and respect.
•Was rewarded with a mentor like relationship from Hannibal. (Educationally, Psychologically, Culturally)
•Inspector in Florence, who was a threat to Lecter’s freedom.
•Lecter considered him to be petty and uncouth.
•Typical victim in Lecter’s fantacy.
Women of Hannibal
•Clarice Starling•Ardelia Mapp
•Margot Verger
Clarice Starling
What are some of her characteristics?
Ardelia Mapp
Represents:
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Margot Verger
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BibliographyBookHarris, Thomas. Hannibal. Delacorte Press. New York, New York. 1999
Websiteshttp://hannibal.hannotations.com/hanniball.htmlhttp://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/harris_thomas/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/lecter/2.html?sect=3http://www.sexylegsplaygirl.com/laverne/Hannibal/Lecter.htmlhttp://www.pentaone.com/hannibal/index.shtml
Pictureshttp://www.angelfire.com/movies/HLbites/mainpage.html