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