Dr. Lecter

Focusing on a twenty year old obsessed with death and suicide who falls in love with an eccentric almost-eighty-year-old woman, Harold and Maude is a somewhat unconventional romantic comedy widely regarded as a cult classic. This movie’s use of suicide and other sensationalized ideas from Psychology is jarring to say the least, but its Psychological principles are not limited to those. There are many everyday aspects of Psychology immortalized through this film that would hardly make one bat an eye. In the movie, twenty year old Harold lives, mostly, with his mother. During the time he is not living with his mother, he is faking suicide for her attention, bringing home a hearse as his first car, or attending funerals, presumably for fun. Harold’s quirks seem to at least somewhat

Cannibalism: It Still Exists By: Linh Kieu Ngo and Love: The Right Chemistry By: Anastasia Toufelis are the two selections assigned to go with the concept essay. In the Cannibalism essay author Ngo explains a different side of cannibalism. The side of cannibalism that is practiced for dietary reasons, ceremonial purposes, and survival. Toufexis’ essay on love talks about the “physical” more chemical and biological aspect of love, relationships, and romance. It delves into the comical explanation for passion and why people fall in love.

www.crimelibrary.com/criminal-mind/psychology/cannibalism/index.htmlBurgin, Michael. “Bone Appetite: 11 Films that Bring Cannibalism to the Table.” 14 April 2014.

Weather we recognize it or not, many films have plots that circle around mental health and disorders. One film that this is evident in is “Silence of the Lambs”, a 1991 horror/ thriller. The film is about a young FBI agent who with the insights of Hannibal Lecter, a former psychiatrist turned incarcerated cannibalistic serial killer, tries to catch another serial killer known only as Buffalo Bill. Although Buffalo Bill does have mental problems that led him to become a killer, I want to focus on the mental state of Hannibal Lecter. From watching the film and reviewing my notes from class I feel that he has antisocial personality disorder. I feel this way because through the acts that he commits in the film and is known to have committed he

In his sophomore film, Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), director Harmony Korine tunes in to the psychotic perspective of Julien (Ewan Bremner) – a suburban schizophrenic with raisin-black eyes and detachable dentistry – and his almost equally grotesque family, in a disorderly smear of violence, incest, and finally, tragedy. The film 's fragmented narrative structure, with its grainy and hand-held visual style, shudders on to the screen in a fusillade of discursive vignettes, that reflect, not only the digital dexterity of its director, but the haunting psychosis of its titular protagonist. It is the inarticulate jumble of Julien 's psychology which is the organizing principle of the film. And, it is precisely how we as viewers identify with this character and become complicit in his pathological perspective which this essay will continue to explore.

Surrealism, an art and literature movement aiming to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind began in the 20th century. In surrealism, authors attempted to juxtapose irrational images such as a fork and a bird’s foot. Charles Simic, a famous surrealist author, grew up in a war-torn Europe which shaped his perspective of the world and deeply affected his writing. In his brief poem “Fork,” he initially leads the reader into thinking his two stanza poem will depict a concise image of one eating food. However, as one reads on, the poem instead guides the reader to a far darker purpose, there is violence hidden behind everyday normalcies. Using sinister language, Simic immediately sets a disturbed tone. It is only when one reads “Fork” a second time that the horror of his writing sinks in: our everyday lives are filled with small acts of violence that Simic depicts through the use of language, structure, and juxtaposing imagery. A break of white space separates the first stanza from the second, creating a long pause for the reader to question what he or she just read. Second, Simic uses sickening language to describe what one does with a fork in the second stanza. He draws us into a world in which a simple object like a fork can be transformed into nightmare.

In A Modest Proposal, it talks about bringing awareness to the starved people in Ireland. This passage by Jonathan Swift contains satire to help bring awareness to the problem by “eating babies”.

The movie, Awakenings, by Penny Marshall is an excellent story because it is based on a true story and to me real events are always more powerful than fiction. The movie seems to depict a particular disease and the drug used to treat it very accurately. The film is based upon the book with the same name, which was written by Dr.Oliver Sacks. “This paper will be presenting the powerful depiction of medical ethics and the value of existence.”

Instead, they are opposite to the goals of the protagonist. The Father and son are merely trying to survive, while staying true to their moral compasses the entire time. The father tells the son of the Cannibals so graphically in order to teach him that they’re bad. He even refers to them as “bad guys.” The goal for both groups are to survive and hopefully meet new civilization of people like them, but the father and his son have a heavy moral integrity to them that the Cannibals seemingly forgot.

As mentioned, he believes that we all have mental issues and giving examples of people who regularly talk to themselves or have some uncontrollable phobia. As he goes on, he notes the basic reasons for why we enjoy a good horror flick, mentioning that we test our courage and to have a good time. But, then elaborates on how our idea of fun for a horror movie is comparable to a psychotic who likes to “[see] others menaced-sometimes killed”. Afterwards, he concludes that horror movies fulfil the deep abyss, or the hungry alligators, of our forebrain. In essence, the article is structured with a conclusion first, then an introduction leading to the

In his whimsical article, “Why We Crave Horror Movies”, Stephen King observes that our “crave” of torment is often hidden when watching horror movies. He claims that everyone is considered mentally insane, but some people hide it better than others. As an example, King defines times when thrills and fond childhood memories bring us twisted enjoyment towards pain. To show that even the prettiest of people have an ugly side and seek the same emotion, King alludes to celebrities that prove even the best looking people have insecurities. King proceeds to suggest that the joy people associate with death can be considered just as bad as “lynching” someone.

In “Silence of the Lambs”, Jonathan Demme States that Clarice working for the FBI’s and hunting for a serial killer. For example, Clarice basically confronting her deepest fear and that she should be supported condemned psychopathic serial killer Dr. Hannibal 'the Cannibal' Lechter, a horrific brilliant counselor, who can lead her to the murderer. Clarice was convincing Hannibal to make her questioning about undermine and being dull tried to see if he was trying to insult. When he was being question by this situation he looked through the problem and amused about the question he is getting ask. “You think you can dissect me with this blunt little tool” saying that her emotion was getting hurt that they he was manipulate her. For instance, my

The Babadook is a haunting film filled with twists and turns that leave the audience terrified without ever utilizing a single cliché jump-scare. The audience is constantly in a state of dread and fear along with the protagonist. One of the final scenes in the movie shows the protagonist walking into her basement to feed the monster that she keeps down there. The scene is a unique ending that is not commonly seen in horror films. It revolves around implicit meaning and the interesting point-of-view editing. Without the implicit meaning of the film and the point-of-view editing in this scene, the emotional impact of the film would have been much weaker.

Often the horror genre acts as what Mark Gatiss (2010) deems a ‘collective dream’ in his miniseries A History of Horror, where socio-cultural anxieties are depicted in the realm of fantasy in which consumers can freely enjoy. As Slavoj Žižek’s commented in is documentary The Perverts Guide to Cinema (2006), "we have a perfect name for fantasy realised. It's called, 'nightmare.'" Research into the genre of horror inevitably uncovers research into Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis. Interpretation of the horror medium is greatly assisted with psychoanalysis, as Freud's theories offer scholars multiple avenues of thought and analysis. This may be from the basis of dream interpretation and the application of such ideology in horror 'fantasy', to

While watching “Silence of the Lambs” it is pretty easy to find the main focus of the film is Clarices’ character. The way Clarice interacts with the secondary character, Dr. Lecter we are able to learn more about the main character. The first scenes where Clarice and Dr. Lecter interact we learn that both characters are trying to size each other up and play on this. Clarice throughout the film uses interactions with Dr. Lecter to release more information about her own past and what is driving her to succeed in the FBI. To keep focus on Clarice the last conversation with Dr. Lecter he informs her that “I have no plans to call on you, Clarice, the world being more interesting with you in it.”