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Hannibal-RPR                                             In Thomas Harris Hannibal, Harris, like many a nonher(prenominal) authors, seems to be obsessed with the darker attitude of humanity and it is through his characterisation of "Hannibal the anthropophagite" in his novel that he wassails the other side of humanity, the side that close people would rather stayed locked up. Hannibal however would not stay locked up. In the prior novel "Silence of the Lambs" Hannibal escaped during a transfer from his cell in Baltimore to an institution Memphis. He lived a quiet and secluded live later on escaping, hed been careful, and had never been tracked. He had been careless when he sent a earn to Clarice. During a drugs raid Clarice guess drug baron Evelda Drumgo subsequently she shot an o fficer. Evelda was holding a baby and the media did not publicize well the injure of a woman clutching a baby. It was this that alerted Hannibal to Clarices misfortunes and lead him to sending the letter that would revel his location and eventually lead to his capture. His capture was not by politics but by Mason Verger, Hannibals only surviving victim who flat needs a respirator to live and can very specialness leave his chamber. Mason did not charter him captured to hand over the government but to have his pillowcase eaten by pigs like mason had his face eaten off by dogs. Before Mason had a chance to have Hannibals face eaten off Clarice Starling breaks into the barn, proceeds to rescue Hannibal but unfortunately onward she can rescue him she is shot in the back with a tranquilliser several times and Hannibal has to rescue her. Hannibal takes her back to his home to recover and by the time she is recovered her and Hannibal get along well and she ends up animate with him in a mansion in Italy but not after Hannibal and Clarice make a dinner of Mr. Krendler, a man who tried to block up Clarices career at every opportunity. . It is on how the writer revels the darker side of Hannibal that I would like to concentrate this essay.     The writer, Thomas Harris, uses many techniques to help revel and let off the dark side of Hannibal although he does enlighten us to the lighter side and his life before he was uncovered as a murderous psychopath. In a letter sent to Clarice from Hannibal after the shooting intrepid Hannibal explains that he has followed her public humiliation closely and describes how similar they are, but not in as few words.