The Silence of the Lambs

INTRODUCTION Traditionally the actions and behavior of individuals that fall under the category of serial killer has been derived from factors such as an immoral upbringing or even past physical, sexual or mental abuse from their early childhood experiences. Serial murder is a term that describes an individual that has committed over four murders in a relatively short time frame. Serial murder has plagued the criminal justice system with a number of the worst offenders in human history. These…

To be classified as serial killer there has to be three important considerations. “Other suggestions are that there must be a motivation, that this motivation tends to be sexual, that the killer will fantasize about the murder and finally, that the killing is premeditated. To eliminate other types of killings like terrorism or assassinations, the murder itself must be the primary motivator. Once serial murder is adequately defined, a deeper look can be taken into the life of the murderer”…

The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is taken from Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life". The biographer Richard Cordell notes that the book was influenced by Maugham's study of science and his work as a houseman at St Thomas' Hospital. The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of Cosmopolitan (November 1924 – March 1925). Beginning in May 1925, it was serialised…

Crime and punishment are like peanut butter and jelly. Back in London during the 1800’s London's crime rate went up from about 5,000 per year in 1800 to about 20,000 per year in 1840. The Victorians were firm believers in punishment for criminals.The crime in London was starting to rise during the 1800’s. And the punishments started to get more civilized. In order to understand crime and punishment in London during the 1800’s one must examine crime,punishment,social class, and the judicial…

fearful of the things to come. All fifteen or so of us shuffled off the Bus in a straight line. As we all walked through the small court of the prison, I could hear the inmates who had gathered yelling at the top of their lungs…”Fresh Meat”, “Little Lambs”, things along those lines anyway. As I approached the Main Building, I started to panic. The thick Stone walls of this place started to collapse in on me. This Bastille that I’ve only ever seen from afar, is now up close. A Rough, Metallic…

This is seen in many popular horror movies such as Mirrors, where schizophrenia is the reason why there is a possessed demon killing its victims through mirrors, personality disorder in Silence of the Lambs, and antisocial personality disorder in Saw. However, there are also non-horror films, which incorporate mental illness into their stories to explore different aspects of this distressing illness. Two movies in which shed a different light…

Horror movies are not the movies that are going to win awards. They 're not the movies that are going to get big budgets. Most important, however, they 're not the movies that will garner the most fans. It 's a genre of films that constantly finds itself trying to be legitimate in the eyes of critics and academics, yet the majority continue to dismiss the films as nothing more than an easy way to make money at the box office. It 's not often that a horror movie is released that is undeniably…

People often ponder if there is an unconscious drive behind their actions. The psychoanalytical theory explores the causes of Norman Bates’ crime within what makes him up. It suggests that his misconduct is the result of disturbances in his emotional development from his early childhood. The traumatic upbringing he suffered may have led him to developing antisocial tendencies that encouraged his long-term psychological troubles. The psychoanalytical theory claims that he represses many of his…

The Fictional World of R K Narayan: A Study Metaphysical Novels Chapter VI A Tiger for Malgudi A. Phaniraja Kumar In this Metaphysical Chapter, A…

Then he calmly walked to those in the crowd and greeted them saying "Pax et Bonum." Suddenly there was a roar, and the crowd made way. A huge giant rushed forward and grabbed Francis by the scruff of the neck. It was his father. BERNARDONE: Come with me, now! FRANCIS: (Holding one of the columns of the temple) Where? I'm not going anywhere! BERNARDONE: (Roaring) Home! FRANCIS: My home is here – here in the square. And these men and…