Hannibal Lecter: Character Analysis Of Will, Hannibal Lecter

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The series is about the FBI consultant Will Graham, who together with Jack Crawford and his team hunts down serial killers, especially the Chesapeake ripper. Will Graham have a special ability to have pure empathy and a vivid imagination, which grants him the ability to understand every type of murderers. The downside with these abilities is he slowly becomes frenzied. Throughout season one, Will creates a strong bond with the psychologist Hannibal Lecter. Worrying in relation to Will’s mental health, Jack Crawford unknowingly reaches out for aid by the same serial killer that affects Will, Hannibal Lecter. Intrigued by the opportunity Lecter accepts the challenge. Hannibal accomplish the uttermost of his opportunities and starts a mental game with those around him. In the meantime Will becomes worse by the minute, experiencing blackouts and feeling a loss on reality. It all winds up with Will being accused to be the Chesapeake ripper and put in a mental intuition. Convinced that it is Hannibal is the real Chesapeake ripper, he tries to convince the people around him that he is in fact innocent. Will can truly identify who Hannibal is. In season two, Will is released when Hannibal frames his psychologist in the hospital, Chilton. Will and Hannibal on that occasion starts a game where Hannibal tries to transform Will into a murderer. The viewers probably will believe that Hannibal succeeds in this until the final episodes. Jack and Will have secretly set up Lecter,

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