Título: Hannibal Lecter
Seção: Character overview
Background: Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The novel and its sequel, The Silence of the Lambs, feature Lecter as one of the primary antagonists after the two serial killers in both novels. In the third novel, Hannibal, Lecter becomes a protagonist.

Conteúdo: Red Dragon firmly states that Lecter does not fit any known psychological profile. In The Silence of the Lambs, Lecter's keeper, Dr. Frederick Chilton, claims that Lecter is a "pure sociopath" ("pure psychopath" in the film adaptation). In the novel Red Dragon, protagonist Will Graham says that Lecter has no conscience and tortured animals as a child, but does not exhibit any other of the criteria traditionally associated with psychopathy; Graham explains that psychiatrists refer to Lecter as a sociopath because "they don't know what else to call him". In the film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs, protagonist Clarice Starling says of Lecter, "They don't have a name for what he is." In the novel The Silence of the Lambs, Barney Matthews, an orderly at the facility where Lecter is imprisoned, claims that the only thing Lecter fears is boredom.  Lecter's pathology is explored in greater detail in Hannibal and Hannibal Rising, which explains that he was traumatized as a child in Lithuania in 1944 when he witnessed the murder and cannibalism of his beloved sister, Mischa, by a group of deserting Lithuanian Hilfswillige, one of whom claimed that Lecter unwillingly ate his sister as well.  All media in which Lecter appears portray him as intellectually brilliant, cultured and sophisticated, with refined tastes in art, music and cuisine. He is frequently depicted preparing gourmet meals from his victims' flesh, the most famous example being his admission that he once ate a cens

user: Who is Hannibal Lecter?

assistant: Dr. Frederick Chilton, claims that Lecter is a "pure sociopath

user: What does Lecter do?

assistant: has no conscience and tortured animals as a child,

user: Who does he kill?

assistant: frequently kills people who have bad manners.

user: What does he do with the bodies?

assistant: he performs plastic surgery on his own face on several occasions, and removes his extra digit.

user: What type of personality does he have?

assistant: pure psychopath

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: All media in which Lecter appears portray him as intellectually brilliant, cultured and sophisticated, with refined tastes in art, music and cuisine.

user: Is Lecter considered a genius?

assistant: He is well-educated in Anatomy, Chemistry and Physics and also speaks several languages, including Italian, German, Russian, Polish, French, Spanish,

user: Where did Lecter study?

assistant: Anatomy, Chemistry and Physics

user: Has he done any other interesting things?

assistant: The novel also reveals that Lecter's left hand has a condition called mid ray duplication polydactyly,

user: What does that condition cause him?

assistant: duplicated middle finger. In Hannibal, he performs plastic surgery

user: Does he remove his own finger?

assistant: removes his extra digit.