Buffalo Bill Tattoo Silence Of The Lambs Meaning. He represents the victim who become the villain he represents the disturbed violence that is directed towards feminity. Feminity not as females versus males but rather feminity as the stereotype meaning of it such as softness and kindness whether it is found in a man or a woman.
Hannibal Lecter Anthony Hopkins a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to apprehend another serial killer known only as Buffalo Bill who skins his female victims corpses. The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 psychological horrorthriller film adapted from the 1988 novel of the same name by Thomas Harris. There are also creepy entomology inserts that link to Greek mythology and Gothic literature.
The plot is based on real criminal cases for example Hannibal Lecter is inspired by Dr Salazar who chopped up his gay lover and Buffalo Bill a mix of nutsos from Ed Gein Ted Bundy Albert Fish to Gary Heidnick who raped women and imprisoned them in his basement.
Buffalo Bill believes he is transgender but he was denied for reassignment surgery at three different hospitals. Feminity not as females versus males but rather feminity as the stereotype meaning of it such as softness and kindness whether it is found in a man or a woman. Silence of the lambs. In the Bible Adam gives his rib to make Eve so with the extra rib it makes Buffalo Bill feel more female.