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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. His role as the antihero occurs in the fourth novel, ''Hannibal Rising'', which explores his childhood and development into a serial killer. The first film adapted from the Harris novels was ''Manhunter'' (based on ''Red Dragon'') which features Brian Cox as Lecter, spelled "Lecktor". In 1991, Anthony Hopkins won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the character in ''The Silence of the Lambs''. He would reprise the role in ''Hannibal'' in 2001 and in a second adaptation of ''Red Dragon'' made in 2002 under the original title. The NBC television series ''Hannibal'' debuted in 2013, and focuses on the development of the relationship between Lecter and Will Graham, an FBI agent who becomes Lecter's greatest foe. In the series, Lecter is portrayed by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who won a Saturn Award for his performance. In 2003, Hannibal Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) was chosen by the American Film Institute as the #1 movie villain. In June 2010, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named him one of the ''100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years''. ==Character overview== ''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, "There's no word for what he is." Lecter's pathology is explored in greater detail in ''Hannibal'' and ''Hannibal Rising'', which explain 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 unwittingly 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 census taker's liver "with some fava beans and a nice Chianti" (a "big Amarone" in the novel). He is well-educated and speaks several languages, including Italian, German, Russian, Polish, French, Spanish, and, to some extent, Japanese.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DR. HANNIBAL LECTER )〕 He is deeply offended by rudeness, and frequently kills people who have bad manners. Prior to his capture and imprisonment, he was a member of Baltimore, Maryland's social elite, and a sitting member of the Baltimore Philharmonic Orchestra's board of directors. In ''The Silence of the Lambs'', Lecter is described through Starling's eyes: "small, sleek, and in his hands and arms she saw wiry strength like her own". The novel also reveals that Lecter's left hand has a condition called mid ray duplication polydactyly, i.e. a duplicated middle finger.〔''Silence of the Lambs'' p. 15, para. 2: "Dr. Lecter has six fingers on his left hand".〕 In ''Hannibal'', he performs plastic surgery on his own face on several occasions, and removes his extra digit. Lecter's eyes are a shade of maroon, and reflect the light in "pinpoints of red".〔''Silence of the Lambs'' p. 16, para 4: "Dr. Lecter's eyes are maroon, and they reflect the light in pinpoints of red".〕 He has small white teeth〔''The Silence of the Lambs'' p. 17, para. 4: "He tapped his small white teeth against the card and breathed in its smell".〕 and dark, slicked-back hair with a widow's peak. He also has a keen sense of smell; in ''The Silence of the Lambs'', he is able to identify through a plate glass window the brand of perfume that Starling wore the day before. He has an eidetic memory and a fondness for the method of loci: he has constructed in his mind an elaborate "memory palace" with which he relives memories and sensations in rich detail. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hannibal Lecter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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