Hannibal Lecter Stereotypes

The first image that pops into my mind when I hear the words “ Serial Killer “ is always a Caucasian man with an awkward personality. The stereotype most people and myself think of is an intelligent isolated white male, because of the way the media shows them in all the movies. In the movie “ Silence of the Lambs” by Jonathan Demme, a man named Hannibal Lecter is a cannibal who killed and ate his patients. He is played by a white man that portrays the killer as being a polite, charming , and brilliant doctor which is another stereotype. Throughout history people have always made it seem as if men are the only ones capable to do such horrific crimes, because they are naturally more aggressive. Women weren't seen as a threat which made the few