Silece Of The Lambs

Silence of the Lambs
There is a theme of hunters and hunted present in the film. Clarice looks through the eyes of the hunted to locate the hunter what make the hunted, hunted and this leads to clues to find buffalo bill
Gender role. She is the only women on the case to find buffalo bill. She uses this as an advantage. She uses her female perspective to understand the victims of buffalo bill. She forms somewhat of a relationship with Hannibal which gives Clarice clues to buffalo bill's whereabouts or murderous patterns.
No one else was able to get this far with hannibal and this is because she is a female and is able to get a new perspective from hannibal something he is not used to
She still has to give vast details about her life to get info from hannibal but she uses this to get over her demons and her fears to stop the killer buffalo bill clues and insights about Buffalo Bill in exchange for events from Starling's traumatic childhood Clarice fears this but it is what she must do to stop bill, for the greater good.
She pieces everything about buffalo bill trying to make a woman suit Thesis: Clarice Starling has such success tracking down and killing buffalo bill because she was the only women on the force involved with the case. She is able to use critical thinking and perspective as a women to have a whole new way of looking at these cases. By looking at the female victims and relating to them she is able relate to information and why they were abducted which led her right to buffalo bill.