Silence Of The Lambs Meaning

The story is about Clarice Starling, a student preparing for a life in the FBI, hunts a serial killer by use of vague information given to her by an incarcerated psychologist. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter relays information to Clarice in exchange for information about herself. The killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill", kidnaps large women, keeps them alive for a few days, and finally skins them. Clarice works against time as Buffalo Bill takes his newest victim. The significance of the movie title Silence of the Lambs ties back to Clarices childhood trauma. As a child Clarice witnessed a heard of lambs being slaughtered. The event haunts her still as an adult and has reoccurring dreams of the screaming lambs. The fact that she couldn't
Bill thinks he's a transsexual but has been rejected for sex reassignment surgery due to his felonious past. To satisfy his sexuality he sews a suit from women's skin so that he can wear it to act like a woman. It is also here that we see why he is fascinated by that particular moth because of its metamorphosis process that he compares to himself changing into a women. He is not the typical serial killer because his motive to kill is to make his woman suit to satisfy his sexuality needs. He does not enjoy the killing the women, in fact he has to find ways to cope with killing them. One of the most famous quotes from the movie "it rubs the lotion on the skin or it gets the hose again". He refers to his victims as "its" because he then feels he is killing an object and not a person. He does this to cope with killing. For example, he gave his dog "princess" a name and when the life of his dog was threatened he panicked and showed his true emotions and respect for life. Furthermore, the mother of the last victim got on TV and gave a message for the killer and stressed the fact that her daughter was a person with a name, character traits, and a personality. She tried to make the killer see the value of her daughters life as a person and not an