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The Great Red Dragon
Francis Dolarhyde was Tom Harris's character in his novel "The red dragon".
He had an abusive childhood, threatened by his grandmother, taken in by his mother and stepfather, abused by them also. Not accepted and seen as an outcast child, he was taken in a children's home.
In his 30s he worked on body building, increasing his physical strength above average, he was strong enough to throw a man across the room with his bare hands.
Making him a very daunting individual.
In his late 40s he developed an obsession towards a painting by William Blake, named "The Great Red Dragon, and the woman clothed with/in the sun."
Painted in the 19th century as a biblical character.
His obsession was progressive and developing, causing a multiple personality disorder in Francis.
Seeing his other self as a "higher self" of his becoming.
He engaged in multiple family murders, justifying it by stating it was the Dragon that controlled him.
He murdered to feed the Dragon, making it stronger.
His belief of an ascension could be a delusion of grandeur.
Belief in a self constructed reality that makes him act and take action the way he pleases most, no limitations attached.
His way of thinking helps him escape the fear and degradation he once felt as a child.
He later meets a blind woman named Reba McClane.
He falls in love and develops feelings for her. Softening him. His other self does not like this change and "punishes" him.
This causes a complexity, an internal conflict between him and his higher self, the dragon.
The battle begins for Francis, unsure of how he will contest the Great Red Dragon, afraid of its strength and majesty. He doubts his own strength that he's gained throughout the years stating he is not strong enough to control the Dragon.
In the end it is believed that he shot himself in front of Reba with a 12 gauge shotgun, direct blow to the face, that was only a distraction to get to Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter.
His inability to commit suicide, answers the question of who was stronger, Francis or the Dragon.
But his act of revenge, was it an act of his ascended identity?
Or was it Francis Dolarhyde that seeked vengeance for his punctured Vanity.
If it truly was The Dragon, then Reba must've really been metaphorically "the woman clothed in the sun", with the help of God saved from the Dragon's grasp.
If it was Francis, then that shows a much different change, it means his true identity was successful in engulfing his higher self, which contradicts every act he had taken since the beginning of his obsession.
Meaning he had complete control over what he did, but put the blame onto someone else who lived inside him. Which is the realistical theory that would make sense about his behavior.
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He had an abusive childhood, threatened by his grandmother, taken in by his mother and stepfather, abused by them also. Not accepted and seen as an outcast child, he was taken in a children's home.
In his 30s he worked on body building, increasing his physical strength above average, he was strong enough to throw a man across the room with his bare hands.
Making him a very daunting individual.
In his late 40s he developed an obsession towards a painting by William Blake, named "The Great Red Dragon, and the woman clothed with/in the sun."
Painted in the 19th century as a biblical character.
His obsession was progressive and developing, causing a multiple personality disorder in Francis.
Seeing his other self as a "higher self" of his becoming.
He engaged in multiple family murders, justifying it by stating it was the Dragon that controlled him.
He murdered to feed the Dragon, making it stronger.
His belief of an ascension could be a delusion of grandeur.
Belief in a self constructed reality that makes him act and take action the way he pleases most, no limitations attached.
His way of thinking helps him escape the fear and degradation he once felt as a child.
He later meets a blind woman named Reba McClane.
He falls in love and develops feelings for her. Softening him. His other self does not like this change and "punishes" him.
This causes a complexity, an internal conflict between him and his higher self, the dragon.
The battle begins for Francis, unsure of how he will contest the Great Red Dragon, afraid of its strength and majesty. He doubts his own strength that he's gained throughout the years stating he is not strong enough to control the Dragon.
In the end it is believed that he shot himself in front of Reba with a 12 gauge shotgun, direct blow to the face, that was only a distraction to get to Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter.
His inability to commit suicide, answers the question of who was stronger, Francis or the Dragon.
But his act of revenge, was it an act of his ascended identity?
Or was it Francis Dolarhyde that seeked vengeance for his punctured Vanity.
If it truly was The Dragon, then Reba must've really been metaphorically "the woman clothed in the sun", with the help of God saved from the Dragon's grasp.
If it was Francis, then that shows a much different change, it means his true identity was successful in engulfing his higher self, which contradicts every act he had taken since the beginning of his obsession.
Meaning he had complete control over what he did, but put the blame onto someone else who lived inside him. Which is the realistical theory that would make sense about his behavior.
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