The ending of Hannibal, the original novel, is that Hannibal saved Chris Starling, cured her father-loving complex with hypnosis, and made her fall in love with herself. They fled to South America together and lived a life of escape.
The movie version of Hannibal ends with Chris starling rejecting Hannibal's love and handcuffing himself to Hannibal in an attempt to stop him from escaping. In order to escape, Hannibal cut off his wrist with a knife, leaving Chris. He later called Chris and told her that he would never look for her again, but he would never forget her.
The ending of Hannibal in the American version is that william graham and Hannibal kill the Red Dragon together and then jump off the cliff. Their life and death are unknown, but there are signs that they may still be alive. Hannibal's psychiatrist Bedelia du morille was found at the dinner table. Her leg was cut off and put on a plate. There are three chairs beside her, suggesting that Hannibal and Will may come back to eat her.
The causes of Hannibal's character formation
There may be many psychological explanations for Hannibal's eating raw meat, but none of them are certain and incomplete. Judging from the plots of movies and novels, Hannibal's childhood experienced severe psychological trauma such as war, famine, domestic violence and cannibalism, which may lead to the distortion of his morality, values, emotions and aesthetics.
He may regard eating raw meat as a way of revenge, ridicule, satisfaction or art, or as a response of self-defense mechanism. He may be indifferent to human life and suffering, or he may be mentally ill.
He may be an extreme narcissist, or a loner seeking love and recognition. In a word, Hannibal is a complex and mysterious figure, and his motivation and psychological state are difficult to explain with simple theories.