Woman as Investigators

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This paper examines the parallels that exist in the films "Copycat" and "Silence of the Lambs", discussing the significance of gender in the movies as well as the ways in which the victims, criminals and investigators relate to each other. In spite of the similarities in the two films, the paper concludes that the message and the dynamics of the two films are nonetheless strikingly different.

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"On a surface level, the films "Copycat" and "Silence of the Lambs" parallel each other in important ways. In both cases a young investigator is teamed with an older one to help solve a serial murder. In both cases the nature of the crime is defined at least in some measure by gender with female identity equated with victimization. And, in both cases, the gender of the investigator is also important both to the investigation itself and to the ways in which victims, criminals and investigators relate to..."

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