Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. Carl Jung.
Hannibal’s Surrender Through Jung’s Love and Power
Hannibal’s decision to surrender to the FBI can be interpreted as his ultimate act of surrendering to love, as well as his way of communicating this surrender to Will.
In the context of Jung’s ideas on “love and power,” particularly the quote, “Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other,” we can delve into the deep psychological and emotional dynamics at play in the series.
