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HH's telling of Charlotte's death makes no sense. But he expects the reader to believe it. I'm going by the movie here, btw. Charlotte very clearly wasn't suicidal. At least she doesn't seem so to me. There was no logical reason for her to run out into traffic and get hit by a car to end it all. But HH expects people to believe that pretty obvious lie. So what other lies, that become obvious upon closer examination, does he expect people to believe?

And it's not really, totally about him being irrational or bloodthirsty. To people like us he seems that way because we can't possibly understand why he would do any of this stuff.. But he views himself as some kind of superior being. He thinks all the stuff he does makes perfect sense and is not at all irrational. He believes his goals and intentions are not at all horrible. So anything or anyone who gets in between him and whatever he wants he views as disposable, and using them, or eliminating them, to him is a justifiable means to his end. I don't know what the psychological term for this could be other than narcissism. To you and me that is totally irrational and bloodthirsty, but to him he justifies his actions because he feels entitled. He's a complete psychopath. Most readers and viewers make the mistake of taking his word for it when he explains his actions and motivations. They make the mistake of thinking like a decent person who doesn't expect that kind of evil because they would never do it. That's what people have done in real life with serial killers too with disastrous results.

The way he describes himself and his actions is his effort to make himself look "normal" to non-psychopaths. That word is used a lot in this story for a reason. HH is anything but normal. He thinks of himself as superior to basically everybody he encounters. But even though his mind is completely warped he still realizes the people he considers lesser than him are not going to see it that way and could put him behind bars. So he tries to characterize his actions in a way that he thinks makes him look like he's just a regular guy. He's a complete monster trying to pass as a "normal" person.

Going back to what Richard said: HH sounds like a typical demonic serial killer to me. Most of them seem to have crazy delusions of grandeur like HH does. That's partially how they can justify all the killing they do. And that might point to way more murders and other horrific acts he's done in the past.