Personality disorder and defense mechanism of the main character in the split film
| Main Author: | Mimi Darwati |
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| Other Authors: | Elve Oktafiyani |
| Format: | bachelorThesis |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
Jakarta : Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora UIN Syarif Hidayatullah
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/handle/123456789/43640 |
Daftar Isi:
- S plit (2017) film directed by Night Shyamalan is the unit analysis of this research. The film shows the story of a man who has multiple personality disorder, namely Kevin Wendell Crumb or called Kevin. He has suffered from MPD which is caused by his traumatic experience of childhood for ten years. The purpose of this research is to understand the multiple personality disorder problem s experienced by the main character of the film. The writer uses qualitative descriptive analysis method. The data are collected from the script dialogues and some pictures of the film, the writer analyzed this film using psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud. The result shows that Kevin as the main character has multiple personality disorder. He has twenty four personalities with some personalities become dominant; Dennis, Hedwig, Barry, Patricia, and the Beast. Those personalities appear to find the way out from his problem. Those personalities depict in different habits and natures from Kevin‟s personality. On all of these alters, Kevin‟s ego has different defense mechanism to reduce his anxiety. On Dennis‟ personality, Kevin‟s ego used denial. On Barry‟s personality, Kevin‟s ego used sublimation. On Hedwig, Kevin‟s ego used projection. On Patricia‟s personality, Kevin‟s ego used reaction formation. On the Beast‟s personality, Kevin‟s ego used displacement as his defense mechanism. In short, when Kevin feels uncomfortable, he shares his problems by being one of his different alters based on what like is the condition happened.