An Ambition Analysis Represented by the Main Character in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Moputi, Relita; Husain, Dahlia

doi:10.31314/british.7.1.1-13.2018

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“…Although the lack of resources in the introductory part, and it would have been great if the researchers had included some useful information in the beginning of the paper such as the types of character proposed by Sutton and types of character presentation by Perrine and Thomas considering their relation with this research, the researchers served some good information about the main character's personality changes by providing some reliable proofs such as several dialogues and screenshots of the movie scenes. Another research held by R. Moputi and D. Husain [15] which tries to analyze the main character's ambition of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer movie directed by Tom Tykwer by using descriptive qualitative method with the applying of Henry Murray's Theory of Psychogenic Needs. As the story tells, the main character is gifted with a natural talent of sensitive nose to smell scents and because of that, he decided to use the talent in order to create the best perfume ever which is only can be achieved by killing 26 beautiful women following by extracting the requirement materials which comes from the victims' body.…”

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An Analysis of Anti-hero in Joker (2019)Movie by Todd Phillips

Asha¹,

Syawal²

2021

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This research aims to analyze the main character which is Arthur Fleck as anti-hero, therefore the characterization divided into 7 parts which is 1) Petty 2) Ignominious 3) Passive 4) Ineffectual 5) Dishonest, 6) Fragile and 7) Lonely. The study focuses on intrinsic parts of themovie, especially the plots in themovie that depict the character as an anti-hero of the main character which is Arthur Fleck. To illustrate the characterization, the researchers apply a qualitativemethod by using Theory of anti-hero proposed by Abrams to describe each trait from Arthur Fleck. The primary data is taken from the movie under the title “Joker (2019)” by Todd Philips. After the analysis is done, the researchers discover three characteristics of Arthur Fleck depicted in themovie as an anti-hero, which is lonely, fragile, and ineffectual.

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An Analysis of Anti-hero in Joker (2019)Movie by Todd Phillips

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2021

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“…The second is Moputi1 and Husain2 (2018) entitled An Ambition Analysis Represented By The Main Character in Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer. Her journal discusses about the ambition of the main characters in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.…”

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Psychogenic Needs of Affection in Novel "Warm Bodies" by Isaac Marion: A Psychological Approach

Zadira

Rudianto

2023

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This Research aims is to analyze and describe the form of Psychogenic needs of affection the needs of affection of the main character in “Warm Bodies” novel by Isaac Marion. In this research, researcher uses the Needs of Affection theory of Henry Murray. In the research design, researcher uses descriptive qualitative research, the primarily data is the Novel Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion which was published in 2011. The researcher uses Non-participatory observation as method of collecting the data. The researcher uses categorization data as the method of analyzing data. The researcher found the data all form the main character of the novel needs of affection based on experienced by main characters which are involved R and Julie. There are form of Psychogenic needs of affection such as need of affiliation found 3 data, need of rejection found 2 data, need of succorance found 2 data, need of nurturance 2 data and need of play found 1 data.

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“…Some characters develop or change from the beginning of the story to the end. [7]- [10] These are called round characters. From the ways in which characters develop the plot in a novel, we can see the difference between main characters, supporting characters or major characters, and minor characters.…”

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Literary Psychology: Main Character Analysis of "The Feisty Fiancee" by Jessica Steele

Mariana

2023

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Background: The emergence of literary psychology studies is inseparable from the link between psychology and literature, so the main character in a literary work in the form of a novel is interesting to analyze. Purpose: This research aims to describe the character types and their changes played by "Yancie Dawkins" and Thompson Wakefield in the novel "The Feisty Fiancee" by Jessica Steele. Method: This research is literature research with a literary psychology approach. The primary data source is a novel entitled "The Feisty Fiancee" by Jessica Steele. Data collection techniques were carried out with manuscript documentation, namely reading the novel's narrative critically and in-depth, reading the storyline continuously, and coding and identifying the text of the story played by the main and supporting actors. The research instrument uses four aspects of the novel, namely; 1) plot, 2) setting, 3) theme, and 4) point of view. While in the aspect of literary psychology, the researcher used the instrument of Flat, Static, and Rounded characters. The data analysis technique is done by content analysis, with five stages, namely identifying the intrinsic elements of the novel, classifying the data, describing the story and dialogue, describing the events that lead to the discussion of the main character, and concluding the subject matter about the types of characters in the main character in the review of literary psychology. Results and Discussion: Yancie Dawkins, is the main character in Julia Steele's The Feisty Fiancée. Steele describes Yancie's physical appearance as a girl who is beautiful, independent, unique, and categorized as a feminist who has a good nature as a female character in real life today. Yancie's type is categorized into Static Character which is hard and annoying Yancie has a stable character from the beginning of the story to the end which is characterized by her stability in facing problems in her life. The supporting character in this novel is played by Thompson, he is a minor character, because Thompson plays an important role in the development of the story, especially the problems faced by Yancie Dawkins. Thompson's type is categorized as a Dynamic Character, constantly changing and developing as the story progresses. Dynamic characters respond to events and experience changes in attitude or outlook. Conclusion and Implications: The conclusion of this study shows that the novel "The Feisty Fiancée" introduces readers to the types of characters that can be emulated in everyday life. However, readers can also understand the roles and changes of characters that can change, according to the conditions of time, place, and events. The implication of the research can be a reference for future researchers to analyze the character and characterization of the characters.

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An Ambition Analysis Represented by the Main Character in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Cited by 4 publications

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An Analysis of Anti-hero in Joker (2019)Movie by Todd Phillips

An Analysis of Anti-hero in Joker (2019)Movie by Todd Phillips

Psychogenic Needs of Affection in Novel "Warm Bodies" by Isaac Marion: A Psychological Approach

Literary Psychology: Main Character Analysis of "The Feisty Fiancee" by Jessica Steele

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