The purpose of this research is to explore the male central characters’ personalities in E.L. James’ The Fifty Shades Trilogy are analyzed through the application of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. The analysis shows... that the 2 personalities of male central characters are 1. A doer can be classified into three groups: a sadist, a domineer and a competitor. 2. Personalities as a victim fall into three main types: self-denial, inability

This article examines the novel Amsterdam (1998) by British novelist Ian McEwan which depicts the denial of the main characters, Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday. The denial stems from the disparity between the glorious past and their present... failures, which the characters are unable to accept. Nevertheless, they try to show everyone that they still maintain the qualities that distinguished them in their youth and salvage their careers which seem to be on the declining end. Moreover, the novel

” where the conspirators could have toldthe world what they had done, but did not speak, and itdiscusses character (the “moral element”) andpresents a few scenarios that could have made the play more of a tragedy.

Many critics have suggested that most of the monstrous characters in late-Victorian British science-fiction novels represent social misfits and the cultural fear of physical and moral degeneration. However, scholars of critical posthumanism believed... (1871) in which the non-human characters, the Vril-ya, can be considered advanced beings instead of malformed monsters. It argues that such characters represent progression rather than degeneration since the portrayal of their electric body, a body

This study aims to analyze the cognitive development and the factors that influence the cognitive development of the character of Katniss Everdeen, the main character of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games Trilogy through Jean Piaget’s Theory

, and presentation techniques, while factors in the etiology of the character’s criminal behavior are analyzed by applying integrated criminological theories. The study discusses the characterization of The Phantom in the narrative and factors... that influence the creation of this character as a phantom, a frightening criminal. The findings are presented in tables and descriptive explanations. The results show that The Phantom is a round and dynamic character taking the role of a villain and a

This research compares the characteristics of the New Woman with traditional female characters in educational, economic, social, and cultural contexts. The eponymous New Woman in Prissana by V. Na Pramuanmarg is compared with the New Women, Evadne..., Angelica and Beth, in two English novels: The Heavenly Twins and The Beth Book by Sarah Grand. The research has found that Prissana’s character is completely different from traditional female characters because of her intelligence and education abroad

This research studies the process of character construction of African Americans and White Americans in Hollywood films about racist and discriminating issues of African Americans. All textual analysis and information were collected from twelve... films that dealt with race and ethnicity related to storytelling in film. The results show that, in the sample films, the image of the African Americans is presented in these ways: the main character who is African American is a talented, determined

This article aims to study and analyze violence, especially rape, against the female character in The Surgeon, a contemporary American detective novel written by Tess Gerritsen. The result of the study shows that the writer presents not only... the physical violence, but also the psychological trauma suffered by the rape survivor. She depicts the victimization of the female character overcome by her traumatic past produced through weakness, helplessness and terror and at the same time who rebuilds

This study aimed to analyze the Core American Values perceived in the characterization of Captain America in the four Captain America movies. Robin Williams’s Core American Values was used as the theoretical framework for the analysis. The results of the study indicated that fourteen out of the fifteen Core American Values were found in the characterization of Captain America in the movies. The most frequently perceived value was Humanitarianism whilst the least frequently perceived value was Racism and Group Superiority. The conclusion was that the characterization of Captain America in the movies reflected the qualities that matched most of Robin Williams’ Core American Values.