Psychoanalysis of Main Character’s Personality in the Movie Moana
Abstract
Psychoanalysis is the study of human nature and personality. The purpose of this research is to find the personality of main character and the factor of personality development in the Movie Moana. This research used descriptive qualitative method by Creswell. The analysis was started by explaining the id, ego and super-ego by Sigmund Freud in Calvin S. Hall (1954), identifying with the factor of personality development by Kuravati and Malipatil (2017) and making conclusion. The results of the analysis showed that there are eleven data in this thesis which include the structural personality (id, ego and super-ego). The researcher found some factors that indicated to development of Moana’s personality that are heredity from individual factor and physical environment, family environment, cultural environment and social role from environment. Moana can cross the ocean because she wanted to save people of Motunui from economic down turn. This movie has some messages about the desire of child. Therefore, the researcher suggested the next researcher to do further research. This research also expected to enrich the knowledge of the reader about psychoanalysis.
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