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Plagiat Merupakan Tindakan Tidak Terpuji PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OF ETSUKO IN YUKIO MISHIMA’ S THIRST FOR LOVE AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By RITA PRILIA A Student Number : 004214109 Student Registration Number : ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2006 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI iii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE Maybe we· re all different But we· re still the same We all got the blood of Eden Running through our veins I know sometimes It· s hard for you to see You· re caught between Just who you are And who you want to be If you feel alone And lost and need a friend Remember every new beginning Is some beginning· s end Welcome to wherever you are This is your life You made it this far Welcome, you got to believe That right here Right now you· re exactly Where you· re supposed to be Welcome to wherever you are When everybody· s in And you· re left out And you feel you· re drowning In the shadow of a doubt Everyone· s a miracle In their own way Just listen to yourself, Not what other people say When it seems you· re lost, Alone and feelin· down Remember, everybody· s different Just take a look around When you want to give up And your heart· s about to break Remember that you· re perfect God makes no mistake <Bon Jovi> iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI This undergraduate thesis is dedicated to: My beloved father and mother And also for My lovely sister and brother v PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Jesus Christ for His guidance. He has given His blessing to me so that I could finally finish my thesis. I would also like to express my deep gratitude to those who have given me a great amount of help, support and guidance in writing this undergraduate thesis. I am particularly grateful to Dewi Widyastuti, S. Pd., M. Hum., my Advisor, who has guided me patiently in the writing process and has given me time to consult this thesis until it is done. I am also grateful to Dra. Th. Enny Anggraini, M. A, my co- Advisor, for reading my undergraduate thesis and for the corrections and suggestions to improve my undergraduate thesis. I would also like to thank all lecturers and the staffs in secretariat of the English Letters Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my beloved father, F.X Sukariyadi and my beloved mother, Y. Ening Sudjiwati. They have prayed and given their care, love, support and advice to me. I also would like to give my regard to my sister, Fera and my little brother, Felix who have motivated me to finish my thesis. I am thankful to all my friends in English Letters Study Programme of 2000, especially Cicil, Titin, Wiwin, Angel, Ella, Andri, Novi, Sity and Retno for their support and their time in giving me a great moment of friendship. I am also want to give my love regard to my lovely Doni ‘ Niyu’ at far away, thank you for all your love and support to me. I would also like to give my regard to Ida, Dian, Kenyung, Ana, Yuyun, Coco, Osa, Seto, Yuyun “UKSW”, youth organization in St. Benedictus Abbas and all my relatives for their kindness in giving me motivation and the courage to finish my thesis. vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Last but not least, I would like to thank everyone who is not mentioned here, who has given me many visible supports and assistance in the process of writing this thesis. Rita Prilia Ariyadiningtyas vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE .................................................................................................. i APPROVAL PAGE ...................................................................................... .. ii ACCEPTANCE PAGE .................................................................................... iii MOTTO PAGE............................................................................................. .. iv DEDICATION PAGE .................................................................................. .. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT............................................................................. .. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. .. viii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................. .. x ABSTRAK ................................................................................................... .. xi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .............................................................. .. 1 A. Background of the Study ............................................................ .. 1 B. Problem Formulation .................................................................. .. 3 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................... .. 4 D. Definition of Terms ..................................................................... .. 4 CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL REVIEW .............................................. .. 6 A. Review of Related Study.............................................................. .. 6 B. Review of Related Theories ........................................................ .. 8 1. Theory of Character and Characterization......................... .. 8 2. Theory of Personality Development ................................. .. 11 3. The Relation between Literature and Psychology ............. .. 12 4. Theory of Love ............................................................... .. 13 5. Theory of Loneliness ....................................................... .. 16 6. Theory of Jealousy .......................................................... .. 19 C. Theoretical Framework ............................................................... .. 20 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY .......................................................... .. 22 A. Object of the Study...................................................................... .. 22 B. Approach of the Study ................................................................ .. 23 C. Method of the Study ................................................................... .. 23 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ....................................................................... .. 25 A. The Characteristics of Etsuko ...................................................... .. 25 B. The Characteristics of Etsuko after Met Saburo .......................... .. 33 C. The Psychological Factors Influenced Etsuko’ s Characteristics.... .. 39 1. Love................................................................................. .. 39 2. Loneliness ....................................................................... .. 42 3. Jealousy .......................................................................... .. 46 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ................................................................. .. 51 BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................................................... .. 53 viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI APPENDICES ............................................................................................ .. 55 Appendix 1: The summary of “Thirst for Love” ........................................... .. 55 Appendix 2: The biography of Yukio Mishima .............................................. .. 56 ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT RITA PRILIA ARIYADININGTYAS (2006). A Psychological Study of the Character Development of Etsuko in Yukio Mishima’ s Thirst for Love. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University. The character development is a process that commonly happens in human’ s life. It is influenced by two factors, they are from the internal and from the external factor of someone’ s. These factors can bring bad or good effect toward someone’ s character development. Here, Yukio Mishima presents the bad side of a human in the main character Etsuko. At the end of the story, she changed into a murderer. In this thesis the writer is going to analyze a psychological study of the character development of Etsuko in Yukio Mishima’ s novel. There are three objectives presented in this thesis. The first is to find out the characteristics of Etsuko. The second is to find out the characteristics of Etsuko after meeting Saburo. The third is to find out the psychological factors which influenced Etsuko’ s character development. The writer conducts a library research to answer the problems in this thesis. The writer uses the psychological approach to know how the psychological factors influenced Etsuko’ s characteristics. Then, the writer is finally able to draw a conclusion that Etsuko, who used to be an introvert, conventional, softhearted woman and attentive person, after the presence of the gardener whom she falls in love with, Saburo, she becomes an extrovert, rebellious person, a strong woman and ignorant person. She becomes a strong person who has courage to kill the person whom she loves. She takes revenge of him. This reaction is influenced by the three factors that are love, loneliness and jealousy. The factor of love changed her into an extrovert person. Not only that, she also becomes a rebellious person. The factor of loneliness changed her into
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