Glib and Superficial Charm As Well As Early Behaviour Problem Characteristics of Psychopath in the Main Character of the Novel Sharp Objects
Glib and Superficial Charm as well as Early Behaviour Problem Characteristics of Psychopath in The Main Character of The Novel Sharp Objects Retno Budi Astuti Department of English Literature, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Gunadarma University ABSTRACT Sub-genre in a novel might be unique and different. Occasionally, mental illness is one of sub-genre be able to be exist in in genre mystery, romance, thriller or even mental illness, such as psychopath. This study aims to find out two characteristics of psychopath according to Robert Hare, namely Glib and Superficial Charm as well as Early Behaviour Problem. The data was taken from the novel Sharp Objects. The writer found that there are 3 data which showed that the main character is reflecting the characteristic of Deceitful and Manipulative. Furthermore, the writer also found 3 data which showed that the main character is reflecting the characteristic of Grandiose Self-Worth. Keywords: Psychopath, glib, superficial charm, behaviour problem INTRODUCTION Literature is a beautiful work of art created by human with brilliant ideas to express the feelings and describe of human life. Literary works submit to entertain the readers and also to get a lesson of life from the author’s feeling or thought about the world. There are two types of literature which are written and oral. Oral literature could be as ballads, folklore, jokes and fables. Written literature is divided into two parts which are fiction and nonfiction. Fiction includes poetry, prose, novel, short story, and myth while nonfiction includes biography, autobiography, essay and literary criticism. In general, fiction can be defined as the art or craft of contriving, through the written word, representations of human life that command or divert or both.
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