PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY TOWARD DECISION OF FIVE LISBON’S DAUGHTERS TO COMMIT SUICIDE IN JEFFREY EUGENIDES’ THE VIRGIN SUICIDES AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By: ANTONIUS RUDHIKA WISNU DEWANTO Student Number:114214062 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2015 PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY TOWARD DECISION OF FIVE LISBON’S DAUGHTERS TO COMMIT SUICIDE IN JEFFREY EUGENIDES’ THE VIRGIN SUICIDES AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By: ANTONIUS RUDHIKA WISNU DEWANTO Student Number:114214062 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2015 ii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY TOWARD DECISION OF FIVE LISBON’S DAUGHTERS TO COMMIT SUICIDE IN JEFFREY EUGENIDES’ THE VIRGIN SUICIDES By ANTONIUS RUDHIKA WISNU DEWANTO Student Number: 114214062 Approved by Paulus Sarwoto, S.S., M.A., Ph. D. August 5, 2015 Advisor Dr. Gabriel Fajar Sasmita Aji, S.S., M.Hum. August 5, 2015 Co- Advisor iii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY TOWARD DECISION OF FIVE LISBON’S DAUGHTERS TO COMMIT SUICIDE IN JEFFREY EUGENIDES’ THE VIRGIN SUICIDES By ANTONIUS RUDHIKA WISNU DEWANTO Student Number: 114214062 Defended before the Board of Examiners On August 31, 2015 And Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Signature Chairperson : Dr. F. X. Siswadi, M. A. Secretary : Dra. A.B. Sri Mulyani, M.A., Ph.D. Member 1 : Dra. A.B. Sri Mulyani, M.A., Ph.D. Member 2 : Paulus Sarwoto, S.S., M.A., Ph. D. Member 3 : Dr. Gabriel Fajar Sasmita Aji, S.S., M.Hum. Yogyakarta, August 31, 2015 Faculty of Letters Sanata Dharma University Dean iv PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINAN AKADEMIS Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma Nama :Antonius Rudhika Wisnu Dewanto Nomor Mahasiswa :114214062 Demia pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY TOWARD DECISION OF FIVE LISBON’S DAUGHTERS TO COMMIT SUICIDE IN JEFFREY EUGENIDES’ THE VIRGIN SUICIDES Beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain. Mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempubikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin kepada saya maupun memberikan royalti kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal 15 Agustus 2015 Yang menyatakan, Antonius Rudhika Wisnu Dewanto v PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I certify that this undergraduate thesis contains no material which has been previously submitted for the award of any other degree at any university, and that, to the best of my knowledge, this undergraduate thesis contains no material previously written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text of the undergraduate thesis. Yogyakarta, August 31, 2015 Antonius Rudhika Wisnu Dewanto vi PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI “If you’re born poor, it is not your mistake. But if you die poor, it is your mistakes ” -Bill Gates vii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI This thesis is dedicated for My Beloved Parent, My Sister, My Lovely Girlfriend, My grandma, and My Nephews viii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, thanks to Lord Jesus Christ for His blessings upon me and His evergreen love to whatever I am. He gives me everything so that I can finish my thesis. I know that without God, I can do nothing. I praise Him in every breath I take. Thanks to Paulus Sarwoto, S.S., M.A., Ph. D. as my thesis advisor and Dr. Gabriel Fajar Sasmita Aji, S.S., M.Hum. as my thesis co-advisor for their endless patience while guiding me from the beginning until I completed my thesis. Their support always makes me want to do the best for my thesis. Big thanks to my beloved Dad and Mom, Agustinus Supriyono and Theresia Kitri Suwantini. You are the greatest parents for me and I’m so proud for having you in my life. Everytime I need you, you are already there. To my dearest sister, Monica Damayanti, thank you for being a very wonderful sister. I love you all. Special thanks to my girl, Chindy Christine. You are apple in my eyes and always brighten my day. You brighten my day and my heart. You always support me to finish this thesis as soon as possible and I know, without your motivation I cannot finish this thesis. I do love you. To my friends, Wiliam, Teles, and Driya, thanks for the crazy things that we have done in the boarding house. Last but not least, thank to everybody who also plays an important part in my life that I could not mention here one by one. I could not make this happen without you. RUDHIKA WISNU ix PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITTLE PAGE ………………………………………………………………… ii APPROVAL PAGE …………………………………………………………… iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ……………………………………………………….. iv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH.. v STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ………………………………………….. vi MOTTO PAGE ………………………………………………………………… vii DEDICATION PAGE ………………………………………………………… viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS …………………………………………………... ix TABLE OF CONTENT ………………………………………………………. x ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………………………... xi ABSTRAK …………………………………………………………………......... xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION …………………………………………….. 1 A. Background of the Study ………………………………………………... 1 B. Problem Formulation ……………………………………………….…… 3 C. Objectives of the Study …………………………………………………. 3 D. Definition of Terms ………………………………………………….….. 4 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ……………………………….. 5 A. Review of Related Studies ……………………………………………… 5 B. Review of Related Theories …………………………………………….. 8 C. Theoretical Framework …………………………………………………. 16 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ………………………………………….. 18 A. Object of the Study …………………………………………………....... 18 B. Approach of the Study ………………………………………………….. 19 C. Method of the Study …………………………………………………….. 20 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS …………………………………………………... 21 A. The characteristics of Lisbon’s daughters and their parents …………... 21 B. Psychological condition which drives five Lisbon’s daughters to commit suicide …………………………………………………………………... 34 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ……………………………………………….. 46 BIBLIOGRAPHY ……………………………………………………………... 49 APPENDICES …………………………………………………………………. 51 Appendix 1:Summary of Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Virgin Suicides …………….. 51 Appendix 2:Biography of Jeffrey Eugenides …………………………………… 54 x PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ABSTRACT ANTONIUS RUDHIKA WISNU DEWANTO (2015). Psychological Study toward Decision of Five Lisbon’s Daughters to Commit Suicide in Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Leters, Sanata Dharma University. This thesis discusses Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel entitled The Virgin Suicides through the perspective of psychoanalysis. In the story the five Lisbon’s daughters has unstable emotion because of overprotective treatment. To observe about emotion and mind, psychoanalysis is the best approach to this study. There are two problems that have been formulated. They are: 1) what kind of person Lisbon’s daughter and their parents are in this novel. 2) How the psychological condition of five Lisbon’s daughters drives them to their decision in committing suicide. The explanation of these two problems is the main purpose of this thesis. This research can be categorized as a library research. Therefore, the data for this thesis are collected from many sources and information. The main source is the novel The Virgin Suicides itself. It becomes the primary data because it is the object of this thesis. The secondary data are taken from some books and also website that contains things related to Jeffrey Eugenides and his works. Some theories are also added to complete this thesis This thesis concludes that overprotective parents weaken their mental growth. Five Lisbon’s daughters cannot handle the conflict in their id. Their self- defense mechanism is also failed. Disability to handle conflict, feeling of loss caused by Cecilia’s death and overprotective treatment drive them into condition which Freud calls as mourning and melancholia. Morning and melancholia cause depression and depression is the cause why five Lisbon’s daughters finally commit suicide. xi PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ABSTRAK ANTONIUS RUDHIKA WISNU DEWANTO (2015). Psychological Study toward Decision of