This research purpose is to examine how many portions of history are shown through the movie entitled Schindler’s List directed by Steven Spielberg using New Historicism and Semiotic theory. The aim of the study are : (1) to find the historical background described in the selected movie, and (2) to find the relevance of the historical background portrayed in the selected movie to the real his…
Although Indonesia has made much progress in gender equality, there are still inequalities between men and women in some areas, such as education or work. This research focuses on Charles Fourier’s feminism and Maslow’s self-actualization. The writer focuses on the self-esteem prerequisite and five personality traits of Maslow’s self-actualization theory. The field of this research is qua…
This study aims at investigating a decision making process based on Freudian Psychoanalytic theory in Gayle Forman’s If I Stay. This study specifically focuses on the main character, Mia Hall. Based on Freud, all human behaviour, including decision making, is influenced by the interaction of three structures of personality: Id, Ego, and Superego. Therefore, the writer discussed the interrelat…
This research discusses the topic of Kevin Katchadourian’s archetype, as the main character in the novel We Need to Talk About Kevin written by Lionel Shriver. Kevin is described as a teenager with psychopath disorder who committed school massacre. The objective of this research is to analyze the persona and shadow archetypes of Kevin. This research uses character and characterization theory …
In today’s society, many phenomena or incidents that occur to women are related to the acts of discrimination, such as sexual harassment, oppression, and many more. The problem of women’s role and status has recently become a phenomenon that has been getting a lot of attention. This research discussed about the status and role of women in Christianity reflected in the novel titled “Jane E…
Song writers these days are unable to make their songs well-sold all the time, however Taylor Swift seems to be able to make all of her album well-sold whenever she launch new album. The aims of this study are to find out the types of figurative language found in Taylor Swift’s song lyrics in the album entitled Reputation, and to find out the meaning of each figurative language. In this resea…