Mental illness of the main character in The Joker movie script by Todd Phillips and Scott Silver (2019)

Awalliah, Ni'matul (2020) Mental illness of the main character in The Joker movie script by Todd Phillips and Scott Silver (2019). Diploma thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.

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Abstract

This study analyzes the main character who is described as having mental illness. The formulation of the problem in this study is divided into two, namely (1) How is mental illness described through the main character in the joker by Todd Phillips and Scott Silver? (2.) What factors make the main character suffer mental illness in the joker film script by Todd Phillips and Scott Silver? This research is a study of literary psychology which is an interdisciplinary study. This study combines psychology as an approach in understanding a literary work, that other disciplines have a relationship with literature. One of the reasons why psychology has a relationship with literature is that writers always use various kinds of conflicts in psychology into their writings. This research uses literary criticism method using a psychoanalytic approach by Sigmund Freud. In this study, it was found that the main character Arthur Fleck suffered from mental illness. In the course of his life suffering from this disease, he feels that his life has no meaning at all so he feels that good fortune is not on his side, the characteristics of those who suffer from mental illness are having negative thoughts and not caring about the social norms that apply in an environment. Public. The most influential factors in his life are biological factors because his mother has a history of delusional disease and the second factor is social environmental factors that make mental illness sufferers worse in life. So mental illness sufferers who always do things outside the habit or violate social norms are not baseless, but there are several factors that make mental illness sufferers worse because in the findings that the researchers found in this study, the main character only needs to be recognized by the surrounding environment.

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