Anxiety of Megan Hipwell in Paula Hawkin's Novel The Girl on The Train: A Psychoanalytic Perspective

Putri, Lika Darma and , Titis Setyabudi, S.S, M.A (2021) Anxiety of Megan Hipwell in Paula Hawkin's Novel The Girl on The Train: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta.

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Abstract

Megan Hipwell is one of the main character of novel The Girl On The Train. Megan Hipwell drawn as a traumatic, shows many psychological problems in shape of anxiety. Megan shows worry, panic, fear in all the circumtances of the live she has to undergone. The purposes of the study are: 1) to analyze the characteristics of Megan Hipwell seen from psychoanalytic perspective; 2) to explain the anxiety experienced by Megan Hipwell described in The Girl On The Train. The writer applies the qualitative research method in conducting the research. The primary data source of the study is “The Girl On The Train” novel writted by Paula Hawkins. Documentation, library, browsing method, and notes taking techniques are method to collect the data. Analysis of the data uses the descriptive qualitative technique about collecting the data, reducing, displaying, than verifying and conclusion. The result of study shows that: 1) The characteristics of Megan hipwell seen from psychoanalytic perspective is dominantly by id. The id of Megan Hipwell works when her mind only thought about the pleasure: she has an affair with another man, she always tries to having an affair with her therapist too. All energy and desire Megan comes from the id. When Id activated by needs, the Id demands that its needs must be met. The ego character of Megan Hipwell works when her id wanted to know the problems what happens with her neighbor, when her id wanted to kiss Kamal but she did not do that. The superego from Megan Hipwell works when she decided to do the right thing and did not repeat the mistakes for her new baby, blamed herself; she realized that she was not a good wife for Scott; 2) The anxiety experienced by Megan Hipwell described in The Girl On The Train novel is: reality anxiety, neurotic anxiety, and moral anxiety. Reality anxiety by Megan Hipwell related with anxiety to the fact that her brother’s Ben is death, anxiety to the fact that her baby’s death, anxiety to fact about bad relationship with her husband Scott, anxiety to fact that Tom leaved her. Megan experienced the neurotic anxiety when she faces a things related to the shadows of baby, when she feels loneliness, could not get her wish and did not get her way out of the problem. She becomes anxious since she remembers about her sin of killing her baby. Megan also has neurotic anxiety because her emotional state very uncontrolled, especially when meeting his psychologist Kamal. Megan getting moral anxiety because her carelessness when she care the baby and betrayed Scott when have affair with Tom.

Item Type:	Karya ilmiah (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anxiety, psychoanalytic perspective, The Girl On The Train novel
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions:	Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	LIKA DARMA PUTRI
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2021 03:15
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2021 03:15
URI:	http://eprints.ums.ac.id/id/eprint/88382

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