Farikha Rachmawati
Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta

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Narsisme yang Berkuasa dalam Representasi Relasi Kuasa Pada Film “The Housemaid” (2025) Tafannya Syawaluna Faradibah; Farikha Rachmawati
Jurnal JTIK (Jurnal Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi) Vol 11 No 1 (2026): JANUARY
Publisher : Lembaga Komunitas Informasi Teknologi Aceh (KITA), Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35870/jtik.v11i1.7515

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This study analyzes how Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) power relations are represented through the character Andrew in the film “The Housemaid” (2025). Employing a qualitative approach based on John Fiske’s semiotic analysis, the research examines 23 scenes across three levels, reality, representation, and ideology, focusing on Andrew's marital relationship with Nina and his employer-domestic worker dynamics with Millie. The findings reveal that at the reality level, Andrew's NPD power relations manifest through repetitive patterns of love bombing, gaslighting, verbal manipulation, and arbitrary punishment. At the representation level, his dominance is constructed through cinematographic techniques, specifically low-angle shots of Andrew and high-angle shots of Nina and Millie. Ideologically, the film reproduces and deconstructs patriarchy, social class, and gender-based violence, which are ultimately challenged by the women's resistance. In conclusion, the film systematically exposes normalized psychological abuse, highlighting the crucial role of media literacy.