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Anxiety and Depression Leads To Death Instinct in Entwistle’s and Hall’s I am not Okay with This Amelia, Dea; Hidayat, Syarif; Sulaeman, Karina A.; Hariyana, Agustinus
BRIGHT : A Journal of English Language Teaching, Linguistics and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2024)
Publisher : STKIP PGRI Tulungagung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29100/bright.v7i2.6027

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This study aims to analyze a movie script from the Netflix series entitled I am Not Okay With This written by Jonathan Entwistle and Christy Hall which was adapted from a comic book by Charles Forsman with the same title. This study focuses on discussing the psychological aspects experienced by Sydney Novak as the main character. This study uses a qualitative approach and is presented with a descriptive method. The data collection techniques used include literature review, observation, and note-taking method. The object of the research used is the I am Not Okay With This movie script through an intrinsic approach in the form of characterization, plot, and setting, then linking it with an extrinsic approach using Sigmund Freud's theory of anxiety, life and death instinct and the theory of psychotic depression. This study is also supported by reviewing books, journals, and other research sources from the internet as secondary data references. The results obtained from this study are that it is known that the supernatural powers experienced by Syd are a manifestation of the anxiety she has suffered from the grief since the death of her father. This anxiety is also related to the appearance of hallucinations that lead to the death instinct in Syd’s actions and behaviors.
Toxic Masculinity in the Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog Nurfitriah, Anissa; Hidayat, Syarif; Sulaeman, Karina A; Hariyana, Agustinus; Beresaby, Rheinatus A
BRIGHT : A Journal of English Language Teaching, Linguistics and Literature Vol 8, No 1 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29100/bright.v8i1.7178

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This study aims to analyze The Power of the Dog (2021) movie script. This research uses a qualitative method using theory of toxic masculinity from Terry A. Kupers to analyze the characters in this movie script by Jane Campion. The aim of this research is to answer two problems of the studies: 1) How is toxic masculinity reflected in The Power of the Dog movie script? 2) How are the impacts of toxic masculinity reflected in The Power of the Dog movie script? The results of this study found four traits of Toxic Masculinity in the characters, there are: 1) Domination; dominate and control over others, 2) Misogyny; hatred and disdain a woman, 3) Homophobia; insult a feminine guy and reject anything feminine, 4) Violence; slap animals, threaten, and even murder. Furthermore, it is also found the impacts of toxic masculinity in the character in The Power of the Dog (2021) movie script, including ;1) Depression, loneliness and isolation, 2) Denial, displacement, reaction formation as defense mechanisms. Based on this research, the movie script of The Power of the Dog represents toxic masculinity through the characters and represents its impacts of toxic masculinity.