<![CDATA[The purposes of this research are to identify kind of love, the desire of main character, and how love and desire through psychoanalysis perspective in the Little Mermaid Movie directed by Rob Marshall. This research used the descriptive qualitative method to analyze the data. The data are the scenes and the dialogs of the main character that contains love and desire. The result of this study reveal that: (1) There are 4 types of love in Ariel’s main character, namely; eros, agape, philautia and storge. Ariel clearly shows Eros love when Ariel falls in love with Eric, while Agape displays Ariel’s extraordinary sacrifice, Philautia when Ariel makes decisions, and Storge’s love for her family. (2) The desires of the main character are very clear, Ariel has stubbornness, and she has principle, also, she is bravery in declaring love and negotiating with the evil witch, Urshula. (3) Sigmund Freud's id, ego, and superego theory can be seen in Ariel's main character, Ariel's will persue her love, she follows her father's words, and also she solves her problems.]]>
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