The protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in The Phantom of the Opera novel retold by Diane Namm

Personality of any character in a work of art has become significant to be analyzed since it contributes to the value of the story. This paper analyzes a work concerning the personality of the protagonist. Unlike most protagonists who have the role to perform the traditional traits of a hero, some p...

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Main Authors: Ratih Dwi Raharto, Riana Permatasari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Semarang 2019-02-01
Series:Edulite: Journal of English Education, Literature, and Culture
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Online Access:http://jurnal.unissula.ac.id/index.php/edulite/article/view/3422
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spelling doaj-9f25e25bdff046fb922cdd9dc72edc5d2020-11-25T00:20:23ZengUniversitas Islam Sultan Agung, SemarangEdulite: Journal of English Education, Literature, and Culture2477-53042528-44792019-02-0141657510.30659/e.4.1.65-753009The protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in The Phantom of the Opera novel retold by Diane NammRatih Dwi Raharto0Riana Permatasari1Universitas Islam Sultan AgungUniversitas Islam Sultan AgungPersonality of any character in a work of art has become significant to be analyzed since it contributes to the value of the story. This paper analyzes a work concerning the personality of the protagonist. Unlike most protagonists who have the role to perform the traditional traits of a hero, some protagonists on the other hand tend to depict the characteristics of a villain. Yet the protagonist is still the leading character who just fails to enact the virtue of the society. In this case, a study of the concept of anti-hero is applied in order to expose the characteristics of anti-hero through the findings of the personality of the protagonist. The object of the study is a novel by Gaston Leroux retold by Namm (2008) entitled The Phantom of the Opera which has profound sense of psychological issues related to the characters inside the story especially the protagonist. This paper exerts a descriptive qualitative method and applies the psychology approach. Using two archetypes by Carl Gustav Jung, this paper focuses on two contradictory archetypes which are the persona and the shadow. For further analysis using the concept of anti-hero, this paper will use both archetypes to identify the characteristics of anti-hero. Henceforth, this paper discovered about the portrayal of those archetypes along with the reflection of anti-hero characteristics performed by the protagonist. There are two findings, first, the portrayal of the phantom’s persona as the mysteriously creepy ghost to the society, Angel or Music to Christine and his shadow dealing with his crimes. Second, the characteristics of anti-hero used his persona and shadow to show that anti-hero is flouting the traditional hero virtue and gaining sympathy from reader even though his darker side is more dominant.http://jurnal.unissula.ac.id/index.php/edulite/article/view/3422Jungian psychoanalyticthe personathe shadowthe concept of anti-hero
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The protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in The Phantom of the Opera novel retold by Diane Namm
Edulite: Journal of English Education, Literature, and Culture
Jungian psychoanalytic
the persona
the shadow
the concept of anti-hero
author_facet Ratih Dwi Raharto
Riana Permatasari
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title The protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in The Phantom of the Opera novel retold by Diane Namm
title_short The protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in The Phantom of the Opera novel retold by Diane Namm
title_full The protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in The Phantom of the Opera novel retold by Diane Namm
title_fullStr The protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in The Phantom of the Opera novel retold by Diane Namm
title_full_unstemmed The protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in The Phantom of the Opera novel retold by Diane Namm
title_sort protagonist’s shadow and persona as the reflection of anti-hero in the phantom of the opera novel retold by diane namm
publisher Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Semarang
series Edulite: Journal of English Education, Literature, and Culture
issn 2477-5304
2528-4479
publishDate 2019-02-01
description Personality of any character in a work of art has become significant to be analyzed since it contributes to the value of the story. This paper analyzes a work concerning the personality of the protagonist. Unlike most protagonists who have the role to perform the traditional traits of a hero, some protagonists on the other hand tend to depict the characteristics of a villain. Yet the protagonist is still the leading character who just fails to enact the virtue of the society. In this case, a study of the concept of anti-hero is applied in order to expose the characteristics of anti-hero through the findings of the personality of the protagonist. The object of the study is a novel by Gaston Leroux retold by Namm (2008) entitled The Phantom of the Opera which has profound sense of psychological issues related to the characters inside the story especially the protagonist. This paper exerts a descriptive qualitative method and applies the psychology approach. Using two archetypes by Carl Gustav Jung, this paper focuses on two contradictory archetypes which are the persona and the shadow. For further analysis using the concept of anti-hero, this paper will use both archetypes to identify the characteristics of anti-hero. Henceforth, this paper discovered about the portrayal of those archetypes along with the reflection of anti-hero characteristics performed by the protagonist. There are two findings, first, the portrayal of the phantom’s persona as the mysteriously creepy ghost to the society, Angel or Music to Christine and his shadow dealing with his crimes. Second, the characteristics of anti-hero used his persona and shadow to show that anti-hero is flouting the traditional hero virtue and gaining sympathy from reader even though his darker side is more dominant.
topic Jungian psychoanalytic
the persona
the shadow
the concept of anti-hero
url http://jurnal.unissula.ac.id/index.php/edulite/article/view/3422
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