Abstract

This research entitled Character Belief and Behaviour Potrayed in M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil (2010) As A Psychoanalysis Study. In this research the researcher analyzes the character belief and behaviour toward superstition in M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil (2010). The object used in this research is a film by M. Night Shyamalan entitled Devil In analyzing the data researcher applied a qualitative research. The technique that used to analyze the film is by reading the script and watching the movie and then the researcher applied Carl Gustav Jung's theory of consciousness, namely personal unconscious, collective unconscious, and archetype. Data is collected by watching films and reading dialogue scripts. After analyzing the data it can be concluded that the reason why the character believes in superstition is due to the story of the character's mother and opinions that are repeated over and over. The behavior that is reflected by the character after believing in superstition is the character trying to solve the case using a religious point of view. Meanwhile the effect that arises after believing in superstition is that they succeed in knowing and realizing that the mastermind behind the case is devil.

Highlights

  • As human beings we certainly have encountered things that happened outside reason, for example, we felt seeing a sighting that just disappeared, or we have heard something but when we look we don't find the source of the sound, that kind of thing is called superstitious.Superstition is a belief in the supernatural which is to say, a belief in the existence of forces or entities that do not conform to the laws of nature or a scientific understanding of the universe

  • Myth can be spread through public spreading or stories from generation to generation from our CHARACTER BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR PORTRAYED IN M.NIGHT SHYMALAN’S DEVIL 19 (2010) AS A PSYCHOANALYSIS STUDY – DESTHA PRATAMA PUTRA & ENDANG YULIANI RAHAYU – DBB V15 N1 JANUARI 2020 ancestors

  • Ramirez's belief in superstitious things stems from his mother's story when he was a child, this story is about devils who can take

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Introduction

As human beings we certainly have encountered things that happened outside reason, for example, we felt seeing a sighting that just disappeared, or we have heard something but when we look we don't find the source of the sound, that kind of thing is called superstitious.Superstition is a belief in the supernatural which is to say, a belief in the existence of forces or entities that do not conform to the laws of nature or a scientific understanding of the universe. Superstitions thing are included belief in magic, belief in omens (good or bad), belief in good luck charms and rituals (a lucky penny, throwing salt over one's shoulder to avoid the "bad luck" incurred by spilling same), belief in divination (fortune telling and prophecy), and belief in ghosts or a spirit world beyond what can be explained by science. For those who believe in superstition, some of them have some underlying causes, such as myths. The myths that flourished in society sometime will affect the public's own belief in responding to it

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