Abstract
An ethical dilemma is an interesting topic to discuss since it always occurs to us in our daily lives whether we realise it or not. The study is aimed to explain the ethical dilemmas of the major characters in The Danish Girl movie screenplay by Lucinda Coxon. This study used psychoanalytic theory of the tripartite model theory by Sigmund Freud and employed qualitative method. The result was the ethical dilemmas of the major characters occurred before they made a decision in their actions. This study revealed that the ethical dilemma happened to them because they needed to think about the impact of their actions on other people or themselves. It could prevent them from doing or saying inappropriate things which could hurt someone's feelings or harm themselves. Another result in this study was that the ethical dilemmas that happened to the major characters mostly represent ego more than the other two parts of psyche. They could control what they wanted to say or do since they thought about the possible things that could happen to each choice before they made the decision.
 Keywords: Characters, Ethical Dilemma, Movie Screenplay, Psychoanalytic Theory, The Danish Girl
Highlights
Every human being in everyday life is faced with choices that require them to choose one of the choices
Figar & Đorđević (2017) explained that when someone is in a situation where he/she has to make a choice between two or more alternatives, it means he/she is experiencing an ethical dilemma
It can be concluded that the major characters in The Danish Girl movie screenplay experienced ethical dilemmas when they faced with two choices before they made a decision in their actions
Summary
Every human being in everyday life is faced with choices that require them to choose one of the choices. The need to choose one of the choices often leaves them in a dilemma situation. A dilemma can occur anywhere and anytime, both in business and personal terms. This can happen because humans want to choose the best from the choices. Every human being has to think of other things before making a decision, such as whether the decision chosen is good, fair and appropriate for themselves and others. This is done to avoid making wrong decisions which can be detrimental to themselves and others
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