Psychological Analysis of the Main Character in Stephenie Mayer’s Twilight

Abstract

This study was motivated by psychological aspects of the main character and aspects that affect the psychology of the main character. The method used in this research was library research. The data are taken from a novel entitled Twilight (2005) by Stephenie Meyer. The data about the psychology of the main character after are collected by reading the novel and by finding out the data that belong to the main characters is psychology. Then they are classified in accordance with the problem discussed. The data collected are analyzed qualitatively based on the theoretical basis and presented in descriptive method. In analyzing the psychological of the main character, the theory used is the character and the psychological theories, as the main theory applied the theory from William Kenny (1996). The results of the research are analyzed descriptively, and it was supported by explanation and examples. The concepts about the main character are also taken from the supporting theories. Based on analysis of the main character’s psychology of Twilight, it focus on the five aspects of psychological elements, namely the main character’s motivation, wants, emotions, appetites, and feelings.