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THE MEANING OF BEING HUMAN FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER IN BRAD SIBERLINGS MOVIE CITY OF ANGEL

Identitas Mahasiswa - NAMA : IKHA ADHI WIJAYA - NIM : 2250402519 - PRODI : Sastra Inggris - JURUSAN : BAHASA & SASTRA INGGRIS - FAKULTAS : Bahasa dan Seni - EMAIL : lovesaturday pada domain gmail.com - PEMBIMBING 1 : Henrikus Joko Yulianto, S.S., M.Hum. - PEMBIMBING 2 : Galuh Kirana DA, S.S., M.Pd. - TGL UJIAN : 2009-03-30

JudulTHE MEANING OF BEING HUMAN FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER IN BRAD SIBERLINGS MOVIE CITY OF ANGEL

AbstrakHuman is a creature that is blessed with perfection, but they are not thankful withthe so many gifts given to them and lead into greediness. The film describes themoral value of human being as they are created as a perfect creature among theothers, and the film nicely captures it where an angel is also willing to be human.The study focus on the meaning of being human for Seth Plate as the maincharacter of City of Angel directed by Brad Silberling. In this study there are twomain problems that would like to be answered throughout the analysis. The firstone is about the meaning of Seth Plate’s self transformation from the point ofview of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis. The second one is to analyzehumanistic values of the transformation in the point of view of Fromm’s theory ofmeaning of to have and to be.The method used in the analysis is a qualitative one in which it focused onfinding of the dialogue which supports both theories-psychoanalysis andpersonality. The data were collected through the process of watching, transcribing,identifying, classifying, selecting and reporting the selected data as related to thetheories.The result of the study shows that external pressures put an effect towardsSeth’s decision to be human which is very much meaningful for him. In this waywe could say that the superego drives him more than the id. Whereas in Fromm’smeaning of to have and to be, he is once in the state of being where he acts as anangel but then he turns his state into the state of having for he is having desire totaste, to feel, to see, and to be together with Maggie. In this way he is falling intothat state related to the existence of her. In other word, Seth Plate’s significantachievement is his being into human rather than his wish to have Maggie Rice.

Kata KunciPsychoanalysis, Id, Ego, Super Ego, To Have, To Be, human needs,relatedness, rotedness, creativity, main frame.

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