Maleficent’s Personality Changes in Maleficent

Authors

  • Cindy Cornelia English Department, Faculty of Humanities and Creative Industries, Petra Christian University
  • Liem Satya Limanta English Department, Faculty of Humanities and Creative Industries, Petra Christian University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9744/katakita.10.2.239-245

Keywords:

Kompensasi, Kepuasan Kerja, Kinerja Karyawam

Abstract

In this study, I analyze Maleficent (2014), the first Disney film to place a previously antagonist character into a protagonist in a new film. In this thesis, I found changes in the personality of Maleficent from good to evil and back to good that caused her to experience anxieties. Therefore, I use Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of three fundamental elements of the human psyche (id, ego, and superego), anxiety and defense mechanisms. Based on my analysis, I found that Maleficent becomes evil when her id, ego, and superego are unbalanced, and Maleficent can return to being good when her id, ego, and superego are well-balanced. Moreover, Maleficent experiences reality anxiety, neurotic anxiety, and moral anxiety during the process of her personality changes, and she uses defense mechanisms such as aggression, intellectualization, and apathy to overcome her anxieties.

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Published

2022-10-27

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022)

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