the first have been satisfied or the third until the second has been satisfied, and so on.
Maslow begins his research through analyzing some of successful people. After pay attention to their real life for some time, Maslow comes up with a
conclusion which is human needs that he classified into hierarchy of needs pyramid. Every person who can complete the pyramid believed can get perfection
in life but if they don’t there is still a chance for them to be happy but they cannot get the satisfaction of life because people who can not get self actualization
usually tend to be more fragile in facing life.
A psychological approach is, however, merely one way of evaluating characters;
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Maslow sees human through psychology point of view. With the focus analysis of the character through psychology point of view, Maslow’s
theory is applicable to this analysis.
B. Character and Characterization
a. Character
A character is presumably an imagined person who inhabits a story although it may admit a few exceptions.
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Usually in a character of a story there
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Klarer. Mario. An introductory to Literary Studies. English: Routledge, 2004. p17 X.J. Kennedy. Literature : An Introducing to Fiction. New Yok : Harpers Collins Publisher, 1983 third
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are human personalities that become familiar to us. This personality will form the characteristic of the character it self. To make the Character more reliable to the
real life so it is necessary for the character should be believable and have consistent manner that also provided the character by motivation and reason so
the character can behave as they do in movies. A character is the
representation of a person, persona, identity, or entity in
a narrative
or dramatic
work of art such as a
novel ,
play , or
film
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A fictional character is any
person ,
persona , identity, or entity that originated in a
work of art .
Along with plot
, setting
, theme
, and style
, character is considered one of the fundamental components of
fiction . Characters may be entirely fictional, or they
may be based upon real entities, contemporary or historical.
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It mentioned above that characters may be based upon real entities; it means that characters in movies
are described to be close to real life. They may be human
, supernatural
, mythical
, divine
, animal
, or personifications
of an abstraction.
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Perrine Lawrence states that a character is plausible or life like. It means every character who presents the story always behave as if their real
characteristic. The actors indirectly tell to audience what characteristic in the story into their own character.
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b. Characterization
Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality
of a character. To be interesting in character, character must seem real, understandable and worth caring about. For the most part, the characters in a story
are believable in the same way that the story is believable.
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Characterization is the use of literary techniques to reveal the nature of a character.
The characterization
can be
depicting through
some ways.
Characterization can be depicting through appearance. Most of film actors project a certain qualities of character the minute they appear on the screen. At the
beginning of the movie the main characters of the movie usually give the audience some clue to get a better understanding of herhis character. Although in
real life most of us are aware that appearances are often deceiving in the world of fiction details of appearance often provide essential clues to character.
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In the first minute the actor appears on the screen, there are some certain assumptions
about them because of their facial features, dress physically builds and mannerism on the way they move. First impression may be proven as the story progress but it
is certainly important means of establishing characters. Characterization can be shown through dialogue. Characters in a fictional
film naturally reveal a great deal about themselves by what they say. Dialogue can reveal the moods and the personality of a character. Dialogue in the movie can
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shown clearly the character’s character whether it said by themselves or by other character’s dialogue. In this part, the audience have to listen carefully to what the
character’s said. It is important to know the accent and the tone how the dialogue said.
Characterization can bee seen through action. Every action of the character also can reflect the quality of the characters particular personality.
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Every detail of the characters action must be something that represent the personality of the character.
Characterization can be seen through reactions of other characters. In some movies the character’s personality viewed better by reaction of other
character. The way other characters view a person often serves as an excellent means of characterization.
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It is mentioned above that character may be entirely fictional, or they may be based upon real entities. To make the character become real the writer must
thought of it carefully. The writer of the story might get inspiration from people surrounds them then they create a character in their story. The characters in a
story have to become as real as possible. Every character has their own needs that they have to fulfill and because of that Maslow theory can be applicable in
analyzing a character.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
The Devil Wears Prada is a movie that tells us about a young woman
named Andrea Sachs who is looking for her self-actualization. The needs that fulfilled by Andrea Sachs, the main character, are drawn as the table below:
No. Hierarchy of Needs.
Time Corpus
1. Physiological
Needs 10:47
26:02
33:25
34:31 Andrea : Okay. Let’s have a drink.
Friends: I want to have a toast. All:Okay. To the job that pay the rent.
Andrea : You know my Dad is coming from Ohio. We are going to out for
dinner and maybe see Chicago. Christian: you are my friend and
crossing to the dark side. Andrea : I wasn’t saying that.
Christian: you shouldn’t sexy Andrea : Sexy. Really?
Andrea : I can’t. Sorry I can’t. Nate and I just broke up a couple days ago.
I can’t.
2. Safety Needs
24:29
28:51
31:02 Andrea : You know what; I just have to
stick it up for a year. One year, and then I can do what I came to New
York to do but I can’t let Miranda get me. I won’t.
Andrea : Oh my God. She is going to murder me.
Andrea :I don’t know what else I can
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