three Baudelaire children have a big fortune, especially for Violet, who is the heiress of Baudelaire’s fortune. Then, Count Olaf made a plan to take over
Baudelaire’s fortune. Count Olaf tries some efforts to get Baudelaire’s fortune. One of his plans,
Count Olaf puts Violet in his tricky play, which is to play in his fake play performance named The Marvelous Marriage, in order to marry Violet legally and
take over her fortune. But, the plan fails because Violet signed the document with the wrong hand. Mr. Poe, Justice Strauss, and the audience knew Count Olaf’s
bad plan which is to take over Baudelaire’s fortune. Then, Mr. Poe gave order to arrest Count Olaf; unfortunately, one of Count Olaf’s theater troupes turned off
the light. In the darkness, Count Olaf escaped from the theater before the police came.
B. Approach of the Study
The aim of this study is to re veal Count Olaf’s failures in the novel. To
help analyzing this problem, the writer used psychological approach since psychological interpretation can afford many profound clues toward solving a
work’s thematic and symbolic mysteries, but it can seldom account for the beautiful symmetry of a well-wrought poem or of a fictional masterpiece Guerin,
2011: 201. Rohrberger and Woods in Reading and Writing about Literature stated that
the psychological approach is the approach which provides the analysis of human mind, thought, behavior, and attitude Rohrberger, 1971: 13. By using the
psychological approach, the writer can analyze the character’s psychological aspects.
There is a view of psychological approach by Guerin in A Handbook to Critical Approaches to Literature. He states that
Psychological approach outlines a psychological theory in order to help readers enhancing their understanding and appreciation of literature.
Psychological interpretation and criticism give some ideas that may lead the readers to a profound understanding of the themes and sometimes
symbols of literary works Guerin, 1999: 125.
In the preceding quotation, psychological approach makes the framework of psychological theory which will help the writer in understanding the text or
literary work; also it helps the writer in providing ideas on the theme and the symbol.
The writer uses psychological approach because he studies the psychological side of the character. The writer thinks that the reason of Count
Olaf’s failure in stealing Baudelaire’s fortune is because his psychological condition which was affected by his characteristics.
C. Method of the Study
In composing this undergraduate thesis, the writer used library research method to collect the valid data resources. To support this study, the writer used
two kinds of resources as the requirement of the study. There were primary source and the secondary sources. The primary source is the novel itself, A Series of
Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. The secondary
sources were taken from some books, e-books, internet, and PDF that can be used as references to the novel and to support the undergraduate thesis as well.
In analyzing the novel, first, the writer read the novel A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning for several times to have the
understanding of the story itself and to found the focus of this study, which was Count Olaf’s failure in stealing Baudelaire’s fortune. Then the writer needed to
analyze the character and his characterization. Then, the writer collected the data from many sources to support his work.
The sources were acquired from the library. The writer could acquire some books of theory, dictionary, other’s thesis, and essays. The writer also acquired the data
from the internet. These data would help and support the analysis of the undergraduate thesis.
The next step, the writer tried to explain the theories, the study, and approach of the study. These steps would help the writer in answering the
problem formulation which composed in the chapter one. The last step was analyzing the novel with all the collected data.
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