his definition of his ultimate concern, and his method of explaining the unknown 1973: 388.
As already explained, people have their own perception to understand their own religion, John Doe chooses his own perspective on seven deadly sins to
be used to murder people and determines to perform it as his motivation. In this study, the writer analyzes the reason why John Doe uses a
religious concept, seven deadly sins, to murder people and its significant relation to his psychopathic behavior. To know deeper about how seven
deadly sins are used by John Doe as his motivation of murders and its relation to his psychopathics behavior, it is really important to do research on Seven
screenplay that is written by Andrew Kevin Walker. The character of John Doe as the psychopath is the object of this research to understand the
characteristics of psychopath which is related to the possible reasons for using religious precept, seven deadly sins to his murders.
B. Problem Formulation
Based on the background, the writer formulates two problems that will be discussed in this study:
1. How is the character of John Doe described?
2. How do John Doe’s characteristics reveal psychopathic behaviors in
relation to a religious precept, seven deadly sins?
C. Objectives of the Study
The purpose of doing this research is to find out the relation between seven deadly sins
and John Doe’s psychopathic behavior. This research has two main objectives. The first is by seeing the characteristics of John Doe.
The second question, the writer observes the characteristics of John Doe which reveal the characteristics of psychopath and the relation of using seven
deadly sins to commit murders.
D. Definition of Terms
There are three terms that should be defined in this study in order to avoid misunderstanding on the undergraduate thesis. The first one is seven
deadly sins. The original seven deadly sins precept comes from the bible verse, Proverbs 6: 16-19 which declares:
“There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a
heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a man who stirs up dissension
among brothers.” In the 6
th
century, Pope Gregory introduced seven deadly sins as pride, envy,
gluttony, lust,
anger, greed,
and sloth
http:www.gotquestions.orgseven-deadly-sins.html. In
God’s Plan, Aspenleiter states that seven capital sins or seven deadly sins are pride,
avarice greed, lust, envy, anger, gluttony, and sloth which bring something disastrous in their influence 1959: 208.
The writer finds two descriptions of what psychopathic behavior is. In Coleman’s Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life: Third Edition, it is stated
that “They are frequently trouble, profit little from experience or punishment, and maintain no real loyalties to any person, group, or code. Such individuals
are often called psychopathic personalities” 1964: 361. Psychopathic people
are described as danger by causing disaster, having no correlation with society, and also having difficulty to gain benefits on experiences or
punishment. In Introduction to Psychology: Eighth Edition; Atkinson, et al stated
that antisocial personalities which are also called psychopathic personalities show inability to be responsible, moral, or loyal for other people 1953: 479.
The last term is precept. In Hornby’s Oxford Advanced Learner’s
Dictionary of Current English Seventh Edition , precept is “a rule about how to
behave or what to think.”
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW
A. Review of Related Studies
Seven screenplay is a story of two detectives who try to discover the
identity of a killer who uses the seven deadly sins for his homicide motivation. The killer named John Doe chooses seven deadly sins which are pride, envy,
wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust; for making a serial murders and killing people whom he sees as embodiment of seven deadly sins.
Ebert who is a famous American movie critic, journalist, and also a screenwriter mentions on his article for Chicago Sun-Times in September 22,
1995 that: The killer obviously intends his elaborate murders as moral statement.
He embodies Evil. Like Hannibal Lecter, his character must be played by a strong actor who projects not merely villainy but twisted
psychological complexities. Observe his face. Smug. Self-satisfied. Listen to his voice. Intelligent. Analytical. Mark his composure and
apparent fearlessness. Seven
1995, http:rogerebert.suntimes.comappspbcs.dllarticle,
2011, July 18. The killer, John Doe chooses to go to a complicated plan for his motivation of
murder only to show the good and bad values toward the seven deadly sins precept. John Doe represents an evil villain with the characteristics of
psychopath such as Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character from serial novels by Thomas Harris who portrays as a pure psychopath
Damon, 2011, http:hanniballecterapurepsychopath.blogspot.com. He does
not describe only his villain characteristics but also his unusual complicated personality. The character of John Doe personifies detailed, pleased with one-
self, intelligent, calm, and fearless characteristics. The writer decides to use movie criticism because movie is believed as
the finished product of screenplay and interpretation of ideas of the text. To criticize a movie is not for one purpose how good or bad a new movie is. A
movie critic who is professional has to find some researches in order to give the movie a proper context. For example, a complicated movie must have to
be critiqued by using psychological analysis, socio-historical study or moral philosophical analysis, which means that a movie critic need to study how to
analyze all the elements of the movie by using literary skills. Besides, a movie criticism
evaluates a film not only based on the director‟s work, acting performances, casting, and editing, but also the work of the screenwriter on
the screenplay as the basic quality of the movie that elaborate all movie elements.
“A screenplay, remember, is a story told with pictures” Field, 2005: 53.
A study related to psychopathic personality is taken from an undergraduate thesis by Fredy Wijaya entitled Psychopathic Personality as
Seen in the Main Character of Richard Wright’s Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
2007: 44: People with antisocial personality disorder like Richard Wright
typically see the world as having the problems, not him or herself, and therefore rarely seek treatment. From the story, the writer thinks that
the personality disorder which Richard Wright suffered; [sic] will not be cured by itself. He does not have to go to an institution to get some
treatment. He just has to realize the condition of his environment and
