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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The object of the study is the famous British novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The first edition was published in London in 1818, but here I use the e-
book version
that is
taken from
an internet
site http:www.planetebook.comebooks Frankenstein.pdf
on March 09 2013. The eBook has 277 pages and divided into 24 chapters. Since the novel was very
famous and until now is still well-known, there are some film series and adaptations had been made based on this horror novel. This story influenced
many people to create films of new version of Frankenstein that have a connection to the story. There is a movie adaptation made in year 1994 named
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that is considered as the most faithful film adaptation from the novel.
Frankenstein talks about a human that is having knowledge to build a monstrous creature due to his dynamic personality. He builds the creature from
the wreckage and corpse, so that the creature looks very ugly and makes it banished by the society. Some human-life aspects can be found in this story such
as happiness, sorrow, defenselessness and so on. These dynamic expressions are part of the story that is interesting to be analyzed.
B. Approach of Study
The approach that is used for this research is psychoanalytic approach. The writer uses this approach because this approach is the most suitable and
proper in order to answer the problem formulation. Psychoanalytic criticism is a form of literary criticism which uses some of the techniques of psychoanalysis in
the interpretation of literature. Psychoanalysis itself is a form of therapy which aims to cure mental
disorder by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious element in mind Barry, 2002:
96. Furthermore, Barry expounds that ―the classic method of doing this is by getting through inside the mind of the patient so by letting the
patient talk freel y or express the story‖ 2002: 96. After that, in such way the
repressed fears and conflicts which are causing the problems all appear and be brought to the conscious mind and being faced by the patient instead of still
buried inside of the unconsciousness part of the mind. The theories are developed by the figure that is famous when we discuss about psychoanalytic criticism,
Sigmund Freud.
This approach is suitable and proper for this research because by using psychoanalytic criticism, the writer can analyze and investigate the conscious and
unconscious element in mind of a character. It is useful for studying the psychological element of a character in the novel which can cause the swing of
the conflicts.
C. Method of Study