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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