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B. Problem Formulation
The research problem of the study as follow: 1.
How does masochism appear in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code?
C. Objective of the Study
The objective of the study explores the description of masochism as seen in The Da Vinci Code
. The writer focused on one character in this novel namely Silas who is used by Dan Brown to show the practice of masochism. He is the
proponent of Opus Dei who practices masochism as its ritual.
D. Benefits of the study
There are two benefits of this study, the first is for the students of English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University and other researchers. The
last benefit is for the readers. The first benefit is for the students of English Education Study Program of
Sanata Dharma University and other researchers who are willing to do research about masochism. This study described the information about masochism in an
established religious organization. It describes how human can get mental illness because of his obsession to his belief. Therefore, this study can be used as the
reference for the researchers who will analyze masochism as the topic of the study or the researchers who will analyze the same novel. On the other hand, this study
gives an implication of bias that should be avoided in the education field
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students to find objective truth. Bias issue can be used as a mirror of language study especially in literary work because literature is also in associate with bias.
The last benefit is targeted for the readers. Basically, this study is aimed to give some information about madness. Fanatical belief in one’s religion can lead
people to believe irrationally. By reading this study, readers expected to learn the values of believing in the religious organization and to realize that religion should
be liberating not confining its adherers.
E. Definition of terms
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