related to the study of
Seven
, and the theories focused on character and characterization, characteristics of psychopathic behavior, psychoanalysis, and
seven deadly sins. The third step applied the theories of character into the character of John Doe in the screenplay. Then the fourth step, the writer found
o ut the symptoms or characteristics of psychopath in John Doe‟s character
based on the concept of characteristics of psychopathic behavior. The last one was to try to observe the significance relation of seven deadly sins as the
motivation of murder and the psychopathic behavior through the characteristics of John Doe.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter contents two sub-chapters according to the problem formulation of this study. The first sub-chapter is the descriptions of the
characteristics of John Doe in
Seven
. The second sub-chapter is to explain John Doe‟s characteristics revealing psychopathic behavior characteristics and
its relation to seven deadly sins as the motivation of murders.
A. Characteristics of John Doe
John Doe is one of main characters in
Seven
screenplay besides Detectives Somerset and Mills. He is a sadistic serial murderer which is
addicted to kill people who suffer one of seven deadly sins. In the beginning of the story, Walker does not mention the name of John Doe. He starts to
introduce John Doe indirectly through the first homicide scene where an obese man is killed by eating spaghetti forcibly and there is found a note and a letter
written gluttony. This murder brings Detective Somerset to suspect that there will be six homicides continued to complete. His suspicion is showed by the
first one named gluttony as one of seven deadly sins. Then, what Detective Somerset suspects is true through the second homicide named greed, the third
homicide which is found as sloth murder, the fourth homicide which is lust, and the fifth homicide which is pride.
John Doe‟s name is not discovered yet until Detective Somerset and Mills find
Doe‟s apartment with the help of Somerset‟s friend in Bureau illegally. The further explanation of John Doe‟s
