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THE ANALYSIS OF VOLDEMORT’S PERSONALITY GROWTH IN
J.K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
(PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH)
THESIS
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirement
for the Sarjana Sastra Degree in the English Department
of Faculty of Letters & Fine Arts
Sebelas Maret University
by
ANA HENING KUSUMA WERDARINI
C0308018
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS & FINE ARTS
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
2014
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PRONOUNCEMENT
Name
: Ana Hening Kusuma Werdarini
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I honestly declare that the thesis The Analysis of Voldemort’s Personality
Growth in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is not a
plagiarism. The thesis is originally written by the researcher. All of the
information which relates to other people’s works are written in quotations and
stated in the bibliography.
If the pronouncement is proven to be incorrect, I will be ready to accept any
academic consequence and penalty, including the cancellation of the thesis and
academic degree obtained from completing the thesis and study.
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Run until your heart is filled with your dreams.
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Run on your own track. Break your own record.
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DEDICATION
For Dad, Mom, and Sister. This research was a two-year journey, thank you.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah… Praise Allah SWT for His guidance in finishing my
undergraduate thesis entitled “The Analysis of Voldemort’s Personality
Growth in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(Psychological Approach)”. My thesis is the final work in my college life.
However, my thesis cannot be done without the supports from those who
sincerely help me in finishing it. Thus, this page is especially dedicated to
express my gratitude and appreciation to:
1. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed., Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Letters &
Fine Arts, and Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A., Ph.D., Head of the
English Department, for this thesis approval.
2. Dra. Endang Sri Astuti, M.S., my Thesis Supervisor, for giving the
useful guidance and advices in writing the thesis.
3. Dra. Sri Kusumo Habsari, M.Hum., Ph.D., my Academic
Consultant.
4. Drs. Gatot Sunarno, my former Academic Consultant. May you
Rest in Peace, you will never be forgotten, Sir. Thank you for the
memorable days during the freshman year.
5. Yuyun Kusdianto, S.S., M.A., for giving me new insights and
inspirations in his classes.
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6. All lecturers of the English Department.
7. Family, for the patience and constant support, sorry and love you
all. Especially, sister, without your genius and practical brain, this
thesis will never be done.
8. Friends, especially Udiana, Via, Ipung, Nabil, Oky, Dimas, Ornella,
Dita, Gia, and the other English Department fellows, for the
company all this time.
9. The five of TK Club, for the prayer and the laugh in these past
fifteen years, let’s grow old together too.
10. Honey D who is oceans apart (and I am sailing on my dreams), for
the memorable moments that fire me to finish my thesis.
11. Everyone who happens to read my thesis, for flipping and reading
from the very first page, thank you.
As this thesis is the first research project that I have done, my thesis is
far from perfect. That is why, criticism towards my thesis are expected.
Furthermore, I also hope that in the future there will be those who are interested
in making further researches with my thesis as the basic.
Surakarta, December 4, 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE .................................................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL OF THE ADVISOR ................................................................................... ii
APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS ...................................................... iii
PRONOUNCEMENT ...................................................................................................... iv
MOTTOES ......................................................................................................................... v
DEDICATION .................................................................................................................. vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. ix
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................... xi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION..................................................................................... 1
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Research Background ........................................................................................ 1
Research Statement ............................................................................................ 5
Objective.............................................................................................................. 5
Scope of Study ..................................................................................................... 5
Benefit of Study .................................................................................................. 6
Research Methodology ....................................................................................... 6
1. Type of Research and Method .................................................................... 6
a. Type of Research .................................................................................... 6
b. Method ..................................................................................................... 6
2. Approach ....................................................................................................... 7
3. Theory............................................................................................................ 7
4. Data and Source of Data .............................................................................. 9
5. Technique of Collecting Data ...................................................................... 9
6. Technique of Analyzing Data .................................................................... 10
G. Thesis Organization ......................................................................................... 10
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................... 12
A. Literature and Psychology ............................................................................... 12
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B. Elements of Fiction ........................................................................................... 14
1. Narration ..................................................................................................... 16
2. Setting .......................................................................................................... 17
3. Characters ................................................................................................... 17
4. Plot ............................................................................................................... 19
5. Theme .......................................................................................................... 19
C. Personality Growth .......................................................................................... 20
D. Individual Psychological Theory ..................................................................... 22
1. Overview of Individual Psychological Theory ......................................... 22
2. Six Basic Tenets of Individual Psychological Theory.............................. 24
a. Striving for Superiority or Success ..................................................... 24
b. Subjective Perceptions ......................................................................... 26
c. Unity and Self-consistency of Personality .......................................... 26
d. Social Interest ....................................................................................... 27
e. Style of Life ........................................................................................... 28
f. Creative Power ..................................................................................... 28
3. Abnormal Development ............................................................................. 29
a. General Description ............................................................................. 29
b. External Factors ................................................................................... 30
1. Exaggerated Physical of Deficiencies ............................................ 30
2. Pampered Style of Life ................................................................... 30
3. Neglected Style of Life .................................................................... 31
E. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Novel ............................................... 31
F. Related Research .............................................................................................. 32
CHAPTER III: ANALYSIS ........................................................................................... 35
A. Voldemort Character ....................................................................................... 35
B. Voldemort’s Personality Growth .................................................................... 59
CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................. 71
A. Conclusions ....................................................................................................... 71
B. Recommendations ............................................................................................ 72
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APENDICES
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ABSTRACT
Ana Hening Kusuma Werdarini. C0308018. 2014. The Analysis of
Voldemort’s Personality Growth in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince. Undergraduate Thesis. English Department of Faculty
of Letters and Fine Arts. Sebelas Maret University.
This research is conducted to analyze Voldemort’s personality growth
in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Voldemort of
Harry Potter series has been a very popular character among its readers as an
antagonist who goes against Harry Potter, the protagonist. Characters in book,
like Voldemort, are one of the important elements in literary works. Characters
in book are built as if their existences are real although obviously they are just
inside the book’s fictional universe. However, these characters are still like real
people that are created by the author to have certain personality growth which
can be seen from their characterization. Talking about personality growth, the
psychological aspects of the characters cannot be neglected. Therefore, through
Voldemort’s character, this research aims at describing Voldemort’s
personality growth.
The approach employed in the research is Psychological Approach.
Meanwhile, the descriptive qualitative research is used as the method in this
research. The primary sources of the data in this research is Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince while the secondary data sources are books, articles, and
journals that have relation with the research. Therefore, the data are in the form
of utterances or quotes.
Adler’s Individual Psychological theory is used in the research. It
employs that everyone has been influenced by inferiority feeling to strive for
either success or superiority. Those who strive for success can be considered as
psychologically healthy people and the unhealthy ones tend to strive for
superiority.
The result shows that Rowling has described Voldemort’s
characteristics as a boy whose traits are good looking, smart, self-sufficient,
ambitious and hard worker. However, Rowling also has told that Voldemort is
cruel. These characteristics have helped Voldemort to strive for superiority that
he wants to conquer the wizarding community and wants to be immortal. It
makes him to be considered as a psychologically unhealthy one. Rowling also
shows the readers the definite reasons that lay behind Voldemort’s striving for
superiority that is his compensation towards the inferiority feeling of being a
half-blood as a low class in the wizarding community and towards death.
However, Voldemort never once consciously realizes that his striving for
superiority is not right. It strengthens that Voldemort is psychologically
unhealthy person.
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Rowling has indirectly taught her readers through the character of
Voldemort to consider the fact that everyone in this world deserves to be loved
and if someone fails to be loved, he tends to develop unhealthy personality
growth. Thus, this research helps her in delivering the role of Voldemort in the
series better. This research can bring benefit for students, readers, and other
researchers who are interested in observing certain characters in literary works,
especially by using Psychological Approach.
Keywords: Half-blood, Voldemort, Personality Growth, Psychological
Approach
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THE ANALYSIS OF VOLDEMORT’S PERSONALITY GROWTH IN
J.K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
(PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH)
THESIS
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirement
for the Sarjana Sastra Degree in the English Department
of Faculty of Letters & Fine Arts
Sebelas Maret University
by
ANA HENING KUSUMA WERDARINI
C0308018
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS & FINE ARTS
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
2014
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PRONOUNCEMENT
Name
: Ana Hening Kusuma Werdarini
NIM
: C0308018
I honestly declare that the thesis The Analysis of Voldemort’s Personality
Growth in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is not a
plagiarism. The thesis is originally written by the researcher. All of the
information which relates to other people’s works are written in quotations and
stated in the bibliography.
If the pronouncement is proven to be incorrect, I will be ready to accept any
academic consequence and penalty, including the cancellation of the thesis and
academic degree obtained from completing the thesis and study.
Surakarta, December 2014
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MOTTOES
Run until you can touch the sky with your hands.
Run until your heart is filled with your dreams.
Epik High
Don’t run on other’s track. Don’t break other’s record.
Run on your own track. Break your own record.
Researcher
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.
Yogi Berra
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DEDICATION
For Dad, Mom, and Sister. This research was a two-year journey, thank you.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah… Praise Allah SWT for His guidance in finishing my
undergraduate thesis entitled “The Analysis of Voldemort’s Personality
Growth in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(Psychological Approach)”. My thesis is the final work in my college life.
However, my thesis cannot be done without the supports from those who
sincerely help me in finishing it. Thus, this page is especially dedicated to
express my gratitude and appreciation to:
1. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed., Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Letters &
Fine Arts, and Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A., Ph.D., Head of the
English Department, for this thesis approval.
2. Dra. Endang Sri Astuti, M.S., my Thesis Supervisor, for giving the
useful guidance and advices in writing the thesis.
3. Dra. Sri Kusumo Habsari, M.Hum., Ph.D., my Academic
Consultant.
4. Drs. Gatot Sunarno, my former Academic Consultant. May you
Rest in Peace, you will never be forgotten, Sir. Thank you for the
memorable days during the freshman year.
5. Yuyun Kusdianto, S.S., M.A., for giving me new insights and
inspirations in his classes.
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6. All lecturers of the English Department.
7. Family, for the patience and constant support, sorry and love you
all. Especially, sister, without your genius and practical brain, this
thesis will never be done.
8. Friends, especially Udiana, Via, Ipung, Nabil, Oky, Dimas, Ornella,
Dita, Gia, and the other English Department fellows, for the
company all this time.
9. The five of TK Club, for the prayer and the laugh in these past
fifteen years, let’s grow old together too.
10. Honey D who is oceans apart (and I am sailing on my dreams), for
the memorable moments that fire me to finish my thesis.
11. Everyone who happens to read my thesis, for flipping and reading
from the very first page, thank you.
As this thesis is the first research project that I have done, my thesis is
far from perfect. That is why, criticism towards my thesis are expected.
Furthermore, I also hope that in the future there will be those who are interested
in making further researches with my thesis as the basic.
Surakarta, December 4, 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE .................................................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL OF THE ADVISOR ................................................................................... ii
APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS ...................................................... iii
PRONOUNCEMENT ...................................................................................................... iv
MOTTOES ......................................................................................................................... v
DEDICATION .................................................................................................................. vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. ix
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................... xi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION..................................................................................... 1
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Research Background ........................................................................................ 1
Research Statement ............................................................................................ 5
Objective.............................................................................................................. 5
Scope of Study ..................................................................................................... 5
Benefit of Study .................................................................................................. 6
Research Methodology ....................................................................................... 6
1. Type of Research and Method .................................................................... 6
a. Type of Research .................................................................................... 6
b. Method ..................................................................................................... 6
2. Approach ....................................................................................................... 7
3. Theory............................................................................................................ 7
4. Data and Source of Data .............................................................................. 9
5. Technique of Collecting Data ...................................................................... 9
6. Technique of Analyzing Data .................................................................... 10
G. Thesis Organization ......................................................................................... 10
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................... 12
A. Literature and Psychology ............................................................................... 12
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B. Elements of Fiction ........................................................................................... 14
1. Narration ..................................................................................................... 16
2. Setting .......................................................................................................... 17
3. Characters ................................................................................................... 17
4. Plot ............................................................................................................... 19
5. Theme .......................................................................................................... 19
C. Personality Growth .......................................................................................... 20
D. Individual Psychological Theory ..................................................................... 22
1. Overview of Individual Psychological Theory ......................................... 22
2. Six Basic Tenets of Individual Psychological Theory.............................. 24
a. Striving for Superiority or Success ..................................................... 24
b. Subjective Perceptions ......................................................................... 26
c. Unity and Self-consistency of Personality .......................................... 26
d. Social Interest ....................................................................................... 27
e. Style of Life ........................................................................................... 28
f. Creative Power ..................................................................................... 28
3. Abnormal Development ............................................................................. 29
a. General Description ............................................................................. 29
b. External Factors ................................................................................... 30
1. Exaggerated Physical of Deficiencies ............................................ 30
2. Pampered Style of Life ................................................................... 30
3. Neglected Style of Life .................................................................... 31
E. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Novel ............................................... 31
F. Related Research .............................................................................................. 32
CHAPTER III: ANALYSIS ........................................................................................... 35
A. Voldemort Character ....................................................................................... 35
B. Voldemort’s Personality Growth .................................................................... 59
CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................. 71
A. Conclusions ....................................................................................................... 71
B. Recommendations ............................................................................................ 72
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APENDICES
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ABSTRACT
Ana Hening Kusuma Werdarini. C0308018. 2014. The Analysis of
Voldemort’s Personality Growth in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince. Undergraduate Thesis. English Department of Faculty
of Letters and Fine Arts. Sebelas Maret University.
This research is conducted to analyze Voldemort’s personality growth
in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Voldemort of
Harry Potter series has been a very popular character among its readers as an
antagonist who goes against Harry Potter, the protagonist. Characters in book,
like Voldemort, are one of the important elements in literary works. Characters
in book are built as if their existences are real although obviously they are just
inside the book’s fictional universe. However, these characters are still like real
people that are created by the author to have certain personality growth which
can be seen from their characterization. Talking about personality growth, the
psychological aspects of the characters cannot be neglected. Therefore, through
Voldemort’s character, this research aims at describing Voldemort’s
personality growth.
The approach employed in the research is Psychological Approach.
Meanwhile, the descriptive qualitative research is used as the method in this
research. The primary sources of the data in this research is Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince while the secondary data sources are books, articles, and
journals that have relation with the research. Therefore, the data are in the form
of utterances or quotes.
Adler’s Individual Psychological theory is used in the research. It
employs that everyone has been influenced by inferiority feeling to strive for
either success or superiority. Those who strive for success can be considered as
psychologically healthy people and the unhealthy ones tend to strive for
superiority.
The result shows that Rowling has described Voldemort’s
characteristics as a boy whose traits are good looking, smart, self-sufficient,
ambitious and hard worker. However, Rowling also has told that Voldemort is
cruel. These characteristics have helped Voldemort to strive for superiority that
he wants to conquer the wizarding community and wants to be immortal. It
makes him to be considered as a psychologically unhealthy one. Rowling also
shows the readers the definite reasons that lay behind Voldemort’s striving for
superiority that is his compensation towards the inferiority feeling of being a
half-blood as a low class in the wizarding community and towards death.
However, Voldemort never once consciously realizes that his striving for
superiority is not right. It strengthens that Voldemort is psychologically
unhealthy person.
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Rowling has indirectly taught her readers through the character of
Voldemort to consider the fact that everyone in this world deserves to be loved
and if someone fails to be loved, he tends to develop unhealthy personality
growth. Thus, this research helps her in delivering the role of Voldemort in the
series better. This research can bring benefit for students, readers, and other
researchers who are interested in observing certain characters in literary works,
especially by using Psychological Approach.
Keywords: Half-blood, Voldemort, Personality Growth, Psychological
Approach
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