THE REFLECTION IF SYLVIA PLATH'S ANXIETIES ON ESTHER GREENWOOD AS THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE BELL JAR.
TIiE REFLECTION OF SYLVIA FLATII'S ANXIETIES ON ESTIIER
GREENWOOD AS TTIE MAIN CHARACTER IN TIIE BELL JAIT
ATh.sis
Subdidrd ib p$.ti!! Irlfillbenr b rhe R.quircncnr
For the Desrec orS.rj.na Sasrn
AGUSTINA SIMANTJ],I,ANG
ENGLTSH DEPARTMENT, FACTJLTY OF LETTERS
ANDALAS UNIVERSITY
ritl
ABSTR{K
Skipsi ini ncnbala lcnlee kN.nasm kecemdm yana dialmi oleh
Sylvi! ?la!h sebagli p€ngdre, yang hba keenas tc^cbDt direlleksikan
melaui karatler Dslher GEnwood seba8ai tokoh ullm dtm novel lhe Bell Jar.
Estlo Grccnwood dismb ke nensalani berbaeai kcccfasd ymg disebibkan
oleh kegagalmnya dalm meMjudkan obsesi untuk menjadi sdira yes
senpmr, bai( dald bc*trn naupnn ddu ncnjalin hubmgd dengd la*o
jenis. Akibd dan kegaealm trscbut lsllEr Crecnwood ne.gmbil rind,re yang
el dim. menuldl yr d hrr'Ll I $dam dd ."qaja' n,r'
Ddm pengunpulm data penulis nengeNaku'J melodc studi
kepuselm. Unluk ne.smalis! pemdolahm ys8 dit€mukd. pendis
mcngsuate pendekala. ekspresii didukuns denean teori psikolosi ssh yeg
dikcnur,t oGn Sisnund FEud. lni unluk membukikm banwa k*emas
ymg dialmi olch Eslhcr C@nwood dalm hovcl nerupale r.l€ksi ddi
kecendan Sylvia Plalh scndin sebacai pengafug. Penelnid ini merupalan
penelitian k@litalil kde.a ilu mctodc pcnyajid drh y&g digu.a,h adllah
Ddi malisis id penulis metryinpulke b!!va keens y c dialmi
oleh Esrher GMnwood dalm novel Tbe Bell Je ncrupotd rcprcscntasi ddi
kecenase ymg dialmi olel Sylvia Plath sendni. Tddapal kcffm pe.yeb.b
da cda neneabi keeffi mlam pcnamg dm tokoh uha Terbukii
banw psikologi dapal digun,rM utuk mcnjelakM poses krealivitas peneamB
da kamlrer ytrB dib gu dalm sebuah tarya ssra lidak lenepN dari
psiloioEi p€naamE itu sendiri.
CIIAPTER
I
INTRODTJCTTON
1.1
Ih
Br.kgnrbd
Asiety
of th€ Rd€rrch
e$eriene Ep66titrg
is a psilnn €notional
thqt
a
or
dass
to lhe p€Mn (Lamnce, 1993:84). In lhe nosl famili& pane.4
uiety t looM
s wory, ed su.lly diety on6
ddgs
furor of
come. Tne Dain
qpleasl sinDrim
diety
is
to
wm p6ple
@rd
rowaids the
lhen eneone
f*h
in fa.in8 rlE uFoniry €onditior The
rlal will
thFtercd
or
i!
di€ty h ditrcMl
fron @h olhd b6aN ll is inflMc€d by ditreienl faclo^. But, en@ne will
nor
alsajs fel
the
nehdisN
defene
The Bell
wiler 6!ds
Fn@led lo
iety for a lone line
to cope rle
Jd is one
ife.
nale
She
d
woris alortl hs
her $ared to f&e tn€
whicb
novel
thll
al. 1969:?61).
deals with psychologicd prcbl€o. The
a
yomg
!rcbld
in the novel is
ffi&
wona wil!
Diety
thal
ch@ler in Tte Bell Jd.
ob*ssion aad emptinBs in
dd Elatiomhip wilh ma. Th6e condilioB
world
d tiFd 10
a€ fa.ed by the naii chaQcls
a nor\ dieli€s,
et
sbelE will d€velop the eso
Esth€r Genwood. As th€ main
Eslbq Cr€mwood lorEayed
net
ui€ry ((eh
that th€ dosl psychological
cnmtd
b{ae
b. Frf€cl woItm Tn€ @ieties
e aMed 4
tbe r€fleclior of lne
Sylvia Plarh.
Sylvia Phtn is
nov€list. She is also
mi only looM 6 a pod bd
rell tnoM 6
one
of lne
also
de
And6 riler
outrtlnding
who expo*s rbe
tmibl€ condinon of nq f€eling. The Dell Jd is the only novel thai eve! beo
Mitc.
by Plafi ald she na
€xpdiences
obsessd
s
*nn
a
pslcholosical
ssmed d
lhe
slG
*N
way to wite. Tbh novel
me objd
1962:109). The psycholosical
hmd
E*eh
w&
10
b€ sepmt€d
inas'nalion
eveal d€
of Sylvia Plath\
dielis
m
dns in ertain wys
Gltawmd
sbove, the
a
Eeard€d
i.
Waftn,
ud6 cdtlin
lile€ry qork, esFcially in
ce.
the
wjtd
in Tne Bell Jd is lhe rcnerion
witer choos tne
hd tn$is "Tn€ R€fle.tior of Sylvia Plabt
Jd
.
dieiy s
the psycnobgical prcblen,
psychologcd app@h pmpoel by SiSmmd Frcud
Mdin Chancler in Tle Bell
ed
th€ autbor
qpldatio.
diety h
psych€ (Wellek
the psycholosy of author. In lhis
of Eslhcr
dieties 4
Ba!€d on the
Since Lhe
tun
aptmach sine
will show noE cl€dly that lit€rary work
@ndilioN. The€fof. fie psychological pmbl@
cmol
'.
of dthor that pEsl€d withh hd min
$4t is called
nlnm
shos fie
Fslber Cicmwood wtuch
Jr cm b€ malrz€d by using Fycholoeical
chimctd in The B.ll
and
d*ription ofthe autho.
prcbl
Tne psycholoeical
novcl
lhe lulhor's
of ielation (M€ Mich@I. 1980: t?25). Tne mvel
ptubl4 o. lne mir chffir
is a podud of the
66
insli€tion *iich is filled wilh the diolies
lhe psycnobsi€ai
they hoye the
dif@
a
Amidi6 or
a
lopic,
de Bitq ws
her guidace
dd atill€d
Esthd G@ov@d
s
the
CTTAPTER 5
coNcLusloN
lhe Mitcr
Aftd analyzils lhe nolel,
Enecdon of Sytvia Plalh's dieties,
@nclud€s The Bell
Plad l@s the
uept
tnd! lbal this mvel is oc$ally
Tl@ @
two reaos lbat Batc dre Miter
Je is lhe Enecdor of Platht Eal
Miou
feeling in
hd life
dioc
failN
becaus hd
ope with lhe dxiely, Platn
reali1y. To
the
decides 10
feling. Fistly,
ro be perfecl md
mnnn
suicidcs. Sn€
snos this coldition teling in n€! nov€I, Th€ Bell Jd.
Secondlx the wner finds that in rhe novel, Plath ties to poid oul
miou
feling.
in worl6lhat
Sne also
*pes
her
d6d\
€xploes hd obsdsion wilh
Bre
self, md
mai! chMcter. Estnq GEenwood beoees
coF ibe
diety
by
pdso..liiy
attiMes to*ads the world. Fon sne &a]ysh.
The Bell Jd is one of the psycholoeical novcls whicb exploE th€
Elatioship wiur n@ b€dN
hq
db6
she fails 10 be perfeci
comifijng
suicide
dd it
losards
sd
01no5t
mieiy
ho iufia &d
fac6 th€
sness
of lhe
Elity-
TiE@
m
She
sone
oftlatios of dietres &d wys to cope t\ee Mieties bet@n llE nain
cno@ler Esrher Cneomod md the autho!, Sylvia ?larh. ln
c@wood
Plath
*6
succdstul ro fr@
chmes to die aller finishins
showed that
life is
a bad
hesd fron 6e
ner
diou
tle
noael, Esl]ld
Geling. but Sylvia
myel, The Bell Ja. This ditreMce
drem for eneon€ vho fels the dep
eious
odilg
thFugn
BTBLTOGRA?III
Abl'tr, M.I{. Thd Mior od
Tadition. t
rhs Lmp: Rol@tic Theo md th€ Crincsl
ndon: Oxfold Unimity Pes lnc, 1956.
Belsns K. ods. Psikoaalis Si@md FEud Ja*qi!: PT C@.did PuroJo
Bo€@, Co!s€.ed- P€e.nlitv Th@ries. Jog/6k ila:PrisDNoPhi, 2008
Bosdq, Robei c. qCi@!r49-&sEs!9LEd!!9d9!: A4 llqadlda!
Ih@ry md Methorls, Boslon: Aliyin
Adb&h*
Glq sd CO. 1956-
Dajcles, David. Critical
1o
ad BMD,
Inc. 1982.
Lir€rarN. New York
l,nsl]6,
Di Ytui, Robert. Redine Fictior sd Antholos of Shon Sbrics
Y6rk: R
flLD Ho& Ie.
N*
1998.
E Esve!, Suwdi.
Mebdoloo P€n
PNtaka Vidyalr6r, 2003.
lilie
Satra. Yosyak&-6: Podbit
al, A Hmdbok of Cnti@l Anp@oh€s to LilenlusYolk
oxfotd Univdity P6q 195New
c6rin, WiE€d L. d
2d ed.
A Hadb@t of Criticil
ed- New
York Oxford Univ€srty PF$,
A.pma€h€s to Literat@. 4d
I
S99.
HrrM
PhiliD L. An Oud'rc Vo.l€m Psyqhqlos. New
Adds. & o. inc $ Peleru4 1983.
gud$!, WiUiM. An Intrcduciion
c.l{adp co. lr4 1963-
1o stunv
Jffiy: t irdof old.
of Litontm.
tn
on: Csrg€
J€ff6Mn. afl md Dtlid Rob€'. Ed. Mdm Lrt.6 rh@r: A
Con@d\ e ltrdodt c!on.2- ed tiDdotr: B.T Banlord L!4 I s8o
Km6y, villim. liow to Adl% Fiotion, Morhatte. New York Mordoh
Kl@. Mrio-
An htrodetion lo
YorL Roull.dse, 2004,
Litew
Studies.
2d
ed,
lrndon md N€w
GREENWOOD AS TTIE MAIN CHARACTER IN TIIE BELL JAIT
ATh.sis
Subdidrd ib p$.ti!! Irlfillbenr b rhe R.quircncnr
For the Desrec orS.rj.na Sasrn
AGUSTINA SIMANTJ],I,ANG
ENGLTSH DEPARTMENT, FACTJLTY OF LETTERS
ANDALAS UNIVERSITY
ritl
ABSTR{K
Skipsi ini ncnbala lcnlee kN.nasm kecemdm yana dialmi oleh
Sylvi! ?la!h sebagli p€ngdre, yang hba keenas tc^cbDt direlleksikan
melaui karatler Dslher GEnwood seba8ai tokoh ullm dtm novel lhe Bell Jar.
Estlo Grccnwood dismb ke nensalani berbaeai kcccfasd ymg disebibkan
oleh kegagalmnya dalm meMjudkan obsesi untuk menjadi sdira yes
senpmr, bai( dald bc*trn naupnn ddu ncnjalin hubmgd dengd la*o
jenis. Akibd dan kegaealm trscbut lsllEr Crecnwood ne.gmbil rind,re yang
el dim. menuldl yr d hrr'Ll I $dam dd ."qaja' n,r'
Ddm pengunpulm data penulis nengeNaku'J melodc studi
kepuselm. Unluk ne.smalis! pemdolahm ys8 dit€mukd. pendis
mcngsuate pendekala. ekspresii didukuns denean teori psikolosi ssh yeg
dikcnur,t oGn Sisnund FEud. lni unluk membukikm banwa k*emas
ymg dialmi olch Eslhcr C@nwood dalm hovcl nerupale r.l€ksi ddi
kecendan Sylvia Plalh scndin sebacai pengafug. Penelnid ini merupalan
penelitian k@litalil kde.a ilu mctodc pcnyajid drh y&g digu.a,h adllah
Ddi malisis id penulis metryinpulke b!!va keens y c dialmi
oleh Esrher GMnwood dalm novel Tbe Bell Je ncrupotd rcprcscntasi ddi
kecenase ymg dialmi olel Sylvia Plath sendni. Tddapal kcffm pe.yeb.b
da cda neneabi keeffi mlam pcnamg dm tokoh uha Terbukii
banw psikologi dapal digun,rM utuk mcnjelakM poses krealivitas peneamB
da kamlrer ytrB dib gu dalm sebuah tarya ssra lidak lenepN dari
psiloioEi p€naamE itu sendiri.
CIIAPTER
I
INTRODTJCTTON
1.1
Ih
Br.kgnrbd
Asiety
of th€ Rd€rrch
e$eriene Ep66titrg
is a psilnn €notional
thqt
a
or
dass
to lhe p€Mn (Lamnce, 1993:84). In lhe nosl famili& pane.4
uiety t looM
s wory, ed su.lly diety on6
ddgs
furor of
come. Tne Dain
qpleasl sinDrim
diety
is
to
wm p6ple
@rd
rowaids the
lhen eneone
f*h
in fa.in8 rlE uFoniry €onditior The
rlal will
thFtercd
or
i!
di€ty h ditrcMl
fron @h olhd b6aN ll is inflMc€d by ditreienl faclo^. But, en@ne will
nor
alsajs fel
the
nehdisN
defene
The Bell
wiler 6!ds
Fn@led lo
iety for a lone line
to cope rle
Jd is one
ife.
nale
She
d
woris alortl hs
her $ared to f&e tn€
whicb
novel
thll
al. 1969:?61).
deals with psychologicd prcbl€o. The
a
yomg
!rcbld
in the novel is
ffi&
wona wil!
Diety
thal
ch@ler in Tte Bell Jd.
ob*ssion aad emptinBs in
dd Elatiomhip wilh ma. Th6e condilioB
world
d tiFd 10
a€ fa.ed by the naii chaQcls
a nor\ dieli€s,
et
sbelE will d€velop the eso
Esth€r Genwood. As th€ main
Eslbq Cr€mwood lorEayed
net
ui€ry ((eh
that th€ dosl psychological
cnmtd
b{ae
b. Frf€cl woItm Tn€ @ieties
e aMed 4
tbe r€fleclior of lne
Sylvia Plarh.
Sylvia Phtn is
nov€list. She is also
mi only looM 6 a pod bd
rell tnoM 6
one
of lne
also
de
And6 riler
outrtlnding
who expo*s rbe
tmibl€ condinon of nq f€eling. The Dell Jd is the only novel thai eve! beo
Mitc.
by Plafi ald she na
€xpdiences
obsessd
s
*nn
a
pslcholosical
ssmed d
lhe
slG
*N
way to wite. Tbh novel
me objd
1962:109). The psycholosical
hmd
E*eh
w&
10
b€ sepmt€d
inas'nalion
eveal d€
of Sylvia Plath\
dielis
m
dns in ertain wys
Gltawmd
sbove, the
a
Eeard€d
i.
Waftn,
ud6 cdtlin
lile€ry qork, esFcially in
ce.
the
wjtd
in Tne Bell Jd is lhe rcnerion
witer choos tne
hd tn$is "Tn€ R€fle.tior of Sylvia Plabt
Jd
.
dieiy s
the psycnobgical prcblen,
psychologcd app@h pmpoel by SiSmmd Frcud
Mdin Chancler in Tle Bell
ed
th€ autbor
qpldatio.
diety h
psych€ (Wellek
the psycholosy of author. In lhis
of Eslhcr
dieties 4
Ba!€d on the
Since Lhe
tun
aptmach sine
will show noE cl€dly that lit€rary work
@ndilioN. The€fof. fie psychological pmbl@
cmol
'.
of dthor that pEsl€d withh hd min
$4t is called
nlnm
shos fie
Fslber Cicmwood wtuch
Jr cm b€ malrz€d by using Fycholoeical
chimctd in The B.ll
and
d*ription ofthe autho.
prcbl
Tne psycholoeical
novcl
lhe lulhor's
of ielation (M€ Mich@I. 1980: t?25). Tne mvel
ptubl4 o. lne mir chffir
is a podud of the
66
insli€tion *iich is filled wilh the diolies
lhe psycnobsi€ai
they hoye the
dif@
a
Amidi6 or
a
lopic,
de Bitq ws
her guidace
dd atill€d
Esthd G@ov@d
s
the
CTTAPTER 5
coNcLusloN
lhe Mitcr
Aftd analyzils lhe nolel,
Enecdon of Sytvia Plalh's dieties,
@nclud€s The Bell
Plad l@s the
uept
tnd! lbal this mvel is oc$ally
Tl@ @
two reaos lbat Batc dre Miter
Je is lhe Enecdor of Platht Eal
Miou
feeling in
hd life
dioc
failN
becaus hd
ope with lhe dxiely, Platn
reali1y. To
the
decides 10
feling. Fistly,
ro be perfecl md
mnnn
suicidcs. Sn€
snos this coldition teling in n€! nov€I, Th€ Bell Jd.
Secondlx the wner finds that in rhe novel, Plath ties to poid oul
miou
feling.
in worl6lhat
Sne also
*pes
her
d6d\
€xploes hd obsdsion wilh
Bre
self, md
mai! chMcter. Estnq GEenwood beoees
coF ibe
diety
by
pdso..liiy
attiMes to*ads the world. Fon sne &a]ysh.
The Bell Jd is one of the psycholoeical novcls whicb exploE th€
Elatioship wiur n@ b€dN
hq
db6
she fails 10 be perfeci
comifijng
suicide
dd it
losards
sd
01no5t
mieiy
ho iufia &d
fac6 th€
sness
of lhe
Elity-
TiE@
m
She
sone
oftlatios of dietres &d wys to cope t\ee Mieties bet@n llE nain
cno@ler Esrher Cneomod md the autho!, Sylvia ?larh. ln
c@wood
Plath
*6
succdstul ro fr@
chmes to die aller finishins
showed that
life is
a bad
hesd fron 6e
ner
diou
tle
noael, Esl]ld
Geling. but Sylvia
myel, The Bell Ja. This ditreMce
drem for eneon€ vho fels the dep
eious
odilg
thFugn
BTBLTOGRA?III
Abl'tr, M.I{. Thd Mior od
Tadition. t
rhs Lmp: Rol@tic Theo md th€ Crincsl
ndon: Oxfold Unimity Pes lnc, 1956.
Belsns K. ods. Psikoaalis Si@md FEud Ja*qi!: PT C@.did PuroJo
Bo€@, Co!s€.ed- P€e.nlitv Th@ries. Jog/6k ila:PrisDNoPhi, 2008
Bosdq, Robei c. qCi@!r49-&sEs!9LEd!!9d9!: A4 llqadlda!
Ih@ry md Methorls, Boslon: Aliyin
Adb&h*
Glq sd CO. 1956-
Dajcles, David. Critical
1o
ad BMD,
Inc. 1982.
Lir€rarN. New York
l,nsl]6,
Di Ytui, Robert. Redine Fictior sd Antholos of Shon Sbrics
Y6rk: R
flLD Ho& Ie.
N*
1998.
E Esve!, Suwdi.
Mebdoloo P€n
PNtaka Vidyalr6r, 2003.
lilie
Satra. Yosyak&-6: Podbit
al, A Hmdbok of Cnti@l Anp@oh€s to LilenlusYolk
oxfotd Univdity P6q 195New
c6rin, WiE€d L. d
2d ed.
A Hadb@t of Criticil
ed- New
York Oxford Univ€srty PF$,
A.pma€h€s to Literat@. 4d
I
S99.
HrrM
PhiliD L. An Oud'rc Vo.l€m Psyqhqlos. New
Adds. & o. inc $ Peleru4 1983.
gud$!, WiUiM. An Intrcduciion
c.l{adp co. lr4 1963-
1o stunv
Jffiy: t irdof old.
of Litontm.
tn
on: Csrg€
J€ff6Mn. afl md Dtlid Rob€'. Ed. Mdm Lrt.6 rh@r: A
Con@d\ e ltrdodt c!on.2- ed tiDdotr: B.T Banlord L!4 I s8o
Km6y, villim. liow to Adl% Fiotion, Morhatte. New York Mordoh
Kl@. Mrio-
An htrodetion lo
YorL Roull.dse, 2004,
Litew
Studies.
2d
ed,
lrndon md N€w