MEANINGS OF SYMBOLS IN THE CONNECTION WITH ALICE’S PROCESS OF INDIVIDUATION AS A MAJOR CHARACTER IN LEWIS CAROL’S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE

  

MEANINGS OF SYMBOLS IN THE CONNECTION WITH ALICE’S

PROCESS OF INDIVIDUATION AS A MAJOR CHARACTER IN LEWIS

CAROL’S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND

  THERE

A THESIS

By:

DEBBY APRILIA

  

Student Number : 03.80.0056

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MEANINGS OF SYMBOLS IN THE CONNECTION WITH ALICE’S

PROCESS OF INDIVIDUATION AS A MAJOR CHARACTER IN LEWIS

CAROL’S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND

  THERE

A Thesis Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the

Sarjana Sastra Degree in the English Letters Study Program

  

By:

DEBBY APRILIA

03.80.0056

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  A thesis defended in front of the Board of Examiners On January 25, 2008 and declared acceptable

  

BOARD OF EXAMINERS

Chairperson : GM Adyanggono, SS, MA ...................................

  Secretary : Dra. RM. Sri Suryaningsih, MA ...................................

  Member : Angelika Riyandari, SS, MA ...................................

  Semarang, January 25, 2008 Faculty of Letters Soegijapranata Catholic University

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A Thesis on

MEANINGS AND SYMBOLS IN THE CONNECTION WITH ALICE’S

  

PROCESS OF INDIVIDUATION AS A MAJOR CHARACTER IN

LEWIS CAROL’S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND

WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE By: DEBBY APRILIA

  

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Approved by,

GM. Adyanggono, SS. MA

  20 February 2008 Major Sponsor

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

  First of all, I would like to thank to Jesus Christ who always guides me to finish my thesis. I would also like to thank to those people who have contributed so much in my work: 1.

  My Major Sponsor Mr. GM. Adyanggono,SS.MA who has always sincerely guided me and encouraged me with his patience and advice in finishing this thesis. Thank you so much 2. My thankful also goes to Mrs. Dra. RM. Sri Suryaningsih, MA, as my co- sponsor who has corrected my thesis carefully and provided great guidance.

  3. For all my lecturers, who has taught me the best thing, during I studied here, thank you so much

  Bro Wiwor and My Bro in Law Didot…Thanks for your support, attention, prayers and love. I love you all. I also want to dedicate this thesis for my beloved Mom and Dad. I love you, I hope you are proud of me.

  5. For Tia and Ricka, thank you so much for the time and feelings you shared with me all these time. We are happy together, we are sad together, we get through crazy things together, and many other unexpected moments. Love you

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  Gondez. Thanks for the fun and craziness you have created, and for making my life colorful as I stayed there. Especially, thanks for your generosity, lending me your room to make this thesis……so nice.

  7. Polarque, Ryan thanks for your attention, your pray and your being talkative during the process of finishing my thesis… finally, I did it! … Thanks, Ndut.

  8. Daniel, thank you for your prayers … even though you were not here since the beginning of my thesis writing, I thank you so much.

  9. For my new friends, Putri, Ratih, Vikampret … thank you for entertaining me these recent days with your jokes and silliness……more or less, my tiredness of making this thesis is gone because of you.

  10. Thank you to all the goodness and the support of those who are not included here. I love you all.

  Finally, this thesis is far from perfectness. Therefore, I appreciate all comments and suggestions about this work.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

PAGE OF TITLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i PAGE OF APPROVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii TABLE OF CONTENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi ABSTRAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

  1.1. Background of the Study ………………………… 1

  1.2. Scope of the Study ……...……………………….. 3

  1.3. Problem Formulation ...………………………….. 3

  1.4. Objectives of the Study ………………………….. 3

  1.5. Significance of the Study ………………………... 3

  1.6. Definition of Terms ……………………………… 4

  CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1. Symbol ……...…………………………………… 5 2.2. Archetypal Criticism .……………………………. 6 Perpustakaan Unika

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  CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ……………………………………………. 14 4.1. Symbols in the Novel ...………………………… 14

  4.1.1. Red Queen ……………………………… 14 1.1.2.

  Humpty Dumpty ………………………... 17 1.1.3. Tweedledum and Tweedledee ………….. 22 1.1.4. Crown …………………………………... 26 4.2. The Archetypes ………………...………………. 29

  4.2.1. Persona …………………………………. 29 4.2.2.

  Shadow ……………………………….… 31 4.2.3. Animus ……………………………….… 32 4.2.4. The Self ………………………………… 33 4.3. Alice’s Individuation Process …..…………….... 34

  4.3.1. Becoming Conscious of the Shadow …… 34 4.3.2.

  Becoming Conscious of the Animus …… 36 4.3.3. Becoming Conscious of the Self ……….. 38

  CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ……………………………………….. 40 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES

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ABSTRAK

  Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There karya Lewis

  Caroll menceritakan tentang seorang gadis cilik bernama Alice, yang berpetualang ke dunia cermin dimana dia bertemu dan berinteraksi dengan berbagai tokoh fantasi seperti Red Queen, Humpty Dumpty, si kembar Tweedledum dan Tweedledee, dan lain sebagainya. Perjalanan Alice ini penuh dengan kejadian- kejadian aneh sekaligus menggelikan, yang disertai dengan keberadaan tokoh- tokoh yang unik, yang seakan-akan memiliki maksud tertentu. Kisah ini menggugah penulis untuk mengetahui apakah ada keterkaitan antara tokoh-tokoh tersebut dengan Alice, yang merupakan seorang anak perempuan yang sedang beranjak dewasa. Oleh sebab itu, penelitian ini mencoba mengungkapkan simbol- simbol yang ada di dalam novel untuk menemukan peranan tokoh maupun hal-hal lain di dalam cerita bagi perkembangan Alice.

  Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan makna setiap simbol yang ada di dalam novel serta menjelaskan bagaimana simbol-simbol tersebut membantu Alice dalam proses pembentukan individu.

  Dalam menjalankan penelitian ini, pendekatan yang dipakai adalah pendekatan arketip mengingat bahwa pendekatan ini pernah digunakan oleh Carl Jung untuk menganalisa kepribadian. Pendekatan arketip adalah suatu pendekatan yang bertujuan mengungkapkan makna, gagasan dan pemikiran dibalik sifat dan perilaku seseorang.

  Hasil analisa mengungkapkan bahwa ada sejumlah simbol yang terdapat di dalam novel, yaitu Red Queen sebagai simbol kebajikan, Humpty Dumpty sebagai simbol kejahatan, Tweedledum dan Tweedledee sebagai simbol kejantanan, serta Mahkota sebagai simbol keutuhan. Simbol-simbol ini memiliki arketip tertentu khususnya bagi diri Alice, dimana Red Queen menggambarkan Persona, Humpty Dumpty menggambarkan Shadow, Tweedledum dan Tweedledee menggambarkan Animus, serta Mahkota menggambarkan the Self. Semuanya terbukti membantu Alice dalam proses pembentukan individunya mengingat Alice dapat mengenali sisi baik dalam dirinya melalui Red Queen, mengetahui sisi buruknya melalui

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ABSTRACT

  Lewis Caroll’s Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There tells about a girl named Alice, who travels in the mirror world in which she meets and interacts with a number of fictious characters such as Red Queen, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee the twins, and others. Her journey is filled with weird incidents as well as hillarious, coupled with the presence of unique characters that as if having certain intentions. This story encourages the writer to know whether there is a connection between those characters and Alice, a girl who is growing adult. Therefore, this study tries to reveal the symbols in the novel to find the roles of either the characters or other things in the story for Alice’s development.

  The objectives of this study are to reveal the meanings of every symbol in the novel and to explain how those symbols help Alice in her individuation process.

  In conducting this study, the approach that is being used is archetypal approach considering that this approach was once used by Carl Jung to analize personality. Archetypal approach is an approach that is intended to reveal the meanings, ideas and thoughts beyond someone’s natures and behavior.

  The results of the analysis reveal that there are some symbols in the novel, which are Red Queen as a symbol of nobility, Humpty Dumpty as a symbol of mischief, Tweedledum and Tweedledee as a symbol of manhood and Crown as a symbol of completeness. These symbols possess certain archetype especially for Alice, where Red Queen describes her Persona, Humpty Dumpty describes her Shadow, Tweedledum and Tweedledee describe her Animus and Crown describes the Self. All of them are proven to help Alice in her individuation process as she can identify her good side through Red Queen, ackonwledge her bad side through Humpty Dumpty, find her masculine side through Tweedledum and Tweedledee, as well as finally realize and accept her complete self through Crown.