THE UNDERLYING MOTIVES AND MANIFESTATIONS OF GREGERS WERLE’S AND HJALMAR EKDAL’S PSYCHE IN HENRIK IBSENS’ THE WILD DUCK

Kiki Kusumawati, , Indonesia

Abstract


This research aims to discover motives and manifestations of the main characters’ psyche namely Gregers Werle and Hjalmar Ekdal in Henrik Ibsen’s drama, The Wild Duck, using Lacan’s psychoanalysis theory. This research is a qualitative research. Hence, analysis method is employed in analyzing the data content. The findings of the study bespeak that the main characters of The Wild Duck (Gregers Werle and Hjalmar Ekdal) possess mental disorders which are presented in their behavior and thoughts. Gregers Werle possesses neurotic characteristics that are promoted in his personality. The motives of his personality are the repressed excessive paternal domination in his unconscious that makes him to be independent and persistent. Meanwhile, Hjalmar Ekdal possesses psychotic characteristics that are promoted in his personality. The motives of his personality are the foreclosed of the father function which lead to delusive life, and those make him an ignorant and self-centered person.

 

 

Keywords: neurotics, psychotic, paternal domination, repression, foreclosure, The Wild Duck


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