AN EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFLICT TO ELSA PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN FROZEN: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

Marson Goh; Tomi Arianto

doi:10.33884/basisupb.v6i2.1412

Authors

Marson Goh Universitas Putera Batam
Tomi Arianto Universitas Putera Batam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33884/basisupb.v6i2.1412

Keywords:

character, character development, psychological conflict.

Abstract

In this research, the researcher was focusing on the psychological conflict and the character development in which it could be found in the character of Elsa in Frozen. There were two theories that the researcher used for the research problems in this research. The first theory that the researcher used to answer the first research problem was about the psychological conflict that was proposed by Kurt Lewin to find variety of psychological conflict that was expressed by the character of Elsa in the story itself. As for the second theory that the researcher used to answer the second research problem was about the personality development which was proposed by Elizabeth B. Hurlock to explain the effect of psychological conflict to Elsa personality development. In this research, the researcher used descriptive qualitative method. The result of this analysis showed that there were two kinds of psychological conflict which was shown in Elsa character which were approach-avoidance conflict and avoidance-avoidance conflict and those two conflicts which gave a huge effect to Elsa personality development in which the researcher found that there are five determinants they are emotional, aspiration and achievement, intellectual, social, and family.

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