FANTINE IN LES MISERABLES THE MOVIE: AN ANALYSIS OF
SUPEREGO AND MADNESS
Regina Gracilia Samundu
Abstract
The issue about women’s oppression becomes interesting to analyze in the literary works
since women are often underestimated by the society if their social status is too low.
Moreover, this study aims to discuss about how does woman’s social status influences her
psyche. It will be seen from Fantine as an unmarried mother in Les Miserables the movie.
The theory used in the study is feminist psychoanalysis which talks about woman madness
and it is proceeded by the theory of personality from Sigmund Freud. The result of this study
shows that women can be oppressed by the circumstance where the social status of women
influences their existence in society. Therefore, this oppression is driving women into
madness.
