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!!

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b

rhe R.quircncnr

For the Desrec orS.rj.na Sasrn

AGUSTINA SIMANTJ],I,ANG

ENGLTSH DEPARTMENT, FACTJLTY OF LETTERS ANDALAS UNIVERSITY

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'

'J

Ddm

pengunpulm

data

penulis

nengeNaku

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

CIIAPTER

I

INTRODTJCTTON

Sylvia Phtn is

mi

only

looM

6

a

pod

bd

also

d e

outrtlnding

nov€list. She is also

rell tnoM

6

one of lne

And6

riler

who expo*s rbe

1.1

Ih

Br.kgnrbd

of th€ Rd€rrch

Asiety

is a psilnn €notional e$eriene

Ep66titrg

a

thqt

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

to

wm

p6ple rowaids the

ddgs

rlal will

come. Tne Dain furor of

diety

is

@rd

lhen eneone

f*h

thFtercd or

i!

qpleasl

sinDrim

in fa.in8 rlE

uFoniry

€onditior The

di€ty

h

ditrcMl

fron

@h

olhd

b6aN

ll

is inflMc€d by ditreienl faclo^. But, en@ne will

nor alsajs

fel

the

iety for a lone

line

b{ae

sbelE will d€velop the eso

defene

nehdisN

to cope rle

ui€ry

((eh

et al. 1969:?61).

The Bell

Jd

is one novel

thll

deals with psychologicd prcbl€o. The

wiler

6!ds that th€ dosl psychological

!rcbld

_in the novel is

Diety

thal

Fn@led lo

cnmtd

Esth€r Genwood. As th€ main

ch@ler

in Tte Bell Jd. Eslbq Cr€mwood _lorEayed

d

a yomg

wona wil!

ob*ssion aad emptinBs in

net ife. She

woris

alortl hs

ffi&

dd

Elatiomhip wilh ma. Th6e condilioB

nale

her $ared to f&e tn€

world

d tiFd 10

b.

_Frf€cl

woItm

Tn€ _@ieties

whicb

a€

fa.ed by the

naii

chaQcls

e

aMed

4

tbe r€fleclior

of

lne

tmibl€ condinon of

nq

f€eling. The Dell

Jd

is the only novel thai eve!

beo

Mitc.

by Plafi ald she

na

dif@

way to wite. Tbh novel

66

lhe lulhor's

€xpdiences

s

lhe

slG

insli€tion

*iich

is

filled

wilh

the

diolies

and

obsessd

*nn

a

*N

of ielation (M€ Mich@I. 1980: t?25). Tne mvel

shos

fie

pslcholosical

ptubl4

o.

lne

mir chffir

Fslber Cicmwood wtuch

'.

ssmed

d

lhe psycnobsi€ai

d*ription

ofthe autho.

Tne psycholoeical

prcbl

of dthor

that

pEsl€d

withh

hd

min

chimctd in The

B.ll

Jr

cm b€ malrz€d by using _{Fycholoeical aptmach} sine

they hoye the

me

objd

$4t

is called

hmd

psych€ (Wellek

ed

Waftn,

1962:109). The psycholosical

E*eh

will show

noE

cl€dly that lit€rary work is a podud

of

the

nlnm

inas'nalion

m

dns in ertain

wys

ud6

cdtlin

@ndilioN.

The€fof.

fie

psychological pmbl@

i.

lile€ry qork, esFcially in novcl

cmol

b€ sepmt€d

tun

the psycholosy of author. In lhis

ce.

the

wjtd

w&

10 eveal d€

dielis

of Eslhcr

Gltawmd

in Tne Bell Jd is lhe rcnerion

of Sylvia Plath\

dieties 4

th€ autbor

Ba!€d on the

qpldatio.

sbove, the witer

choos

tne

dieiy

s

a lopic, Since Lhe

diety

h

Eeard€d

a

the psycnobgical prcblen,

de

Bitq

ws

psychologcd

app@h

pmpoel by SiSmmd Frcud

a

her guidace

dd

atill€d

hd tn$is "Tn€ R€fle.tior of Sylvia

Plabt

Amidi6

or Esthd G@ov@d

s

the

CTTAPTER 5

coNcLusloN

Aftd

analyzils lhe nolel, lhe Mitcr

tnd!

lbal this mvel is oc$ally the

Enecdon of Sytvia Plalh's

dieties,

Tl@

@ two

reaos

lbat Batc dre Miter @nclud€s The Bell

Je

is lhe Enecdor of Platht Eal

dioc

feling.

Fistly, Plad

l@s

the

Miou

feeling in

hd

life becaus

hd

failN

ro be perfecl md

uept

reali1y. To

ope

with lhe dxiely, Platn decides 10

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

hq

miou

feling. Sne also €xploes hd obsdsion wilh

d6d\

self, md

pdso..liiy

in worl6lhat

*pes

her

Bre

attiMes to*ads the world.

Fon sne

&a]ysh.

The Bell Jd is one of the psycholoeical novcls whicb exploE th€

mieiy

of lhe

mai!

chMcter. Estnq GEenwood

beoees

db6

losards

ho

iufia

&d

Elatioship wiur n@

b€dN

she fails 10 be perfeci

sd

fac6 th€

Elity-

She

coF

ibe

diety

by

comifijng

suicide

dd

it

01no5t

sness

TiE@

m

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

tle

noael, Esl]ld

c@wood

*6

succdstul ro fr@

hesd

fron

6e

diou

Geling. but Sylvia

Plath chmes to die aller finishins ner myel, The Bell Ja. This ditreMce

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