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NARCISSISM ANALYSIS OF RUPERT IN PAUL HOWARD SURRIDGE’S ALL IN THE MIND
Corresponding Author(s) : Pramudana Ihsan
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2019): May
Abstract
Purpose: Psychological disorder topics are being a common topic in a lot of discussions lately, moreover for the narcissism as the one of the most common disorder in psychology but with the least intention to taking care of. Thus, this study will focus on narcissism disorder in the main character named Rupert Digby in the drama script All in the Mi by Paul Howard Surridge. This analysis will apply psychoanalysis theory, especially in Narcissism Disorder as the most common mental disorder among society which has a lack of awareness from people nowadays.
Methodology: The methodology that the writer has used is qualitative research which needs a deep analysis of the literary work that used by the writers of this study based on the theory that had been chosen.
Results: This analysis aims at finding illustrations and proofs in the drama script All in The Mind’s main character, which can illustrate the narcissism disorder. In this study, we find that the main character Rupert Digby in the drama can be diagnosed as possessing the narcissism disorder.
Implications: His behaviors such as his big ego, his superiority, and the feeling of exclusiveness among others, clarify that Rupert is a narcissist. Besides, this research also finds the trigger that makes Rupert turned into a narcissist.
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Surridge, Paul H. 2010. All in the Mind.
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Weir, Kirsten. 2012.How much of mental illness can the biology of the brain explain?. The roots of mental illness. Monitor on Psychology.
Feist and Feist. 2008. Theories of Personality, Seventh Edition. United States of America. McGraw-Hill.
Premack, David. 2007. Human and animal cognition: Continuity and discontinuity. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Matandare, M. A. (2018). Botswana Unemployment Rate Trends by Gender: Relative Analysis with Upper Middle Income Southern African Countries (2000-2016). Dutch Journal of Finance and Management, 2(2), 04. https://doi.org/10.20897/djfm/3837
Butchvarov, P. 2015. Anthropocentrism in Philosophy. Berlin, Germany. Walter de Gruyter Inc.
Passer, W. M, Smith E. R. 2008. Psychology;The Science of Mind and Behavior; fourth Edition. New York.McGraw-Hill.
Cramer, Phebe. 2000. Defense Mechanism in Psychology Today: Further Process of Adaptation. United States of America. the American Psychological Association, Inc.
Tambunan, H. (2018). Impact of Heuristic Strategy on Students’ Mathematics Ability in High Order Thinking. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 13(3), 321-328.
Nazoktabar, H., & Tohidi, G. (2014). Shanty Town and Socio–Cultural Problems in Sari City, Iran, UCT Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research, 2(2): 29-31.
Gendlin, Eugene T., Levin D.M. (Ed.), 1987. A Philosophical Critique of the Concept of Narcissism: The Significance of the Awareness Movement. Pathologies of the modern self. Postmodern studies on narcissism, schizophrenia, and depression. New York. New York University Press.
Zare, H., & Rajaeepur, S. (2013). THE TASKS OF SOCIAL WORKERS WORKING WITH CHILDREN OF DIVORCE: A REVIEW, UCT Journal of Management and Accounting Studies, 1(1): 5-10.
Widiger, Thomas A., Barone V. David.. 1998. Personality Disorder. Advance Personality. New York. Plenum Press.
Kjennerud, Ted R. 2010. Genetics of Personality Disorders. United States of America.
Adams, Mathew. 2012. Narcissism, Overview. Berlin, Heidelberg. Springer-Verlag.
Chacón, Juan Aspeé, Eduardo Cavieres-Fernández, and José González Campos. "El compromiso estudiantil ciudadano y su vÃnculo con el éxito educativo en la educación superior." Opción 34.86 (2018): 393-422.
Fainman, David. 2005. Personality Disorders. South Africa. Mental Health Information Centre of SA, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch.
Barone, F. D, Kominars D. K., 1998. Advance Personality. New York. Springer Science+Business Media.
Maj, Mario. 2005. Personality Disorder; Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A Review. The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, England. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.