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Tisnawijaya, C., & Astuti, P. (2020). PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY DISORDER IN LARSSON’S “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO”. Lire Journal (Journal of Linguistics and Literature), 4(2), 140-152. https://doi.org/10.33019/lire.v4i2.82
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Abstract
This paper investigates how childhood trauma causes someone to suffer from a personality disorder. The narrative discussed in this paper is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2005). The main character of the story, Martin Vanger, is unable to comprehend other’s feelings and gets pleasure from hurting women. These psychopathic behaviors are triggered by the traumatic events he endured during childhood. He was sexually assaulted by his father and was forced to watch him killing women. These experiences are the seeds of crimes that Martin commits as an adult. By using descriptive analysis, this paper explores how Martin, who was once a victim of child abuse, turns into the abuser. Freud states that someone’s personality is influenced by the interaction of id, ego, and super-ego (1993). Furthermore, Erikson believes that someone’s personality is also shaped by nature and nurture (1977). Therefore, psychoanalysis theory along with psychological approach is applied to examine the character’s psyche, mainly to reveal the causes of psychopathic personality disorder suffered by the main character. The result shows that traumatic experiences during childhood generate anxiety; guilt, shame, and agony affect the character’s psychosocial development.
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Canning, M. (2008). Lust, anger, love understanding sexual addiction and the road to healthy intimacy. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Dargis, M., Newman, J., & Koenigs, M. (2016). Clarifying the link between childhood abuse history and psychopathic traits in adult criminal offenders. Personal Disord, 7(3), 221–228. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000147
Erikson, H. E. (1977). Childhood and society. London: Paladin Books.
Freud, A. (1993). The Ego and mechanisms of defence. London: Karnac Book.
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Freud, S. (1919). Totem and taboo. London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited.
Freud, S. (1961). The ego and the id. New York, US: W W Norton & Co.
Hall-Flavin, D. (2017, August 04). Antisocial personality disorder. Retrieved from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/antisocial-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353928
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Hall, M., & Hall, J. (2011). The long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse: Counseling implications. Retrieved from http://counselingoutfitters.com/vistas/vistas11/Article_19.pdf
Hammarberg, K., Kirkman, M., & de Lacey, S. (2016, March 1). Human reproduction. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/31/3/498/2384737
Hare, R. D. (1996). Psychopathy: A clinical construct whose time has come. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 23(1), 25–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854896023001004
Hare, R. D. (2003). Manual for the revised psychopathy checklist. Toronto: Multi Health System.
Gateway Child Welfare Information. (2020, August 07). Factsheets. Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/long-term-consequences/
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Official for National Statistic. (2017, September 17). Retrieved from https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/peoplewhowereabusedaschildrenaremorelikelytobeabusedasanadult/2017-09-27
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Robitz, R. (2018, November). Patients and families. Retrieved from https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/personality-disorders/what-are-personality-disorders.
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WHO. (2020, June 8). Newsroom. Retrieved from who.int: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/child-maltreatment
Yaridha, S., & Mariana, A. (2019). An analysis of psychopathic traits towards annie wilkes in misery novel by stephen king. British Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, 8(1), 55-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.31314/british.8.1.55-68.2019.
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