DELUSION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN “THE BLACK SWAN” MOVIE

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the types of delusions experienced by the main character in the black swan film. This research paper uses descriptive qualitative, which describes the types of delusional disorders in the film "the black swan." The research question of this paper is what type of delusional disorder found in the film "The Black Swan" is and is the dominant one used. To analyze the data, the writer applies Leeser and O'Donuhue's theory which divides the types of delusional disorder into eleven types: control delusion, the delusion of grandeur, somatic delusions, nihilistic delusion, delusional jealousy, the delusion of guilt or sin, delusional thoughts are reading, reference delusion, erotomaniac delusion, the delusion of persecution, and religious delusion. The data of this research are conversations in the script of the film "the black swan". The results of this study indicate that there are three types of delusions, namely somatic delusions, jealousy delusions, and erotomaniac delusions.