THE MAIN CHARACTER’S  DEFENSE MECHANISM IN ANDRZEJ SAPWOSKI’S NOVEL THE WITCHER: THE LAST WISH

Silvia Sandiya Lakhsmi; Nurhayati Purba; Elita Modesta Sembiring

doi:10.46880/metholangueVol.8Issue.1Page43-50

THE MAIN CHARACTER’S DEFENSE MECHANISM IN ANDRZEJ SAPWOSKI’S NOVEL THE WITCHER: THE LAST WISH

Authors

Silvia Sandiya Lakhsmi Universitas Methodist Indonesia
Nurhayati Purba Universitas Methodist Indonesia
Elita Modesta Sembiring Universitas Methodist Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46880/metholangueVol.8Issue.1Page43-50

Keywords:

Defense Mechanism, Main Character, Sigmund Freud Theory, Literature, Anna Freud Theory

Abstract

This paper is entitled The Main Character’s Defense Mechanism In Andrzej Sapwoski’s Novel The Witcher: The Last Wish,The writer analyzes this novel to reveal the portrayal of the main character Geralt of Rivia's defense mechanism. The method used to analyze this novel is a qualitative descriptive method, in which the writer first The Witcher: The Last Wish novel, and then classifies the data Sigmund Freud with Anna Freud defense mechanism theory. The finding and discussion of this paper are Geralt’s defense mechanism: Denial, Isolation, Projection, and Sublimation.