Qualitative analysis demonstrates how external conflict prompts character development in Isabella, highlighting psychological mechanisms.
The aim of this study is to demonstrate how an environment with external conflict causes character development. The data was taken from Isabella’s dialogue and sequence in The Promised Neverland 2019. This research focuses on Isabella’s internal conflict and her decision to the conflict. This analysis uses the theories of Psychoanalysis (Freud), Internalization of the Aggressor (Anna Freud), and Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict (Kurt Lewin). The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The results show that being under threat will trigger a moral shift in superego because the ego realizes that the instinctive desires of the id cannot be realized. Thus, a person tends to end up submitting and forcing the internalization of the aggressor as self defence mechanism to rationalize her action, and continue the chain of continuous oppression.
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