This paper is entitled “An Analysis of Dissociative Identity Disorder in R. L.
Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. The object in this
research is a fiction prose that entitled The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1991). It was written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Like in the human social life,
there is also a problems or issues that was adapted in the novel. One of common
problems is psychological problem. The writer attempted to potray the main character
psychological problem by identifying the intrinsic elements (plot, character and
setting). The novel talked about the main character that was Dr. Jekyll. This paper
also used the psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud in order to find the causes of
the main character’s psychological problem. This paper used descriptive qualitative
method to answer the research question. By identifying the intrinsic elements, the
writer found that the main character’s psychological disorder that he has two
personalities. In general psychological field, the psychological disorder that suffered
by the character, it is referred into Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Keywords: Intrinsic Elements, Psychonanalysis, Dissociative Identity Disorde
