Psychological Conflicts of The Main Character in Fences Movie (2016): An Individual Psychological Approach

Abstract

The purpose of this study is (1) to describe the form of the main character's psychological conflict. (2) Describing the factors causing psychological conflict of the main character and (3) Describing the influence of psychological conflict experienced by the main character.This type of research is descriptive qualitative, the subject of the research is Film Fences (2016). In this study, the researcher only focused on analyzing the psychological conflict of the main character, namely Troy Maxson, using an individual psychological approach. The type of data in this study consists of two types of data, namely primary data and secondary data, the primary data in this study is the speech and conversation of the main character in the film. While the secondary data in this study are in the form of books and journals that discuss individual psychological conflicts. The data collection technique used by the researcher in this research is library research by collecting and selecting primary and secondary data. The results of this study found that based on the results of the study, it is known that there are 6 forms of psychological conflict in the main character in Fences (2016), namely 1 Approach-Avoiding Conflict, 2 Approach-Avoiding Conflict, 2 Avoidance-Avoid Conflict and 1 Multiple Approach. -Avoiding Conflict. The conflict in Approaches in Fences Movie (2016) occurs because Troy feels that in his work there is injustice that is accepted by black people. Because of that, Troy continues to protest to his manager. Then based on the results of the research it is also known that the Approach-avoidance conflict in the film Fences (2016) occurs because Bono expresses his suspicions towards Troy who looks very close to a woman. But Troy tried to deny and avoid positive statements. An approach-avoidance conflict occurs when Rose tells him that his son Cory has been accepted as a soccer player at his school. Then the film Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict in Fences (2016) is shown through a conversation between Troy, Bono and Rose talking about Lyons, Troy's son who always comes and asks for money when Troy pays. The factor causing the Approach-Avoidance Conflict is the individual factor where Troy tries to be honest with Rose about what he is going through but on the other hand he also feels very guilty because this will hurt Rose as his wife

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