Resistance Against Negative Temptation Reflected In Paulo Coelho’s The Devil And Miss Prym Novel (2000): A Psychoanalytical Approach

This research is about human phenomenon which is resistance against negative temptation reflected in Paulo Coelho’s The Devil and Miss Prym novel (2000). Used Psychoanalytic Approach to analysed this research paper. The researcher tend to identify the type of negative temptations, to describe form of resistance against negative temptation, and to reveal the reason behind the writer wrote the novel The Devil and Miss Prym. Included as qualitative research. The Devil and Miss Prym (2000) a novel by Paulo Coelho is the primary data of this research. Some references selected by the researcher and material that match with the issue in this research paper are the secondary data. There are three conclusions found in this research. Firstly, there are two types of negative temptation; negative temptation from within and negative temptation from without. The researcher further divided the negative temptation. Secondly, there are four forms of resistance; Transference, Ego – Resistance, Working – through, and Self – sabotage. And the last, Paulo Coelho take negative temptation in his books to share his own experiences dealing with negative temptation and also to tell his belief that every human being have both good and bad side