Neurosis on the Main Character of the Number 23 Film Based on Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalysis Theory

Achwan Sapar, Neurosis on the Main Character of the Number 23 Film Based on Sigmund Freud�s Psychoanalysis Theory. Thesis. Jakarta: Adab and Humanities Faculty, English Letters Department, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. Strata One Degree, 2008. In this research, the writer analyzes the scenes that reveal Sparrow�s Neurosis as the main character of the Number 23film. Here, the writer studied the Number 23 film as the unit of analysis. Neurosis of abnormal psychology viewed from Sigmund Freud�s psychoanalysis concept is used as the theoretical framework of the research. The method of the research is descriptive qualitative, which tries to explain about the intrinsic and extrinsic element of the film. At first, the researcher focus on the intrinsic of the film; such as the dialogues and the scenes of the film, then followed by analyzing them through Sigmund Freud�s psychoanalysis as the extrinsic element of the film. Through observations of the scenes and the dialogues those filmmaker gives Sparrow�s characterization as the main character of the Number 23, the writer reveals specific phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic disorder as Sparrow�s neurosi