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Defense Mechanisms in E. a. Poe\u0027s Selected Short Stories the Black Cat \u0026 the Tell\u002DTale Heart Image
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Defense Mechanisms in E. a. Poe's Selected Short Stories the Black Cat & the Tell-Tale Heart

Defense mechanism is strategies the ego uses to defend itself against the anxiety provoked by conflicts. The aim of the research is to describe the types of defense mechanism in two of Poe's selected short stories, The Black Cat & The Tell-Tale Heart & to reveal the implementation of characters' mechanism in solving the conflicts. The research employed a descriptive qualitative method with a psychoanalysis approach Sigmund Freud's theory of defense mechanism. The data constitute both primary & supporting data. The primary data derived from E. A. Poe's Selected Short Stories The Black Cat & The Tell-Tale Heart, while the supporting data were taken by means of library research mainly from books, theses, dissertation, electronic articles & journals. The results show that the characters have performed a range of defense mechanisms in Poe's selected short stories. In The Black Cat & The Tell-Tale Heart stories, the characters are mainly concerned with repression, denial, reaction formation, rationalization, displacement of self-defense. These characters performed a range of defense mechanism in order to resolve the conflicts.
Escapism as Reflected in Tennessee William\u0027s the Glass Menagerie Image
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Escapism as Reflected in Tennessee William's the Glass Menagerie

Escapism is a part of psychology which in this research connected into literature as an interdisciplinary study which shows inclination of human personality to seeking for a way out or escape from unpleasant realities. The aim of the research was to describe the characters got acquainted with escapism and the way the characters' cope with escapism in their daily life. The research employed a descriptive qualitative method with psychoanalytical approach of Sigmund Freud's personality structure from anxiety theory, defense and problem solving mechanism. Data sources were primary and supporting data. The primary data were taken from Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie, and supporting data were taken from the books, journals, articles, and internet sources. The research indicated that each character experienced anxiety that made them got acquainted with escapism. They had their own way in dealing with escapism through defense and problem solving mechanism. Some characters solved emotional problems with negative mechanism consciously or unconsciously, and others handled emotion with positive mechanism, therefore the result were also positive.
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Glossophobia in Training of Speech

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The Influence of Intelligence on Student's Speaking Skills

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Symbol and Meaning of Kapata Oral Tradition Texts in Central Maluku

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