Eleanor's Decision in Novel The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson

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Rosita, Atik (2019) Eleanor's Decision in Novel The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This research examines the problems and irregularities of someone in making decisions in the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. The purpose of this study aims to describe the social relationships that are intertwined with the people around and analyze their influence on the behavior of the main characters that follow will affect the problems experienced by the main character so that it also influences the personality of the main character. This novel explains the main character named Eleanor who takes unnatural actions influenced by his social relationships to form a personality that can trigger existing problems. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method to describe the main character and its influence on the problems that occur with the main character. To support the analysis, researchers used psychoanalytic theory to analyze the personality of the main character and new criticism to analyze the behavior of the main character. Data analysis was taken from quotations that could explain the forms of Eleanor Vance. The results of this study found that there are several forms of social relationships and some characteristics of the main characters in the novel and their influence on the problems of the main characters. social relationships that are interwoven with the main character with people around him tend not to be good with family or with friends so that they can influence the character and formation of the main character who is very contentious, stubborn, overconfident, brave and has a high curiosity. causing some problems to arise as she was trapped inside a haunted house with all the pressure until he decided to stay in the house. This study also explains how the personality of someone analyzed using Sigmund Freund's theories is the Id, Ego, and Superego. Id is when the main character decides to leave her house only for pleasure and freedom, and her ego is when Eleanor decides to stay on a hill house for several reasons, the Superego appears when she wants to free the spirit who is in a haunted house because she feels that she has responsibility she must do it.