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Rusdiyansyah, Ardi (2025) Hercule Poirot's narcissism in Sophie Hannah's The Monogram Murders. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
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Abstract
The research aims to uncover Hercule Poirot’s narcissism through his characterization as a detective during his actions in the investigation of the monogram murder case at the Bloxam Hall. Poirot’s action as an investigator leader gave him a different opinion regarding his behavior and method. Furthermore, those differences of opinion led Poirot to respond with different views, which influenced the construction of his narcissistic tendencies. Thus, to analyze Hercule Poirot’s narcissism, the researcher designed three problems for the study: (1) How is Hercule Poirot Portrayed as a detective? (2) How do other characters opine regarding Hercule Poirot's performance as a detective? (3) How does Hercule Poirot respond to others’ opinions of himself? This research utilizes Lois Tyson books entitled Critical Theory Today as a grand theory of this research to analyze Hercule Poirot's characterization, which is supported by narcissism investment in literature theory by Marshall Alcorn. The researcher uses a descriptive qualitative approach as the research design. A descriptive qualitative approach was applied in this research in order to analyze, describe, and interpret not only Hercule Poirot but also the other characters' dialogue and monologue. The data source is taken only from the text in Sophie Hannah’s The Monogram Murders novel. The data were collected by doing a close reading chapter by chapter to find the required data. The data collected is analyzed into two parts. The first part analyzes Hercule Poirot's portrayal as a detective, and the second part analyzes Hercule Poirot's narcissistic tendencies.This research reveals that Hercule Poirot's portrayal as a detective involves a high level of curiosity, meticulous attention to detail, and high self-esteem. Those behaviors also influenced Hercule Poirot's investigative method, which gained Poirot a positive respond regarding his performance as a detective. However, Poirot has to deal with a wide variety of other character’s trait, which often leads to differences of opinion. Poirot immediately rebutted the difference of opinions and explained that his methods were correct. Thus, Hercule Poirot’s narcissism is influenced by his role as a detective, especially as an investigator leader who is responsible for anything that occurs during the investigation process of the case. It shows that the narcissistic tendencies of Hercule Poirot came from reasons for the sake of the investigation. In addition, this research shows that not everything that seems bad is actually bad. Instead, it is necessary to take several different perspectives to truly judge something.
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| Subjects: | Kesusastraan > Kesusastraan Inggris Kepribadian Sastra |
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| Keywords: | Narcissism; detective; investigative method; superiority | ||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Sastra Inggris | ||||||||||||
| Depositing User: | Ardi Rusdiyansyah | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2025 11:47 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2025 11:47 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | http://digilib.uinsa.ac.id/id/eprint/81636 |
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