Anxiety of the Main Characters in Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

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Al Fatih, Muhammad Irsyad (2025) Anxiety of the Main Characters in Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

The research is aimed to examine the anxiety and defense mechanisms of two main characters named Vianne Mauriac and Isabelle Rossignol in Kristin Hannah’s novel The Nightingale. This novel tells the story of the struggle and resilience of two sisters involved in World War II. This study has two research questions, namely: (1) How is anxiety experienced by the main characters in the novel? (2) How did the main characters overcome their anxiety in the novel? This research uses a qualitative approach to explore the anxiety and defense mechanisms used by the main characters in Kristin Hannah’s novel The Nightingale. This approach is used by researchers to explore the psychological and emotional aspects of the main characters more deeply. Data was collected by collecting narratives, dialogues, behaviors, and their interactions with other characters. The data was then analyzed by classifying the types of anxiety and defense mechanisms based on Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis. The final step is writing the conclusion. The results of the research show that the main characters experience reality anxiety, neurotic anxiety, and moral anxiety due to internal and external conflicts. Although they both experience these types of anxiety, their responses are different. Vianne prefers to be passive, helpless, and prefer to remain in the war because of her responsibility and as a result of her trauma. Meanwhile, Isabelle chose to rise up and fight the Nazi regime to prove herself to her family as a result of her trauma, so she joined the French resistance and involved in dangerous missions. The researcher also found that Vianne used repression to maintain stability, denial to reject harsh realities, sublimation to give meaning to suffering, projection to relieved internal pressure, rationalization to justify morally driven actions, displacement to manage anxiety in threatening situation, and reaction formation to counter conflicting emotions. On the other hand, Isabelle used repression to cope with trauma, denial to preserve her idealism, sublimation to transform anger into bravery, projection to release emotional pain externally, displacement to relieved internal pressure, and reaction formation to hide emotional weaknesses.

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Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Creators:	Creators Email NIM Al Fatih, Muhammad Irsyad irsyad.alfatih99@gmail.com 03020320062
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email NIDN Thesis advisor Kusumajanti, Wahju wahjukusumajanti@uinsby.ac.id 2005027002 Thesis advisor Nuristama, Ramadhina Ulfa nuristamadina@gmail.com 2006039203
Subjects:	Bahasa Inggris Sastra
Keywords:	psychoanalysis; anxiety; defense mechanism; trauma; novel
Divisions:	Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Muhammad Irsyad Al Fatih
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2025 01:12
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2025 01:43
URI:	http://digilib.uinsa.ac.id/id/eprint/81638

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