A Study of Etsuko s sadism in Yukio Mishima s Thirst For Love

Author : ASTONO, DIANA

Thirst for Love is a novel about love in which one of the main characters, Etsuko, has psychological problem, namely sadism. Etsuko, who has sadism, is a character that gives impact toward people around her. Her sadism becomes the issue that the thesis writer wants to discuss. Therefore, this thesis is a study of the symptoms that make Etsuko suffer sadism and the causes of Etsuko?s sadism. In order to examine the causes of Etsuko?s sadism and the symptoms, the thesis writer needs the psychological approach by using the theory of sadism. The thesis writer needs the definition of sadism, the theory of symptoms of sadism, and the theory of the causes of sadism. The analysis is done first by studying the symptoms of Etsuko?s sadism and then continued by analyzing the causes of her sadism.

Keyword : symptom, causes, sadism

Sumber : http://repository.petra.ac.id/1442/