Internal conflict of the mian character in the canterviller ghost movie
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This study aims to analyze the internal conflict of the main character in The Canterviller Ghost Movie. The main character experiences character development with internal conflict. The approach used is descriptive qualitative with analysis of every utterance and dialogue made by Virginia, as the main character. The theory used is Lewin (1935) who analyzes internal conflict with three types, namely Avoidance-avoidance, approach-approach, and Approach-avoidance. As well as the theory of Festinger (2019) who examines the causes of internal conflict starting from Post-Decision Dissonance and Forced Compliance Dissonance. The results of the analysis show that Virginia experiences a dominant internal conflict in Approach-Avoidance because of the many decisions that are not in line with Virginia's future. So she does something to change it. It can be seen that Virginia has a submissive nature that follows all other people's decisions so that she also regrets it. The most dominant cause of internal conflict is also Post-Decision Dissonance which also includes regret for previous decisions.
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