Greys Persona and Shadow in Fifty Shades of Grey Movie

INTRODUCTION

Literature has grown rapidly through years. Many literary works have
been created due to this growth. Nowadays, the function of literary works is not
only to entertain the readers but also to give them education or guidance. As the
response to those literary works, studies and critics have been developed to
analyze literary works; Psychology is one of them. According to Floyd in
Psychology and Life 7th edition, he states most contemporary psychologist would
agree on a definition of psychology as the science of behaviour organism
(1994:8). In general, Psychology often used to study human psyche. In relation
with literature, Pyschology are used as extended theoritical analysis of human
behavior and approach to psychological interpretation of literary works.

There are some theories in Psychology which can be used in literary

works. There are Pyschoanalysis, Personality Psychology, and Existensial
Psychology (Myers, 1986). Psychoanalysis, or commonly known as
Psychosexual, is developed by Sigmund Freud. He stated that human being is
sexually driven. Carl Gustav Jung did not totaly agree with Freuds concept.
Later , he decided to develop his own theory (Semiun, 2006:52). Personality
Psychology is the most popular branch of psychology. Personality Psychology
studies how personality influences how we act and behave. Existensial
Psychology seeks what is the true meaning of our existence. Sartre said that our
life has no meaning so we have to be brave to face the meaningless of life while
Victor Francl said that life is full of meaning even in a hopeless situation (Myers,
1986).

This essay will use Carl Jung psychoanalysis theory to analyze the object
material. Carl Gustav Jung is Freuds favorite student; Freud called him his
successor. Although Jung was one of Freuds student, he did not think like
Freud. Freuds concept was that libido was responsible of taking control human
personality and behavior while Jungs concept was that libido was not the only
one who responsible of it. Jungs psychoanalysis was slightly different from
Freuds. Jung said that there was collective unconscious, inherited from ancestors,
placed deeper than unconscious. Later, he developed his own analytical
psychology. His theory consist of Persona, Shadow, Anima/Animus, Archetype,
and Imago Dei (Feist, 2006).

Jungs Persona and Shadow will be used to analyze Grey personality.

Reason for choosing Jungs theory is that the writer thinks that it is the most
appropriate psychological theory to analyze Grey personality and childhood
memories. Eagleton has said, one childhood experience can affect his
personality (1996:436).

SYNOPSIS

Anastasia Steele is a business major at Vancouver University in

Washington state. She goes to Grey House building to interview the mysterious
CEO of Grey Enterprises, Christian Grey, in place of her roommate Kate
Kavanagh. Ana asks several questions prepared by Kate. Later she is intimidated
and clearly interested in him.

Ana and Kate go to a bar with Jose and a couple other friends. Ana gets
pretty drunk and calls Christian while in line for the ladies room. Christian heads
over to the bar to pick Ana up. Jose admits he likes her and tries to kiss her. Ana
passes out and Christian takes her back to his hotel room. Later Ana wakes up in
Christians room wearing different clothes since he says her clothes were covered
in vomit. Later on, Christian takes Ana to his playroom filled with BDSM
materials. He explains that he is a dominant and enjoys doing certain things
with the consent of other woman.

He gives her folder containing contract and certain guidelines/explanations

for their BDSM arrangement. Ana is both curious and a bit mortified upon
learning some of these things. Things get heated since Ana still has not officially
signed the contract. She does not want to see Christian right now. She tells him
she is fallen in love with him, but she knows that she cannot be what he wants her
to be.

THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The scope of the study is using Jungs psychoanalysis theory to analyze

Greys personality but only focuses on Persona and Shadow theory. The writer
will also analyze how Greys childhood affect his personality and behavior. The
research questions of this essay are what kind of Persona and Shadow did Grey
have and how did he acquire them. These questions will be answered in the
discussion.

THE ORGANISATION OF THE PAPER

The organisation of the paper is Introduction, Body, Conclusion, and

Bibliography. In the introduction, the writer talks about the theory that will be
used to analyze the object of the study and the synopsis of the movie. In the body,
the discussion and analysis of Greys Persona, Shadow, and childhood will be
presented. For the conclusion, kind of Greys Persona and Shadow and also how
Greys childhood affect his personality will be presented.