Adrian Veidt�s Striving for Superiority as His Motive for Fake Alien Invasion as seen in Alan Moore�s Watchmen
This graduating paper discusses the development of the character Adrian Veidt a.k.a Ozymandias in the series of comic book Watchmen. The series is mainly about superhero, but it is emphasized to humanistic aspects of a superhero, such as their life after retired being superhero. The study discusses...
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| author | , PRASETYO ADI NUGROHO , Amin Basuki, S.S., M.A. |
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| description | This graduating paper discusses the development of the character Adrian
Veidt a.k.a Ozymandias in the series of comic book Watchmen. The series is mainly
about superhero, but it is emphasized to humanistic aspects of a superhero, such as
their life after retired being superhero. The study discusses Adrian Veidt as the main
character including his motive in making fake alien invasion in order to achieve
peace.
The researcher uses the psychological approach, which is Individual
Psychology by Alfred Adler. This theory is utilized to unveil the motive of Adrian
Veidt in carrying out his plan. Furthermore, the theory also explores Adrian�s
character, including his perspective changing, which builds the motive.
The result of the study signifies that Adrian�s motive in doing his evil plan is
striving for superiority. As the story goes, his superiority is corrupted by his helpless
feeling towards the end of the world. He feels that the only way to compensate his
inferiority feeling is by achieving world peace. He even uses unreasonable solution
such as creating fake alien invasion as public enemy to achieve peace between the
East (Soviet Union) and the West (United States). During executing his evil plan, he
always makes sure that everything runs well. Moreover, he does not mind to kill
innocent people who are in his way, as long as it is necessary for the plan. His
brilliant yet cunning mind can be seen through the way he achieved peace which is
describes in the plot of the story. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:1266932016-03-04T08:41:44Z https://repository.ugm.ac.id/126693/ Adrian Veidt�s Striving for Superiority as His Motive for Fake Alien Invasion as seen in Alan Moore�s Watchmen , PRASETYO ADI NUGROHO , Amin Basuki, S.S., M.A. ETD This graduating paper discusses the development of the character Adrian Veidt a.k.a Ozymandias in the series of comic book Watchmen. The series is mainly about superhero, but it is emphasized to humanistic aspects of a superhero, such as their life after retired being superhero. The study discusses Adrian Veidt as the main character including his motive in making fake alien invasion in order to achieve peace. The researcher uses the psychological approach, which is Individual Psychology by Alfred Adler. This theory is utilized to unveil the motive of Adrian Veidt in carrying out his plan. Furthermore, the theory also explores Adrian�s character, including his perspective changing, which builds the motive. The result of the study signifies that Adrian�s motive in doing his evil plan is striving for superiority. As the story goes, his superiority is corrupted by his helpless feeling towards the end of the world. He feels that the only way to compensate his inferiority feeling is by achieving world peace. He even uses unreasonable solution such as creating fake alien invasion as public enemy to achieve peace between the East (Soviet Union) and the West (United States). During executing his evil plan, he always makes sure that everything runs well. Moreover, he does not mind to kill innocent people who are in his way, as long as it is necessary for the plan. His brilliant yet cunning mind can be seen through the way he achieved peace which is describes in the plot of the story. [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed , PRASETYO ADI NUGROHO and , Amin Basuki, S.S., M.A. (2013) Adrian Veidt�s Striving for Superiority as His Motive for Fake Alien Invasion as seen in Alan Moore�s Watchmen. UNSPECIFIED thesis, UNSPECIFIED. http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=66922 |
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| title | Adrian Veidt�s Striving for Superiority as His Motive for Fake Alien Invasion as seen in Alan Moore�s Watchmen |
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| title_short | Adrian Veidt�s Striving for Superiority as His Motive for Fake Alien Invasion as seen in Alan Moore�s Watchmen |
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