
ABSTRACT
Amalia, Firda. 2014. Archetypal Hero as Reflected in Harry Potter’s Character
in J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter Heptalogy. Thesis. English Language and Letters
Department. Humanities Faculty. Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University
of Malang. Advisor : Muzakki Afifuddin, M.Pd
Keywords: Archetype, Hero, Character, Harry Potter Heptalogy.
A hero is someone who inspires people to do well. Spirit to emulate the
selfless hero attitude and never give up should continue to be built by the next
generation. Heroes are a life-saving hero's race their fellow human beings will be
destroyed. Heroes will always be remembered. Heroes also teach us nobility and
courage through effort and struggle. So hero is very important in our lives. Harry
Potter is the hero figure. A young man is willing to sacrifice for the sake of world
peace. Harry Potter figures that we should make an example.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate a pattern of hero archetypes in
the story of Harry Potter. The method used was a qualitative study. The researcher
using archetype theory to describes a method of archetypes in the story of Harry
Potter. This thesis argues that Harry Potter, the main character in the novel series
written by JK Rowling, is a hero with archetypes. Carl Gustav Jung's theory
explains the processes or events that occur in the character to complete the task to
complete in his life called situational archetypes. Using Jung's theory of
archetypes as a critical perspective, Harry Potter as a hero archetypes. Starting
from Harry Potter life is a hero to the search, task, journey, initiation, ritual, The
falls, death and rebirth, the battle between good and evil and the unhealable
wound. Strength and virtue enabled him to rid the world of evil magic, thus
strengthening the status of archetypal hero. In this invention the life story of Harry
Potter is full of suffering reminds us of the figure of the hero. Hero struggled to
achieve fame and peace on earth. In Harry Potter motif of mythology described as
a Hero because Harry is a person who bravely sacrificed for the sake of the
people, the epic for its prowess, the search because the search of horcrux, because
the escape had escaped death several times, the wondering as a human cannot be
separated from the ordinary sense of hesitation and doubt the love story because
there is always a story about love always coloring life.
Situations life journey of a Harry potter is also not free from the element
of archetypes. Archetype pattern formed a groove formula and conditions of a
hero. Situational archetype shows us that Harry Potter had the same with the
other fairy tales. The Quest is a puzzle in which the process of searching a hero.
The Task is a task that must be performed by a hero to achieve his goal. The
journey when a hero must travel long distances to get peace. The initiation is a
process towards maturity and awareness process in a problem. The battle between
good and Evil is a struggle for power that almost always occurs in the story of the
ancient story. The unhealable wound is an affliction suffered by a hero. All
situational archetype patterns exist in the story of Harry Potter.