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Destruction as a form of healing: an ecocritical and psychoanalytic analysis of Godzilla: king of the monsters (2019)
This research examines Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), arguing that radical environmental beliefs function as a psychological strategy for projecting personal trauma onto planetary crises. Using Greg Garrard's Ecocriticism and Freudian Psychoanalysis, the study analyzes Dr. Emma Russell's conviction that mass disasters serve as ecological correction. This belief is examined through two lenses: first, her adoption of the Gaia Hypothesis, viewing nature as a self-regulating system requiring balance; second, her framing of humanity as a planetary virus and the Titans as its cure, understood through ecopathological threat and apocalyptic ecocriticism. The research further explores how Russell deploys ego defense mechanisms to manage the trauma of losing her son. Through sublimation, her grief is transformed into scientific dedication and a noble mission to save the Earth. Through displacement, her repressed guilt and sorrow are redirected into sweeping condemnation of humanity as a whole. The findings suggest environmental radicalism is not merely a political or ecological stance, but a deep psychological defense mechanism concealing unresolved personal grief and guilt.
Program English for Creative Industry
Universitas Kristen Petra
2026
English
S1
A Critical Thesis
A Critical Thesis No. 01012478/ING/2026; Hekhel Pizaro Prasetyo Putra (A11220022)
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