Jung’s Animus Of The Female Main Characters In The Woman King Film

This thesis deals with The Woman King film. The research uses qualitative method
in analyzing the data and focusing of the Animus Archetype of female main
characters by using Jung’s psychoanalytic theory. The Animus Archetype has four
stages of development, this research uses data collection in documentation
technique. The data are obtained by analyzing dialogues, expressions, and actions
of the female main characters in The Woman King film. The data analyzing uses
interactive method. The result of this research shows that the female main
characters reflect the masculine traits in their actions parallel to Animus
development stages of The Man of Power, The Man of Action, The Man of Word,
The Man of Meaning. In the man of power, the female main characters act in their
actions by showing strong physique, using weapons, blades, spears in the battle and
killing enemies. Next about the man of action, they are brave, energetic, forceful,
persistent in doing their activities, such as: climbing high, jumping in soldiers
training, threatening enemies, debating in royal meeting. Then, in the stage of the
man of word, the female main characters utter words of encouragement to
encourage their warriors preparing to fight or reminding some slogans of soldier to
the warriors. The last stage is the man of meaning, they dream to be a great man
figure, like one of the female main characters wanted to be a soldier and another
character was elevated by Dahomey King to be The Woman King with sacred title
of Kpojito which had equal position with Dahomey King after ruining the Oyo
kingdom