THE ANALYSIS ON ARNOLD RUBEK’S PERSONALITY AS AN ARTIST IN HENRIK IBSEN’S WHEN WE DEAD WAKE

Abstract

When We Dead Wake was Henrik Ibsen’s last play. Mostly, this play tells about professor Rubek as the main character of this play. As a famous artist Professor Rubek is easily satisfied his physiological needs. Professor Rubek is identified as an egoistic person and neglecting others feeling, he just thinks about how the way he can satisfying his highest need, that is self-actualization needs. In satisfying his highest needs he does not thinks about others feeling around him, even just to think about love from Irena, the woman who becomes his model. Further, he gets what he wants for along this time. He becomes a famous artist, he can reach his dream and also he gets respect, fame, wealth etc, but he never feels happy because he cannot fulfill his belongingness and love needs. For more than four years he lives in regret and guilty to Irena. Later, he realizes his fault and this condition makes his personality change. His personality is change frombad to the good one. Unfortunately, Professor Rubek is not lucky in his safety needs, because in the end of this story is tragic. Professor Rubek and Irena are buried under the snow and die. The purposes of writing this thesis are, first, to give a clear description about the needs of an artist and the process of the main character’s personality development. The writer chooses this topic because personality is a unique subject that human has to differentiate from one person to another person, especially personality of an artist. This discussion also to get the understanding about the personality development of an artist as it is seen in Professor Rubek’s action in reaching his desire to be a famous artist and his love. The second is to take moral messages in this play and also to get the understanding of Norwegian playwright and his work, especially When We Dead Wake.