AN ANALYSIS ON THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA’S FILM Atika Hapsari, Eni Rosnija, Wardah English Education Study Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Tanjungpura University, Pontianak Email: atika.raizada@gmail.com Abstract Literature works come in many forms and types, one of which is films. Films are categorized as forms of drama in which the artistic works are realized through acting. In today’s society, film industry is one of the most influential sectors of modern society. Among many reasons, film can entertain, educate and inspire viewers in many ways. As one of the elements in a story, characters in films have been the target of literature analysis due to its significance role in the development of a story. Thus, this study aims to analyze the characterization of the main character in the Phantom of the Opera’s film. The focus on the analysis is on The Phantom himself or known as Erik. This research analyzes how the character of Erik is portrayed in the film through his dialogue and interaction with other characters. The theory that supports this thesis is psychology of literature by Robbert (Jeff) and Paul Costa. This thesis used descriptive qualitative research. The researcher watch the film and read the script, collect the data, analyzed the data, and concluded the data. The findings revealed that the main character has high neuroticism that is the susceptibility to experience negative emotions. The main character showed a lot of negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, frustration, vulnerable, guilt, manipulative, insecure, self- consciousness, and aggressive. Keywords: Analysis, character analysis, the phantom of the opera INTRODUCTION Literature has been and will always be a part of human life. It allows society to understand different values because “literature is the product of humans’ imagination, thought, emotions, feeling, idea and expression” (Boas as cited in Irene, 2013, p.74). The impact that literature has in modern society is undeniable. “Literature acts as a form of expression for each individual author” (Austin, 2021). Most of literary works mirror the society of the author’ era which leads to better understanding about the values of different society. As an educative source, literature can provide beyond just pleasure and entertainment, it helps students of literature to understand how the world is made and re-made over time throughout history and the shift of the issues of right and wrong (Rainsford, 2014, p.6). Literature works come in many forms and types, one of which is plays and films. Plays and films are categorized as forms of drama in which literary or artistic works are realized through performance or acting (Rainsford, 2014, p.57). Like other forms of literary works, plays and films is a way for an author to tell stories with series of events in a specific order with beginning, a middle and an end (Bennett and Royle, 2014, p. 53). In today’s society, film industry is one of the most influential sectors of modern society. Every film depends on the genre can reflect society and transform opinions. Among many reasons, film can entertain, educate and inspire viewers in many ways. In addition, unlike play and drama, film can reach many people from different background and cultures, making it an extremely powerful source of entertainment. Barsam (2010, p.81) defines film as “sets of conventions aspects of storytelling such as recurring themes and situations, setting, character types, and story formula, as well as aspects of presentation and visual styles such as 1