Abstract :
This study is a descriptive qualitative study, focused in discussing the ego
defence mechanism that is portrayed in Thomas Bezucha?s movie ?Monte Carlo?
in 2011. This movie tells the story of an eighteen-year-old girl named Grace Ann
Bennettt and her best friend Emma Perkins who traveled to Paris, accompanied by
her stepsister Meg. When Grace is mistaken for a wealthy heiresses, they are
trapped and found themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo.As a part
of psychoanalysis theory, the researcher uses ego defence mechanism. It focuses
on the explanation on how the characters use ego defence mechanism to protect
themselves using Sigmund Freud theory that is applied to analyze this research
paper. The aim of this paper is to find what motivation does Grace have to be fake
Cordelia in Monte Carlo movie. Besides that, the aim of this paper is to find out
how do main characters use ego defense mecanism to protect themselves. The
finding of this research is projection as the main character?s ego defence
mechanism through the dialogue and their action. The researcher also found the
reason of the character do ego defence mechanism is because anxiety and afraid of
something