Abstract :
This thesis entitled The Domination of Pleasure Principle Leads to Death
Instinct Resulted Tragedy in the Novel Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. In
analyzing the theme, I use both intrinsic and extrinsic method. The intrinsic
includes characterization, plot, and setting. While the extrinsic consist of
pleasure principle and death instinct. In the novel, there is a character named
Hurstwood who let the pleasure principle dominate him and it lead the death
instinct come up, and there's no one to share. Finally, the character died. I
conclude that let something dominate the other thing is dangerous. We have
to be balance, never to be dominated; even it's a pleasing thing. Besides, the
existence of a family is totally necessar