Narcissistic Personality Disorder Expressed by Homelander’s Character in “The Boys” TV Series

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10.2991/978-2-38476-438-9_25How to use a DOI?

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Mental Disorder; Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NDP); TV Series

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify the signs of narcissistic personality disorder that is present in Homelander from The Boys TV Series (2019) and its effect on his life based on Caligor, Levy, and Yeoman’s theory. The researchers examined the dialogue by Homelander, which qualitative descriptive method was employed in this study. The researchers employed purposive sampling to collect the data from Homelander’s dialogue and actions. The results of this research found that Homelander has proven to have all nine signs of narcissistic personality disorder and due to having all the nine signs of NPD, Homelander’s life is confirmed to have been affected by this condition.

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AU  - Tri Rahayu Mayasari
AU  - Nur Ilham
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/07/28
TI  - Narcissistic Personality Disorder Expressed by Homelander’s Character in “The Boys” TV Series
BT  - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 287
EP  - 300
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-438-9_25
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-438-9_25
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