Analysis on Tragic Character In The Mayor of Casterbridge

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A Thesis
ANALYSIS ON TRAGIC CHARACTER IN
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
By
ANDRI HERMANSYAH
102026024515
ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
JAKARTA
2009
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APPROVEMENT
ANALYSIS ON TRAGIC CHARACTER IN THE MAYOR
OF CASTERBRIDGE
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Adab and Humanities
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Degree of Strata (S 1)
By
ANDRI HERMANSYAH
102026024515
Advisory:
INAYATUL CHUSNA, M.Hum.
150331233
ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
JAKARTA
2009
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ABSTRACT
Andri Hermansyah, Analysis on Tragic Character In The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Thesis; English Letters Department, Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Syarif
Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta 2009
The unit analysis of this study is Thomas Hardy’s novel. The objective of
the study on this thesisis to find out howHenchard as tragic characterispresented
in the novel and how overwhelming pride leads to his downfall. The collected
datais qualitativelyanalyzedusing the theory of tragic character
After collecting and analyzing the data, the writer concludes that Thomas
Hardy presents Henchard’s rise and fall. Hardy introduces Henchard as nobody.
He undergoes a change from being nobody to become somebody because of his
hard work, his success in persuading Farfrae to become his employee and his
ability to abstain from drinking alcohol. Yet, Henchard’s success does not last
long. He turns back from somebody to nobody because of his judgement errors
and his poor personality that lead him to the fall.
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LEGALIZATION
This thesis entitled “Analysis On Tragic Character in The Mayor of
Casterbridge” has been defended before the Letters and Humanities
Faculty’s Examination Committee on July 14, 2009. The thesis has already
accepted as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the strata one
degree.
Jakarta, July , 2009
Examination Committee
Chair Person Secretary
Dr. Muhammad Farkhan, M.Pd. Drs. A. Saefuddin, M.Pd.
NIP: 150229480 NIP: 150261902
Members
Examiner I Examiner II
Drs. A. Saefuddin, M.Pd. Elve Oktafiyani, M.Hum.
NIP: 150261902 NIP: 150317724
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best
of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published
or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extent has
been accepted for award or any other degree or diploma of the University
or other Institue of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement
has been made in the text.
Jakarta, July , 2009
Andri Hermansyah
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The writer would like to thank Allah the one for divine gift of grace. He
alone we ask for help, for guidance and everything. He has given the writer many
favors. He has allowed the writer to finish this thesis. It is a great pleasure for the
writer. Praise and peace be upon the Master of The Messenger, the prophet
Muhammad S A W. May we always he in straight way until the end of the world.
The writer also absulotely deserves to thank to his advisory, Mrs. Inayatul
Chusna, M.Hum., who has guided him by counseling and advising until this thesis
finished. Without her guidance, this thesis will never be completed.
The writer also wants to thank to:
1. Dr. Abdul Chair, M.A.. Dean of Faculty of Adab and Humanities.
2. Dr. Muhammad Farkhan, M.P.d. the Head of English Dapartment.
3. Drs. Asep Saefuddin, M.P.d. the Secretary of English Department.
4. His beloved parents. They have supported him much morally and
materially, their merits and sacrifice will never be paid.
5. All of lecturers in English Department who have taught and educated him
during his study at U.I.N.
6. All his classmates in the English Department, N’cal, Dauz, Gumelar,
Yunus, Shuhada, Dhuha, U’ul, Dian, Atiq, Diah, Agay, Furqon, Romlih,
and those whom cannot be mentioned one by one.
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Finally, the writer hopes that this thesis will be usesfull for the writer
himself and for those who interested in literary research.
Jakarta, July , 2009
The Writer
Andri Hermansyah
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TABLE OF CONTENT
APPROVEMENT ....................................................................................... i
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................... ii
LEGALIZATION ....................................................................................... iii
DECLARATION ........................................................................................ iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................... v
TABLE OF CONTENT .............................................................................. vii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1
1. Background of the Research .............................................................. 1
2. Focus of the Study ............................................................................. 3
3. The Research Questions .................................................................... 3
4. The Significance of the Research ....................................................... 3
5. The Methodology of Research............................................................ 4
5.1The Objective of Research ........................................................... 4
5.2The Method of Research ............................................................. 4
5.3 Data Analysis .............................................................................. 4
5.4 Unit of Analysis .......................................................................... 4
5.5 Instrument of the Research........................................................... 5
5.6 Time and Place............................................................................. 5
CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK..................................... 6
1. Definition of Character ....................................................................... 6
2. Kinds of Character ............................................................................. 9
3. Tragic Character ................................................................................. 10
4. Delineation of Character ..................................................................... 12
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH FINDINGS.................................................. 14
1. Data Description................................................................................ 14
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1.1 Henchard As a Tragic Character ........................................................ 14
1.2 Henchard’s Tragic Downfall.............................................................. 15
1.2.1 Henchard’s Mistakes ...................................................................... 15
1.2.2 Henchard Suffers Through More Than One “Death” ...................... 15
2. Data Analysis ...................................................................................... 23
2.1 Henchard As a Tragic Character ........................................................ 23
2.2 Henchard’s Tragic Downfall ............................................................. 27
2.2.1 Henchard’s Mistakes ...................................................................... 28
2.2.1.1 Henchard Fails to Keep His Wealth ............................................. 28
2.2.1.2 Henchard Fails to Maintain His Social Life ................................. 30
2.2.1.3 Henchard Fails to Maintain His Relationship with Those Who Care
for Him......................................................................................... 31
2.2.1.3.1 Henchard Fails to Maintain His Relationship withLucetta ....... 31
2.2.1.3.2 Henchard Fails to Maintain His Relationship with Farfrae ....... 32
2.2.1.3.3 Henchard Fails to Maintain His Relationship with
Elizabeth-Jane ......................................................................... 33
2.2.2 Henchard Suffers Through More Than One “Death”....................... 36
CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ......................... 38
1. Conclusions......................................................................................... 38
2.Suggestions ......................................................................................... 38
BIBLIOGRAPHY........................................................................................ 40
APPENDICES ............................................................................................. 41
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1. Background of the Research
Most people are interested in other people. People meet someone for the
first time and then they notice certain things: how the person looks, speaks, and
acts, for example. People make judgements according to what they notice.
Sometimes, as people get to know the person better, those evaluations are
affirmed. Sometimes they are challenged. Interest in other people ismore than just
idle curiosity. People base their most important life decision-whom they will be
friends with, whom they will live with – on observation, talking with, and
interacting with.
It’s not surprising, then, people watch television programs, see movies, or
read literature, most of them pay close attention to the people-the character-whose
lives unfold before us. To stay interested in a film, a novel, a short story, or a play,
they must find the characters interesting in some way.
Character refers to the people authors create to inhabit their stories.1 Some
characters fascinate readers by being very different- by living in a distant place or
a time long past or by being wildly glamorous or consummately evil. Sometimes
characters can capture readers’ minds and hearts because they are people readers
can relate to. The characters may have similarities with those of readers or may
1Gloria Mason Henderson.Literature and ourselves (New York : Pearson Education, Inc., 2003),
p.9.