THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S NOVEL DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

AL JOSHA, LALU GULANGGI (2015) THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S NOVEL DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

the author of The main purpose of this study is to analyze and describe how Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” builds and constructs the two main characters of the novel. The technique in data collection in this study was library research with the primary source, the novel itself. Method of Analyzing data was the analytic method to describe the lives, relationships and the rules of characters in determining the main characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well as the events in the story. This study found that two main actors in this novel namely Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are two characters who are completely different. Dr. Jekyll is a good man, tall, well-built and has become more religious, meanwhile Mr. Hyde is an antagonist form of Dr. Jekyll, he is much smaller and uglier, has a cruel, evil and violent past. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are in fact a single character. Until the end of the novel, the respectable doctor Jekyll and the ugly Hyde are clearly opposite in type and personality. In conclusion, all the aspects of Stevenson novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were presented a strange figure with blank background and origin, an strange act of brutality, and even hints blackmail and secret scandal. Characterizations of main character in the novel the battle between good and evil, Jekyll and Hyde are uninteresting taken alone, both relatively flat characters, the nature of their interrelationship gives the novel it’s power, the dominance of Mr. Hyde expresses the true nature of humans. The writer suggests to explore more and deeply analysis other character in the novel to make it more useful for students in teaching and learning process especially to the text comprehension activity.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Keywords (Kata Kunci): character, Jekyll, Hyde, good, evil
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Depositing User: Saprudin Saprudin
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2019 00:24
Last Modified: 09 Jan 2019 00:24
URI: http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/11659

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