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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into four sections. The first is Subject Matter, which contains the statement of the work of literature I analyze in this study. The
second is Approach, which contains approach I use in this study. The third is Procedures, which talk about the steps I take in doing the analysis, and the last is
the Organization of the Study.
3.1 Subject Matter
The subject matter in this study is Betrayal. It is one of the most popular novels by Gwen Hunter. I use the novel Betrayal that was published in 1994 by
Pocket Books. The book itself consists of 372 pages. There are some characters in Betrayal, but the main character is Nicolette
Dazincourt DeLande or Nicolette. Other characters are Montgomery Beauregard DeLande, Sonja, Desma Collette or Dessie, Dora Shalene or Shalene, Adrian
Paul, Miles Justin, Richard, and Philippe. The setting in this novel is in the 1970s and the place is in South Louisiana, New Orleans.
Betrayal is an interesting novel full of bitterness. It is a story of a young woman who is married to a wealthy, prominent, and charming man whose family
has the power to control the politics, the law, and the money in Louisiana. A happy marriage which she has dreamed never comes true. It turns out; she has
married a man whom she does not know at all. Her loving, romantic, and giving husband turns to be a cruel, volatile, and distant husband. A man, whom she really
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loves, adores, and respects, dares to betray her. He has affairs with some women around and outside the city. Even, he also betrays her by sexually assaulting their
daughter. Nicolette considers Montgomery’s act of molesting their daughter as his biggest betrayal for her. However, his husband’s sexual deviation influences her
to change her personalities for worse.
3.2 Approach
From the five approaches proposed by Rohrberger and Woods, I use the psychological approach to analyze the novel in accordance with the matter of this
thesis. In this approach, the reader analyzes the literary work from the psychological point of view of human beings. Rohrberger and Woods 14 states
that the psychological approach also insists that each character’s behavior could be referred as the psychology of human being.
The psychological approach is the most appropriate approach for analyzing this study. Through this approach, the character’s thought and behavior
can be analyzed. I chose the psychological approach since this study focuses on the character’s personality development.
3.3 Procedures
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