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2. Politeness Strategies
According to Brown and Levinson 1987, politeness strategy is a strategy that concerns saving the addressee‟s face by performing an expression that is less
threatening for the addressee‟s face. Face behavior is the act that represents the desire of the speaker towards the hearer. In order to be polite, the speaker may
formulate expression which does not impose the hearer to accomplish the speaker‟s desire. Face is something that should be attended to in interaction
Brown Levinson, 1987. In other words, face is something that is emotionally showed and invested in the interaction between the people. In politeness
strategies, there are four strategies of politeness based on the theory proposed by Brown and Levinson 1987 namely, Bald on Record, Off Record, Positive
Politeness, and Negative Politeness. In this study, the theory of politeness strategies will be used for analyzing
the way the characters speak. Through the utterances which are produced by the four main characters, the writer analyzes the strategy that is performed in the
interaction among the four main characters.
3. Character
According to Roberts 1983 character in literature is an extended verbal representation of a human being, specifically the inner self that determines
thought, speech, and behavior. Roberts 1983 adds that through dialogue, action, and commentary, literature captures some of the interactions of character and
circumstance. Therefore, a character is an important thing in literary works, such as poem, short story, or movie, because the appearance of a character can build
10 the atmosphere in a movie and they can build the conflicts which make the movie
or the literary works become more interesting. That is the reason why Roberts 1983 says that the appearance of characters is worth noticing that most writers
and film makers give physical features to a character in order to match them or contrast them with some aspects
of the character‟s mind and personality. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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