of looking in film, which give activity to male characters and passivity to female characters, are replicated on the level of a film’s plot.
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D . Character and Characterization
In the literature term especially in the fiction or in the play, there is someone who acts in it, and it is a character. Character means a person a personified object who act,
appears or referred to in a work.
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Character is a personage in a novel, drama, poem and also in cinema. The term “character” also denotes the essential qualities and personality
traits of a fictional or real individual. Character is presumably an imagined person who in habits a story.
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In the other hand said that, character is a person who is created for a work of fiction
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. Character is showed at performance of story or the player of the story.
a. Major and minor character
Major character or usually called the central of character is a character that very dominant and always appears in the conflict. This character holds on an
important role. While the character appears in a few times or in the short play. And this character is known as minor character
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Ibid p. 212
19
Gordon, jane Beckham kuehner. FICTION The Element of the short story. Ohio: the McGraw-Hill companies,Inc,1999.P.204
20
X.J.Kennedy, Literature “An Introduction to fiction,poetry and drama” New York: Harper Collin publishers,1991,p.47
21
Gordon, jane Beckham kuehner. FICTION The Element of the short story. Op,cit.,P.95
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Encyclopedia Americana Volume 6, 2000 P.290 xxiv
b. Protagonist and antagonist
Protagonist character is deals with the true conflict with other character and then antagonist character is the character who often gives many trouble or conflict
to the protagonist character
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. 1.
Flat character A flat character is a simple, one dimension character. A flat character sometimes
known as a type character is usually lightly sketched without much detail. The character is underdeveloped and can be summarized in just a sentence or two.
2. Round character
Round character is a well develop multi sided and complex personality, a fully realized individual
3. Static character
Static character is a character whose does not change in personality, nature or attitude, he or she is the same sort of person from the beginning of the movie or
story until the end. 4.
Dynamic character Dynamic character is one who undergoes at least one permanent important
change in some aspect of their personality, nature or attitude Meanwhile, characterization in literature is the presentation of the attitudes
and behavior of imaginary person in order to make them credible to the author’s
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Ibid., P.290 xxv
audience. Characterization is a unique features such fictional form as the short story, novel drama and narrative poetry
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. Characterization is character development and the process of creating
character. It is the presentation of attitude and behavior of imaginary person in order to make them credible to the author’s audience
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Ibid., P.291 xxvi
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH FINDINGS
The previous chapter has explicated about the theoretical frame work which is going to be used to analyze in this chapter. This chapter will provide the research finding
of the examination. In this case, it is needed to be confirmed that theoretical frame work is only a tool but not the main purpose. So, the most important thing is how to make the
best use of the tool, and then the meaning of the literary works can be optimally understood.
A. Data Description
