D. Benefits of the Study
This study is conducted to give a description on how important to learn human personalities and conflicts in life. Every conflict must have resolution to be
learnt. Hopefully, with this study, the readers know more about personality of people, learn more about conflicts, and learn how someone’s personality
influences someone’s way in resolving many conflicts in his or her life.
E. Definition of Terms
In this part, the writer includes the definition of some terms related to the title of this study. It is done in order to avoid misinterpretation and
misunderstanding so that the readers can have a better description about the content that will be discussed further in this study. There are three definitions in
this part, they are the definition of personality, definition of conflict, and the last is definition of resolution.
1. Personality
According Lane and Dockeray 490, an individual’s personality refers to his characteristics of reaction that make him different from other people. Another
understanding comes from Halonen and Santrock. They say “Personality refers to our enduring thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that characterize the way we
interact with the world” 378. They also agree that traits are the fundamental building blocks of human personality Halonen and Santrock 373.
Additionally, a trait means stable and consistent characteristics that can be used to describe someone’s personality Allport and Odbert 443. In another
understanding, traits are defined as patterns of behaviours that are relatively consistent in various situations Lahey 406.
In this novel, there are three main characters in The Boleyn Inheritance; they are Jane Boleyn, Katherine Howard, and Anne of Cleves. For this study, the
writer only uses one of the main characters of The Boleyn Inheritance; Anne of Cleves. She is a German Protestant woman who runs from her country and
marries the King of England, King Henry VIII. She becomes the fourth queen of England. This study discusses about Anne’s personality traits using Murphy’s and
Barnet’s methods of characterization. In this study, the writer not only focuses on Anne’s personality traits but also focuses on how her personality traits influence
her way to solve every obstacle and danger.
2. Conflict
Holman and Harmon 107 mention that conflict is a struggle that grows out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in the plot. Conflict maybe an
argument between opposing forces, like man against man, nature, fate, society, or perhaps the internal one between the two opposing parts of man’s personality.
Others, like Robert and Jacobs 88, define conflicts as the opposition between two characters. It may also exist between larger groups of people,
although in fiction conflict may also exist between an individual and larger forces, such as natural objects, ideas, a mode of behaviour, and public opinion. The
existence of difficult choices within an individual’s mind may also be presented not as direct opposition, but as a set of comparative ideas of values. This study
focuses on discovering Anne’s conflicts, both intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts. This study also focuses on how Anne’s personality traits influence her
way in resolving her conflicts.
3. Resolution
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