28 analyzed by Murphy’s methods of characterization. It is derived from Miss Prym
reaction.
4.1.7 Ambitious
Miss Prym is an orphan and she is still young. She has a lot of dreams to be fulfilled. Her childhood was not happy, because she does not know who her father
was and she lost her mother when she was born. She dreams to study out of Viscos, but eventually she is only a barmaid. She hopes to meet a guy who loves
her and bring her out of Viscos. She is very ambitious to leave Viscos. “She was holding her dream in her hands, the thing she had always longed
for, and which a miracle had set before her. Here was the opportunity to free herself from all those identical days and nights in Viscos and from the
endless going back and forth to the hotel where she had worked since she was eighteen, from the yearly visits of all those friends whose families had
sent them away to study and make something of themselves, from all the absence she had long since grown used to, from the men who arrived
promising her the world and left the next day without even a goodbye, from all the farewells and non farewells to which she had long become
accustomed” p. 30. From the text above it shows that Miss Prym has an ambitious to leave
Viscos. So, when the Stranger offering to her bars of gold to barter with a life of Viscos, she hesitates no more. She will do everything to make her dreams come
true. She is accepting the wager without hesitation. It is analyzed by Murphy’s methods of characterization. It is derived from the thought of Miss Prym.
“Every day was another day spent waiting. Every night was a night when she might meet someone who would recognize her true worth. Every man
she took to her bed was the hope of leaving Viscos the following morning, never again to see those three streets, those stone houses with their slate
roofs, the church with its cemetery beside it, the hotel selling local handicrafts that took months to make and were sold for the same price as
mass-produced goods.” p. 31
29 Miss Prym is still young. She wants to leave Viscos, move to a big city,
have a husband and career. Her big dream is leaving Viscos although she loves her motherland. She will do anything to make her move from Viscos, including
having a sex with some men. From the dialogue above it can be concluded that Miss Prym is an ambitious person. It is analyzed by Murphy’s methods of
characterization. It is derived from thought. Hurlock 1976 says “Individual’s personality development is influenced by
individual’s early experience and the important events that happened” pp. 19-20. Miss Prym becomes an independent, ambitious, and hard worker person because
of her past life. She is an orphan who does not know who her father and mother are. She lives in Viscos because she is raised by her grandmother. She should
work very hard to fulfill her needs that make her become an ambitious person to get whatever she wants. Her big ambitious is to leave Viscos.
Allport 1970 says “cultural ways, social situation, and individual’s role within social systems plays role in individual’s development personality” pp.
194- 195. In this situation, Miss Prym is raised in Viscos, a remote village which inhabitants have a good heart. Her cultural ways develop her characters. She
becomes naïve, loving and confident.
4.2 The Meaning of Miss Prym’s Response to the Temptation
This section discusses the meaning of Miss Prym response to the temptation. The meaning of her response is divided to the surface meaning and
deeper meaning. The surface meaning will discusses about the Miss Prym’s response and motivation that can be found in the text. The deeper meaning is
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