Influence Absence of Love

2. Absence of Love

Hauck states that love is a powerful feeling one has for person, animal or things that has satisfied or will satisfy our deepest desire 16. Therefore, in this study, the absence of love is a situation in which someone’s deepest desire is not satisfied.

3. Behavior

According to Loftus, behavior is physical realization of someone’s psychological condition, meaning to say that people behave on their psychological condition 155. In this study behavior is the reaction of Dona Maria in relation to her psychological condition.

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

In order to conduct the study, the writer uses some theories to support the analysis in chapter IV. The related theories are explained briefly in this chapter in order to help the reader have a clear description about the foundation of the study. In this chapter the review of the related theories, criticisms and sources will mainly be discussed. In the theoretical review, the writer discusses theories of literature. While in criticism and sources, the writer will mainly discuss the criticisms that are concerned with my discussion and some sources that are taken from books and website to support my analysis.

A. Review of Related Theories

In this part, the writer would like to present some related theories used in this study. They are theory of character and characterization, theory of definition of love, theory of rejection, theory of motivation and theory of adjustment mechanisms.

1. Theory of Character and Characterization

Before analyzing a novel, we need to understand the character well because a character plays an important role in the novel. According to Abrams in A Glossary of Literary Terms, characters are the persons presented in dramatic or narrative work who are interpreted by the readers as being endowed with moral and disposition qualities that are expressed in what the say the dialogues and what they do actions 20. Here the character has a quality as human beings. A 7