d. Denouement or Unraveling
Denouement is the conclusion of the finally worked out. Yelland, Jones, and Easton, 1953: 148 Moreover, denouement is the resolution of the conflict or
the set of actions bringing the story to its conclusion.
3. Theory of Theme
In A Handbook to Literature, Holman and Harmon state that theme is the abstract concept that made concrete through its representation in person, action,
and image in the work. 1986: 551 In other words, theme is the unity of the main idea and its representative figure in the story.
Another theory is taken from Yelland, Jones and Easton in A Handbook to Literary Terms, theme is the central thought in a literary work. 1953: 205 It
means that theme is the basic concept of the story or the concept why the story is built.
Meanwhile, Abrams in A Glossary of Literary Terms stated that theme is general concept or doctrine, whether implicit or asserted, which an imaginative
work is designed to involve and make persuasive to the reader. 1981: 205 Therefore, theme
is the main idea or focus of the discussion that implies in a story. Through the theme, readers will understand the purpose of the author why he or she
creates the story or what the author wants to show through his or her play. The theme can affect the readers because sometimes theme shows value of life.
C. Theoretical Framework
In this part, the writer summarizes the framework of the theory. As the aim of this thesis is to reveal the theme in Arthur Miller‘s A View from the Bridge depicted
through the major characters‘ characteristics and plot so the writer tries to apply all
mentioning theories before. The theories applied in this thesis are the theory of characters and characterization, theory of plot, theory of theme. These theories help
the writer in answering the problem formulation. To answer the first question in problem formulation, the writer uses the theory
of characters and characterization. This theory used to analyze the major characters in A View from the Bridge, how the major characters behave and react in some
circumstances is the main object in the first question. This theory is needed to clear out about the major characters and their characteristics.
In answering the second question, the writer uses the theory of plot. This theory serves the groove and the sequence of the story. Therefore, this theory gives the
reader deeper understanding about the plot of the play. After knowing the major characters‘ characteristics and the plot of the play, the
writer uses the theory of theme to disassemble the theme of the story. Those theories above are the guidance for the writer to answer the problem formulation.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology in this study. There are three subtitles in this chapter: object of the study, in which the information on the novel
is presented, the approach of the study, discussion on the approaches in this study, and method of the study, which tells about the procedure of gathering and
arranging the data used in writing this thesis.
A. Object of the study
In this part the writer wants to describe everything which is relevant to the object of the study. The object of this study is a drama. This play is entitled A
View from the Bridge written by Arthur Miller. It was written in 1955 and published by The Viking Press, Inc. This play received the Gold Medal Award for
Drama from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1955. The book that the writer used was published in 1960 by Bantam Books, Inc.
It was an extended version with the introduction of Arthur Miller. It is a play with two acts. A View from the Bridge is the work that is going to be used as the object
of this study. This play was written by Arthur Miller in 1955 and was first staged in 1956. Miller wrote this play based on his experience when he worked in
Brooklyn neighborhoods. The play focuses on a doom-ridden family and the community in front of which that household all-too-publicly disintegrates. In this
case, the family is the working-class-Italian Carbone in the community of Red Hook, Brooklyn, 1955. The issue is the emerging sexuality of the Carbones niece,
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