Character and Characterization THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

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CHAPTER II THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

A. Character and Characterization

A story cannot be called as a story without any characters in it. In narrative or dramatic and film works. It usually uses the term characters and characterizations. In the theory of characters and characterization, usually many authors will take two ways or methods to provide and consider the character in their film. Many writers insist that character is the single most important intrinsic element in the story, the things that characters do and say are more obvious than are the logic and meaning of the pattern in which they say and do them. The intrinsic elements are divided into plot, character, setting, point of view, theme and style . Character is describing of the story. The character can influence a story to become more really in emotional the reader. {suharianto, 1982:31} 2 Character is presumably an imagined that inhabits a story. Most stories feature a central character, usually we recognize, in the main character of the story, human personalities that become familiar to us. If the story seems true of 2 Sangidu ,Penelitian sastra ,Pendekatan,Teori,Metode,Teknik,dan Kiat.Cetakan ke3,Maret 2007,Seksi Penerbitan Sastra Asia Barat,Fakultas Ilmu Budaya,universitas Gadja Mada, Bulaksumur Yogyakarta..Hal:132 7 8 life we generally find that its character act in a reasonably consistent manner and the author has provided them with motivation. A character on the stage who can present no convincing argument or information as to his past experience, his present behavior or his aspirations, nor give a comprehensive analysis of his motives is as legitimate and as worthy of attention as one who, alarmingly, can do all these things. The more acute the experience the less articulate is its expression. 3 It can be seen from the role and story the importance of character in a story, there is important pertained of character and presented to be continuous so that felt predominates some of stories and conversely, there is character which only be peeped out once or several times, every story in a literature has character or usually is called as with figure. So character is people or human whosoever what does certain the actual of story either that is human or non-human. Typically, character actors lack some of the stereotypical physical attributes associated with stars. A character actor may be very short or very tall, heavy or thin, balding, or simply unconventional-looking. Many older actors find their access to lead roles limited by age as well. Similarly, actors of color often barred from roles for which they were otherwise suited; some found work performing ethnic stereotypes. A character actor is usually playing a character that does not go through a major change in the course of the movie. They tend to 3 Ronald Hayman, Techniques of Acting: United State, 1971. p. 71 9 help the leading character aspire the major change that always occurs to himher. 4 This leads us to some basic definitions. Characters in fiction are customarily divided into several types. Round and dynamic character are more lifelike. They exhibit greater subtlety in terms of behavior and motivation. They have dimension hence round. Round characters, however, present us with more facets-that is, their authors portray them in greater depth and in more generous detail. Strictly speaking, a dynamic character is on who undergoes some significant change during the course of the event related. He or she is generally rounded. However, not every rounded character is dynamic. Major character are likely to be round, while minor characters are apt to be flat. Thought the play’s language and the actions of the characters, readers learn whether the players are multi-dimensional characters, skimpily developed characters, characters whose main purpose is to shed light on more important character. Characterization is the means by which writers present and reveal character. 5 Character creation is the art of characterization what the author does to bring a character to life, to provide the reader with a sense of that character’s personality, to make that character unique. Authors can characterize or develop a character directly or indirectly. In direct characterization, the narrator or a 4 ttp:www.experiencefestival.comaCharacter_actor_-_Definitionid4911272 5 Ibid. pp.54-55 10 character summarizes or tells the reader what another character looks like or what kind of person he or she is. In indirect characterization, narrators and characters describe, with out comment, a character’s appearance or dress. In this way they suggest something about the character’s personality. A character’s repeated gesture or a facial tic, for example, may imply a character’s arrogance or nervousness. 6

B. The Representation