contrast. It is the critical aspects of figures of speech that convey purposes as a language phenomenon which elaborates the messages and ideas to show how style
in language can reflect realities.
B. Research Focus
In reference to the background of the research and the object as mention before, there are a number of problems found in Sherlock Holmes TV-Series the
Final Problem Episode. The first problem is the cultures of language style brought by the creators in this television series which is a part of non-linguistics
factor. The problem is a new discussion which is uncommon among the audiences to understand. As the universal belief, language is one of the bridges that brought
a movement to spread issues, cultures, politics, and educations. The culture of language draws creator
‘s ideologies as a compass to shape the perception of the audience. It conveys that languages quickly spreads up like a virus which attacks
human immune and body which gives influences among society through culture. The second problem is kinesics that supports the idea of communication that
happens between two people or more. It gives powerful means of non verbal communication, because certain spoken word can be lie. Kinesics is composed of
facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, and body postures. As a matter of fact, kinesics also creates style in any given situation through non-verbal
communication to show how characters express the feelings in this television series.
The third problem is the language style in this television series. Language style is a device to preserve the message to the audience as the appreciator of
creator‘s work. In order to give a hallmark of their work, they choose figures of speech to emphasize the language style that uttered by all the characters in this
television series. Due to the limits of time and accessibility, the researcher realizes that it is
impossible to investigate all the problems on this television series. Thus, she focuses on the third problem to only concern on the use of figures of speech. The
figures of speech which may occur in this television series are the types of figures of speech that will give a different effect to the language style. She identifies and
analyzes the types of figures of speech by contrast employed in Sherlock Holmes TV-Series the Final Problem Episode that found in the transcript uttered by all the
characters, reveals and explains the functions of figures of speech by contrast, and also reveals and explains what themes are reflected through the use of figures of
speech by contrast in Sherlock Holmes TV-Series the Final Problem Episode. Thus, the research questions can be formulated as follows.
1. What types of figures of speech by contrast are employed in Sherlock
Holmes TV-Series the Final Problem Episode? 2.
What are the functions of figures of speech by contrast employed in Sherlock Holmes TV-Series the Final Problem Episode?
3. What themes are reflected through the use of figures of speech by contrast
in Sherlock Holmes TV-Series the Final Problem Episode?
C. Objectives of the Problem
