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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
3.1 Source of Data
Source of data is a part of methodology because it includes in the framework of way or systematic way in finding scientific truth. The word
methodology is defined as science of methods or discussion of methods, to quote a dictionary definition that is Webster New International Dictionary. Principally,
methodology restricts the procedure of finding scientific truth by using logic principles through reasoning and acceptable assumption. All this pattern in order
to find the truth must be proved objectively through the existing of data. Data are the object material of research that supports the inquiry upon
the truth. Data provide certain phenomena which are found to strengthen the analysis of truth consequence. In other words, data give clue for further
understanding of what is being done in research. Research itself can be grouped into classifications such as field research, library research and experimental
research, to say some examples. The present thesis belongs to library research because the data are focused on document material or reading one that is literary
works or literature. The source of data may be classified into primary source of data and
secondary source of data. In this thesis, the primary data are taken from Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House. The secondary data are taken from literary books
such as literary criticism and philosophical books which are relevant to the study of this thesis. As one genre of literary works, the play A Doll’s House is written
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supporting data in the analysis. The form of data in this thesis is selected from the text of the play
through quotations. In other words, the quotations are selected and then interpreted for further analysis before arriving at the conclusion. Simply to say,
the quotations are not taken as the way they are. They must be considered to be relevant to the analysis of the thesis. Therefore, the data at least provide logical
order to the concept of scientific framework as the thesis suggests.
3.2 Method of Analysis
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