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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the finding and data analysis of the research based on the two questions presented in the Chapter I. The first question aims to find the
characteristics of Heathcliff as seen in the novel. The second question aims to analyze
the true meaning of Heathcliff‟s love as seen in Wuthering Heights.
A. Description of Heathcliff
In this novel, there are some characters potrayed, they are Heathcliff, Catherine Earnshaw, Edgar Linton, Isabella Linton, Mr. Earnshaw, Hindley
Earnshaw, Hareton Earnshaw, Ellen Dean, Mr. Lockwood, Joseph and the other. Abrams 2005 states that characters are the people or a person in
dramatic or narrative work, were interpreted by the reader as carrying such a moral, intellectual and also dispositional qualities that expressed in what they say
like in the dialogue or in the act. According to Abrams 1985: 20, there are two kinds of the character, the
first one is the major character and the other is minor character. Major characters always appear in the whole story while the minor character are less important than
the major character because they are not fully developed and they just support the major character.
In this novel, Heathcliff was categorized as the major character because he appears in almost every scene in the novel. The character of Heathcliff full
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that Heathcliff is the major character appears on the conflict, he always takes a part in the conflict of the story. Mostly, he can be described as the center of the
story and the conflict also. The other evidence is Heathcliff almost appears in every chapter of the story.
According to Forster 1974, there are two categories in the character. There are flat character and round character. Heathcliff in this story described as
the round character. It can be seen from the story that the author build the audience perspective about Heathcliff through his physical appearance, his speech
and also in the conflict. The author let the readers build their own imagination about Heathcliff character.
In order to find out how to characterize the character, researcher uses the theory from Murphy. Murpy 1972 provides nine ways that an author can use to
make the story more understandable and more alive for readers. There are nine ways that an author can used, personal description, character as seen by another,
speech, past life, conversation of others, reaction, direct comment, thoughts, and mannerisms. In order to analyze the Heathcliff‟s characteristics, the researcher
used personal description, past life, conversation of others, thoughts and mannerisms.
In this part, Heathc liff‟s characteristics will be divided into two parts,
there are physical characteristics and psychological characteristics. Characteristics mostly have relation with personality. According to Floyd 1950, personality is
the totality of the reaction patterns and reaction possibilities of each individual. It
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