The incident above proves that Queen Attolia is attentive which is known from her action. She can cry for Eugenides, eventhough she never cries for herself
nor at her father’s death. It is analyzed through Murphy’s methods of characterization 1972. In this case, it is derived from the reaction pp.168-170.
Queen Attolia cares about what has happened to Eugenides when he finishes a quarrel. She is afraid of what she sees, blood. She thinks that the blood is from
the thief’s body. In fact, it is the blood of another’s. She looked carefully for any injury but saw no signs and assumed it was
someone else’s blood. She stooped a little to see his eyes better and followed their direction. p. 266
The incident above proves that Queen Attolia is attentive as seen from her action that blood on Eugenides’ body makes her care to think if the blood is from
Eugenides’ or not. It is analyzed through Murphy’s methods of characterization 1972, in this case derived from the reaction pp.168-170.
4.1.4 Calm
Queen Attolia is calm. She always chooses to be calm when she wants to do something, especially when making a plan. This can be seen from the
following incident: The thief already falls in love with Queen Attolia from the first time he sees
her. He can remember all of the things about her, even after he gets some cruel actions from her. He can remember about it easily. Queen Attolia is considered as
a calm person. It is proved when the thief has already returned to Queen Ediss and he dreams of Queen Attolia, he says:
“When she is angry, she sits, and when she’s sad, she sits. If she was ever happy, she’d just sit, I think.” It was more than he had said for days, and
when he was done, he closed his eyes. Eddis thought he was sleeping. p. 52
The incident above proves that Queen Attolia is calm as seen from Eugenide’s point of view. It is analyzed through Murphy’s methods of
characterization. In this case, it is derived from the character as seen by the other characters pp.162-164.
4.1.5 Beautiful
Attolia is a beautiful queen. Many characters of men in the novel, especially Eugenides says that Queen Attolia is beautiful. The author also writes about that.
This can be seen from the following incidents: The thief, Eguinedes loves Queen Attolia. He always adores Queen Attolia by
looking at her. He already loves the queen from the first time. He really admires how beautiful Queen Attolia is and when she cuts off his right hand, he still loves
her. Eugenides looked at her and tilted his head very slightly in wonder. He had
forgotten, as he always forgot, how beautiful she was. Her hair was held away from her face by the ruby and gold headband that crossed for
forehead just above her dark brows. Her skin was flawless and so fair as to be translucent. She dressed as always in imitation of Hephestia, but it was
far easier to imagine the impersonal cruelty of the Great Goddess than to see cruelty in the face of the queen of Attolia. Looking at her, Eguinedes
smiled. p. 22
The incident above shows how the thief, Eugenides thinks about how beautiful Queen Attolia is. It can prove Queen Attolia is beautiful, which is why
every man adores her. The thief, Eugenides does not care about the cruel things
she has done to him, he just sees the beauty of Queen Attolia. It is analyzed through Murphy’s methods of characterization 1972. In this case, it is derived
from the personal description pp.161-162. Nahuseresh is a king of Mede who likes queen Attolia. He is very interested
in Queen Attolia’s beauty. He adores every part of Attolia. Kamet also adores her. It is obvious when they talk about Queen Attolia’s beauty. Nahuseresh says that
Queen Attolia is quite beautiful and she has the most appealing of feminine virtues, especially in a queen. He says that she is easily led.
“.. What do you think of the Attolian queen?” “She’s quite beautiful,” Nahuseresh said.
“yes?” prompted Kamet. “And she had the most appealing of feminine virtues, especially in a
queen, he said that she was easily led,” said Nahuseresh, smiling. p. 72
The incident above proves that Queen Attolia is beautiful as known from the other characters’ comments. They admit the beauty of Queen Attolia. It is
analyzed through Murphy’s methods of characterization 1972. In this case, it is derived from the conversation by the other characters pp.167-168
The other proof that Queen Attolia is beautiful, is when Nahuseresh feels jealous because he thinks that Kamet, Nahuseresh’s secretary really likes Queen
Attolia. It is because Kamet also says that Queen Attolia is very beautiful in his tought, but Nahuseresh really agrees and says that she has the beauty which even
those cats in the imperial court would admire. Kamet dropped his eyes again. “She’s very beautiful,” he said in his own
defense.p. 208
The incident above proves that Queen Attolia is beautiful as seen from Kamet’s point of view. It is analyzed through Murphy’s methods of
characterization 1972. In this case, it is derived from the character as seen by the other characters pp.162-164
4.1.6 Jealous
