23 Miss Prym is still young, meanwhile the Stranger is older. It is clear that
Stranger’s experience is much more than Miss Prym. Miss Prym just too naïve to show as if she knows everything what Stranger’s talking about.
His comment was merely intended to provoke her: obviously a young woman like her would never have heard of Durenmatt, and he knew that she
would again try to appear indifferent, as if she knew whom he was talking about p.15.
From the incident above it can be concluded that Miss Prym is naïve. Compare to Stranger, Miss Prym’s knowledge is limited. Stranger understands the
young person and a girl from remote village, like Miss Prym is trying to look indifferent. They will pretend as if they what other’s said. It is analyzed through
Murphy’s methods of characterization 1972. In this case, it is derived from the speech. pp. 164-166.
4.1.3 Hard Worker
Miss Prym is a hard worker. She even works as a barmaid in the only hotel in Viscos. It can be seen through the direct sentence of the character. She has been
working in a bar since she is 18 years old. She has to work in the bar after her grandmother passed away so that she can continue her life in Viscos.
“My name’s Miss Prym. I work in the evening at the bar of the hotel where you’re staying, and I was surprised when you didn’t come down to dinner,
because a hotel doesn’t make it’s money just from renting room, you know, but from everything the guests consume. “p. 8
As a barmaid, Miss Prym has to work in the night. She will meet drunken men mostly which is dangerous for her. She tries to satisfy her customer with her
service. The dialogue above is between the Stranger and Miss Prym. From the
24 dialogue above, it can be concluded that Miss Prym is a hard worker. It is
analyzed by Murphy’s methods of characterization. It is derived from the speech. Miss Prym works very hard to earn every penny. She should work for hours.
Moreover, she works overtime from evening to midnight for almost every night. She must be very tired for having hallucination about the rogue wolves.
The mayor’s wife, however, would not give up so easily. “Regardless of whether or not it exists, we all know that there were no
wolves howling last night. You work the poor girl too hard, up until all hours; she’s so exhausted she’s starting to get hallucinations” p.42.
From the dialogue above, it shows that Miss Prym is a hard worker for she
is working overtime almost everyday. It is analyzed by Murphy’s methods of characterization. It is derived from speech between the hotel landlady and mayor’s
wife.
4.1.4 Confident
Being a beautiful woman and rather attractive, Miss Prym thinks that every man will be attracted to her. Moreover, she is the only young woman in Viscos,
she is pretty sure that every man wants her. “Miss Prym, however, had understood just about everything. Like all older
men, he was obsessed with the idea of sex with a younger woman. Like all human beings, he thought money could buy whatever he wanted. Like all
Strangers, he was sure that young woman from remote villages were naïve enough to accept any proposal, real or imaginary, provided it offered a faint
chance of escape.” p. 11.
The dialogue above is from Miss Prym’s mind. She is pretty confident that the Stranger who is old enough is interested in her. It is analyzed by Murphy’s
methods of characterization. It is derived from thought.
