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Deeds. 2. To describe how Eminem and his mother as reflected in Cleaning Out My
Closet. 3. To describe how Eminem and his wife as reflected in Kim and Jealousy
Woes. 4. To describe how Eminem and his daughter relationship as reflected in
When Im Gone and Mockingbird.
I.4 The Scope Of The Analysis
There will be a lot of discussions about Eminem’s social life. Avoiding too wide analysis, it is necessary to make a clear limitation of the kind of life that will be analyzed.
The focus of the analysis will be limited only about his family life. Since family still has wide range, the scope will be focused only on Eminem’s relationship with the family
member, which analyzes his relationship with his father, his mother, his wife, and his relationship with his only daughter.
Considering that Eminem has hundreds lyrics, it is important to select the song lyrics that reflect or portray Eminem’s relationship with his family. The lyrics that have
biographical elements that are relevant to the problems are Evil Deeds, Cleaning Out My Closet, Kim, Jealousy Woes, When Im Gone and Mockingbird. The analysis will show
and prove the influence of his family in writing lyrics, and describe the relationship in a family through the lyrics.
I.5 The Significances Of The Analysis
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This analysis is made so that the readers can see that there is a family relationship like Eminem’s relationship, and it also may exist around them. And by reading this
analysis, people may take advantageous by learning from Eminem family life relationship. The readers can take the positive sides and make the negative element as a
thing to be avoided and to be improved. The writer also hopes that the readers will have a better understanding about literature and society, and also their relationship as well, by
reading this analysis.
I.6 Review Of Related Literature
This following books are the main sources in finding data and information in analyzing this thesis. They are:
Theory of Literature , by Rene Wellek and Austen Warren 1982. This book,
relevant to its title, provides the theory of literature. In this book, there are two kinds of approach in analyzing a literary work, which are intrinsic and extrinsic approach.
Intrinsic aapproach emphasizes its analysis on the elements of that literature itself, while extrinsic approach relates the literary work with the other objects of study such as
biography, philosophy, psychology, sociology, etc. Eminem Not A Mama’s Boy
translation, by Chuck Weiner 2006. It is an Eminem’s biographical book that contains his experiences, his feeling and thought, his
quotation and confession, and some other people’s opinion about him. It gives information about his life and his work.
A Portrayal of Tennesse William’s Life in The Glass of Manegerie a thesis, by
Leli Purba 1999. The explanation and way of writing in this book support the writer,
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although there are some explanations that are not good enough because they are lack of the detail.
CHAPTER II THEORITICAL REVIEW
II.1 LITERATURE
