Definition of Terms Francesa as the reflection of women in the middle of the emerging feminist movement as seen in waller`s the bridges of madison county.

20. It can be concluded that characters can be analyzed by their dialogue and their action. Roger B. Henkle divides characters in two kinds, major character and minor character. Major characters are the characters that are observed most often in the story. These characters are given a good deal of attention and shoved onto the background or off scene as attention turns elsewhere Henkle, 1977:90. The minor characters or secondary characters in the story performed more limited functions. They can function in various ways; is elements of society that’s makes up the human context, as average or normal points of reference, as foils to the major characters or they can be symbols of aspects of the governing state of being Henkle, 1977: 100. In his An Introduction to Fiction, Stanton says that a reader can understand a character in a story by simply paying attention to the evidences shown in the story. Firstly, we can understand the characteristic of the character from the character’s name where sometimes the sound of the name fits the character. Then the author explicitly describes the physical look of the character and comment upon it. We can see it also from the other character in the story and their attitudes toward the major character. The last we can see it from the character’s own dialogue and behavior Stanton, 1965:17-18. Other explanation of character also stated by M.J. Murphy in his book Understanding Unseen: An Introduction to English Poetry and English Novel for Overseas Student. Murphy said that author can make his characters understandable by using some types of description. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI a. Personal description The author directly describes the character’s physical appearance and clothes in the way telling an accurate description. b. Character as seen by another Instead of describing a character directly, the author describes the character through the eyes and opinion of the others, so that the reader can get a reflected image. c. Speech We can understand the characters by the way they speak. Whenever they speak, or in a conversation with the others, they give us a clue to their characters. d. Past life The author lets the readers learn something about character’s past life by giving them clues through his comment, conversation or through the medium of another character. e. Conversation of others The author can give the readers clues about the character through the conversations of other characters and what they say about himher. f. Reaction The author lets the readers know about the character’s personality through his reaction toward various situation and events. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI