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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
There are two parts in this chapter which aimed to answer the problem formulations in this study. The first part analyses the description of Adeline’s
character using the character and characterization theory and personality theory. This part is aimed to answer the first problem formulation. The second part of this
chapter analyses the meaning of Adeline’s tragic life by using the personality and the motivation theory. This second part is aimed to answer the second problem
formulation.
A. Characterization of Adeline
There are some characters in the novel entitled The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. They are George Angelfield, Charlie, Isabelle, Ronald March,
Hester, dr. Mauldsley, Missus, and John. The main characters of the novel are Adeline and Emmeline.
Adeline was born as the twin sisters of Emelline. She is considered as a girl who has the naughty character of two persons. She has an introvert, insecure,
uneducated, and an ignorant character. Those characteristics were identified after the writer read and analyze of how Adeline reacts to problems and direct
description of her.
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1. Insecure
Adeline is a girl who is left by her mother at the age of thirteen. In that age, a child should be educated and accompanied by the caretaker, especially a
mother. As Allers 1951 concludes that the relationship between mother and the child is possibly the most intimate of all the forms of association between two
persons. They were thirteen; it was not an age to be left unattended; they need a
woman’s influence p. 148.
This situation affects Adeline’s motivation in her teenager’s life. The normal children will need affection from the family. They need to be taught and to
be loved. Moreover, they need to be introduced to the society where a lot of people live and they must be able to differentiate those who are good and those
whom they must avoid. Adeline is a girl who loves to live in her comfort zone. She avoids new things which try to enter her comfort zone.
Does she appreciate these lessons? If only I knew how to answer that question She is quite wild, Dr.
Maudsley. She has to be trapped in the room by trickery, or sometimes I have to get John to bring her by force. She will do anything to avoid
it, flailing her arms or else holding her whole body rigid to make it awkward to carry her through the door. Seating her behind a desk is
practically impossible. More often than not John is obliged to simply leave her on the floor. She will neither look at me nor listen to me in
the classroom, but retreats to some inner world of her own p. 167.
Adeline feels anything new as an enemy which tries to take her out of her comfortable life. She does not know yet understand of which people and thing are
good or bad for her because no one ever taught it to her. Moreover, she is afraid of being alone because the only thing that she knows is that Emmeline is the only
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communicate with. What you must bear in mind, she had told him, is that in the absence
of any strong parental attachment, and with no strong guidance from any other quarter, the childs development to date has been wholly
shaped by the experience of twins. Her sister is the one fixed and permanent point in her consciousness; therefore her entire worldview
will have been formed through the prism of their relationship p. 177.
Everything is fine when she has her twins next to her and as the opposite, everything seem to be scary when she is alone. Adeline does not have a chance to
enjoy her childhood, she never hears any amusing children stories, went to the park, and played with other girls in her age. What she knows is only live her life
as usual with her twin sister. She always put an eye to something suspicious and tends to avoid new things. On the other hand, she just an ordinary little girl who
wants to be loved. Hester; the twin s’ teacher wanted to show her love to Adeline
and she showed it by telling children stories. It is as if her involvement with the story has captured her attention and
in doing so undermined her defenses, so that she relaxes and forgets her show of rejection and defiance pp. 168-169.
In spite of all of her naughtiness, Adeline is a little girl who seeks for affection. Although she always shows her rejection of Hester, but there is a moment when
Hester is succeed to take Adeline’s heart. However, Adeline never shows her interest of the stories explicitly. Adeline has an insecure personality because she is
left by her mother who should be her caretaker. When separation occurs; whether it is temporary or permanent, it may cause depression to the children because they
will lose the presence of their caretaker. During this phase, children will feel
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