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Approach of the Study

James’ views towards British social condition in the 19 th century as reflected in A Kiss At Midnight. Then, the writer made some questions that stated in the problem formulation. The third step, the writer looked for certain theories and approach related to the topic. The theories that the writer used are the theory of character and characterization, theory of setting, theory on society in the novel, and the relation between literature and society. Approach that used in this study is sociocultural-historical approach. The next step, the writer applied the theories and sociocultural-historical approach to answered the problem formulation. Finally, the writer was making the conclusion of this study. 22

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS

In this chapter, the writer analyzes the novel in order to find out the answers to the problem formulation in the first chapter. First, the writer describes the characterization. Second, the writer describes the social condition of the 19 th century British depicted as setting in the novel. Third, the writer describes how the characters and setting in Eloisa James‟ A Kiss at Midnight reflect James‟ views toward British social condition in the 19 th century.

A. The Characters

1. The Character of Katherine Daltry

Katherine Daltry is the major character of the novel A Kiss at Midnight. Katherine who is always called Kate by the family and friends is 23 years old woman. She is the granddaughter of an earl that makes her belong to the upper class in the society. Kate‟s mother passed away when she is sixteen. Her father married again to Mariana then passed away, he leaves everything that he had to Mariana. Mariana makes all of the inheritance to her daughter ‟s dowry. When his father death, Kate become penniless because Mariana does not care of her: I am the older daughter of my father, Victor Daltry. He was the younger son of an earl, and had a snug estate, built from my mother‟s dowry. After my mother died, he left the entire estate to my stepmother, Mariana, who bestowed it on her own daughter, Victoria. James, 2010; 254

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