Then from the analysis of the modality in excerpt 3 of Mavis, it can be seen that by taking Connie as the participants in almost all of the clauses, Mavis
actually thinks that Connie is a person who has contributed to her life. The readers can feel the significant role of Connie and the dependency of Mavis to Connie.
Mavis usually asks her opinion about her problem and anything that she had done. In contrast, Connie only carries minor occurrences of modalities. In excerpt
1, they describe on how Connie sees Deacon and tries to realize what has happened to her. Here, the role of the modalities is not really significant.
The modalities in excerpt 2 of Connie signal Connie’s skepticism. She becomes skeptic not only to God but also to other people. It is the result of her
psychic power that burdens her and that gradually takes her eyesight as the power comes. She also has little burden concerning the women at Convent.
Last, the modalities in excerpt 3 are employed to describe about Connie’s attitude toward the other characters, their relationship, her intention, and habits.
The attitude toward the other characters and her relationship are expressed by the probability. She recognizes the pattern of the women at Convent, and her close
relationship with the other women at Convent which gradually decreases. Then, her high intention to die is expressed by the use of inclination. Last, the usuality
occurs to describe Mavis’ and her habit.
4.3.2 The Appraisal System
It can be said that the appraisals and comment adjunct in excerpt 1 of Mavis reflect Mavis’ insecurity and her mental condition where she suspects her husband
and her children. The insecurity feeling is, actually, resulted from her paranoia that her family will hurt her and that they underestimate her.
However, the appraisals and comment adjuncts in excerpt 2 generally talk about capacity. Mavis is that she is incapable woman while the other characters
are more competent than her. They also bring the readers inside Mavis, so that the readers can feel her unhappiness and misery and are brought to Mavis’s mind
when she recognizes something she does not expect. On the other side, the appraisals in excerpt 3 of Mavis are employed to talk
about Mavis before she lives at Convent, Mavis after she lives at Convent, and what is left from her past that finally she decides to accept. Here, the readers are
brought to see the inner condition of Mavis and challenged to see the mental development of the character. It is the transformation of Mavis who becomes a
happier person, who can see the positive side of herself, who has improved herself, and who receives her past and what has happened to her after the accident
as part of her life. For Connie, the appraisals in excerpt 1 express how she adores Deacon
Morgan when Connie firstly sees him. It is reflected by the positive judgment and appreciation for Deacon as the appraised. The positive judgment and appreciation,
then, lead to Connie’s reaction where she starts to realize that she falls in love.
Next, the appraisals in excerpt 2 generally discuss about the Connie’s negative attitude toward herself, God and His gift. The readers are given
illustration the negative attitude of Connie, the one who is asked for advice and as a place to talk about anything by the Convent women. By the judgment -cap and
appreciation -val, she thinks that her condition makes her incapable and not appreciated. As for God, she also gives negative attitude to God related to the
power. However, she still stands in the middle whether she should appreciate the gift or not, for the gift has taken her eyesight and burdens her.
Last, the excerpt 3 of Connie describes a lot about darkness. From the analyses of the appreciation and judgment, she gives negative valuation and
judgment not only for herself but also for the other women which are represented by the appreciation -val for the other women and herself, the judgment -cap for
her, and the judgment -prop and judgment -ver to the other women. From the affect -hap and affect +des, it emphasizes not just her unhappiness but her
misery and her high desire to die. It is exactly the opposite from what she says to Mavis to fight the incubus.
4.3.3 Thought Presentation
