This study explains the father and daughter relationship in different situation. Ophelia and Jessica are characterized as young daughters who suffer
from the control of their fathers. Ophelia is an obedient girl. She always obey her father‟s words and agree with everything her father ask her to do. Whereas
Jessica, she is a rebellious o ne who rejects her father‟s words and intructions. She
thinks her house is a hell because of her father. This study discussed about two types of father and daughter relationship. It
explain about the relationship between Ophelia, Jessica and their father. Their fathers have power and authority towards them. Whereas my study discuss the
influence of the absence of father figure on his daughter‟s behavior.
B. Review of Related Theories
In this part, the writer will explain about several theories that used in this research.
1. Theory of Character and Characterization
There are many examples of character, for examples arrogant, stubborn, brave, and selfish. The character is a significant element of literature work. It can
make the work more alive. “Character is a person who act out in a particular time and place some kind of conflict in a patterns of events” Rohrberger and Woods,
1971:20. Character can change and develop. There are two types of character, flat and round character. “Flat character
has only one outstanding trait or feature, or at most a few distinguish m arks”
Kennedy and Gioia, 2005:78. Flat character is easy to understand or to remember because they have steady character from the beginning until the end of
the story. Therefore, some critics called as static character. Flat character is usually a minor character, although not all minor character in the story is flat. The
second type of character is round character. Round character is also called dynamic character.
To the degree that round characters have many individual and unpredictable human traits, and because they undergo change or growth as a result of their
experiences, they may considered dynamic Roberts and Jacob, 1989: 145.
Round character is more complex than flat character. The character in a story or novel can change because of their experiences in their life. It can change
or develop. “Round character, however, present us with more facets-that is, their authors portray them in greater depth and in more generous detail” Kennedy and
Gioia, 2005:78. The process by which an author creates a character is called characterization
Rohrberger and Woods, 1971:20. Authors present their character either directly or indirectly. In direct presentation, they tell us straight out, by exposition or
analysis, what the characters are like, or they have another character in the story
that describes them. For example the authors describe the physical appearance of
the character and how the character looks like. In indirect presentation, the author shows us the characters through their actions, the readers will determine what
characters are like by what they are do or say.
