Structuralism is used because this study will discuss the character as the theory of drama tragedy and tragic hero with reference to the genre or to its place in
the development of the genre. It deals with the tragedy of social life in the industrial revolution in London.
C. Method of the Study
The writer applied a library research as the method of the study. This method is collecting data by reading some books that is useful for the analysis. Two kinds of
sources are used to support the study. The primary source was taken from Wordsworth poem “Michael”. The secondary sources were taken from some books
and information from internet browsing. Doing the analysis, the writer took a few steps. Firstly, the writer read the
work thoroughly and also interpreted the characters of the work. After the writer read the poem, some tragedy of the characters was found. The tragedy that happened to
Michael as the main character was very attractive. This made the writer interested to have a character study in the play to analyze the main character in this poem.
Secondly, the writer decided the topic of the thesis and formulated the problem formulation as the base of the thesis.
Thirdly, the writer used the appropriate approach to analyze the poem line by line and makes a library research to find the theories that were related to the character
study for the analysis. The theories on character and characterization are used to analyze every character in the poem. The approach is used to analyze every scene or
the structure of the poem. It is also used to find another relation with the theory on modern tragedy and another “outside” aspect industrialism.
After that, the theories and the approach were used in the analysis to analyze the whole work from the first line till the end. After analyzing the characters and the
tragedy, the writer searches the tragic hero revealed from the analysis. The tragic hero is revealed from the tragedy of the main character which is supported by other
minor characters. Finally, conclusion is made. The conclusion contains the significant
information from the introduction until the analysis. It especially contains the summary of the important points that are obtained for the analysis.
