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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter discusses those two questions that have been formulated in the previous chapters. This chapter is divided into two sub-chapters. The first sub-
chapter discusses about the description of Laura Wingfield characteristics. The second sub-
chapter discusses about the meaning of Laura‘s dream.
A. Laura Wingfield 1. Laura Wingfield’s Character
The character of Laura Wingfield in the play script can be categorized as one of the major characters in the play script. According to Henkle 1977,
characters can be described as major and secondary characters. There are two elements in the creation of major characters. They are the complexity and the
attention given them in the book. While a secondary characters are those who perform less important and less complex in the novel pp. 87-89. In the play
script by Tennessee Williams, Laura is the character who has the glass collections. Most of the characters in the play script talk about Laura. Here is attention given
to Laura in and she can be categorized as the major character. The character of Laura Wingfield in the play script is also a flat character.
It is because the character of Laura is built by a single idea. Furthermore, the character does not change from the beginning of the story until the end of it.
According to Forster, there are two advantages of a flat character. The first one is
that only by seeing a part of a person‘s character, the reader can get the description of the whole character. Then the second advantage is that the readers
remember easily a flat character because from the beginning of the story until the end of it the character does not change. It is different from round character which
is complex in temperament and motivation and it is represented with subtle particularity.
2. Laura Wingfield’s Characteristics
In order to know the characteristic of some character in the play, here the writer applied the theory of characterization. Based on the theory of
characterization by Murphy, the reader can get the characterization by looking at the personal description, character as seen by another, speech, past life,
conversation of others, reactions, direct comment, and thought that are written in the play script. In the characteristics of Laura Wingfield, the writer divides the
characterization into two main categories. The first category is about the description of Laura Wingfield physically, and the second is the description of
Laura Wingfield psychologically.
a. The Physical Characteristics
Laura Wingfield in the script is described as someone who has problem with her leg. She walks lamely and because of the condition, Laura lack of confidence.
From the play script, it shows that she feels uncomfortable while everyone stare at her when she walks.
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