The writer wants to find out the personality development which influenced by main characters
’ feeling of love in The Phantom of the Opera so that the readers will understand the problems and how the problems can be solved. This
study will be unique compared to other studies because the writer will analyze the characteristics of the main characters through their personality and also the
influence toward the character development of the main characters feeling of love. The story of The Phantom of the Opera is full of the irony of love tragedy and
mistery of love relationship. This analysis will make this thesis different from other theses because the story to be discussed in this thesis is unique than another
love story. Thus, the writer interested to analyze the personality changes of the main character in the story.
B. Review of Related Theories
1. Characters and Characterization
Character is defined as the description of a person who has a certain type and quality. It can be good or bad. The authors will present their characters in
their works. Based on their importance, characters are divided into two parts, major and minor characters. Major characters can be the center of the story. They
are the most important characters in the story. Minor characters appear only once or twice in the story. Their roles are less important than the major one Milligan,
1988:155. Abrams in his book A Glossary of Literary Term states that character is
defined into two definitions. The first one is, the character is “the name of a
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literary genre: it is a short, and usually witty, sketch in prose of a distinctive type of person.
” The second one is character is “the person presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with moral,
dispositional, and emotional qualities that are expressed in what they say-the dialogue- and by what they do- the action.
” The grounds in the characters temperament, desires, and moral nature for their speech and actions are called
their motivation 1981: 23. Each character has his or her own characteristics. A character in a literary
work has his or her own personalities and physical appearances or characteristics that make him of her different from each other. Based on their psychological
behavior, there are two kinds of characters namely flat and round characters. The flat characters are the characters that represent single characteristics, treat, idea or
limited number of qualities. The flat characters are static and do not develop as fully as round characters. Round characters are complex in temperament and
motivation. Round characters are dynamic and often appear as the center of the story. They represent number qualities or traits and complex multidimensional
characters of significant intellectual an emotional depth that have the capacity to grow and changes Forster, 1978:73.
The writer agrees that each character has his or her own characteristic as stated by Forster. The writer thinks that each person grown up from different
background. They have different experience, heritage, and generation. As we can see in some movies, there are brothers and sisters even twins who grow up from
different background and they grow to be the person they like. So, in this thesis,
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