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supporting data in the analysis. The form of data in this thesis is selected from the text of the play
through quotations. In other words, the quotations are selected and then interpreted for further analysis before arriving at the conclusion. Simply to say,
the quotations are not taken as the way they are. They must be considered to be relevant to the analysis of the thesis. Therefore, the data at least provide logical
order to the concept of scientific framework as the thesis suggests.
3.2 Method of Analysis
The method of analysis applied in this thesis is better known as descriptive qualitative analysis. It is said so because the data are analyzed by concept or
theory in terms of description. The description is based on the text of the play in which it is selected by taking quotations as data analysis. So, the data are selected
and then interpreted in order to get better analysis objectively. The kind of this research belongs to library research. It is so because the
data analysis are based on books or references that are related to study of literary works in terms of play and the meaning of absurdity which is analyzed in this
thesis. The source of data analysis is taken from Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
Karl Pearson in Sudaryanto 1992: 1 has stated that the unity of all sciences consist alone in its method, not in its material. The material of this thesis
is subjective in common perception, but it can be analyzed objectively if it is
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as a science if it fulfills the conditions of scientific method. It can be stated as follows:
“Whatever choices are made such issues of facts and goals, the decisions cannot therefore be labeled true or
false but can be rated only on scales such as naturalness. However, when it comes to the choice of means that
syntactic meta theories prescribe for their derivative descriptions, the choices can be labeled true or false,
since it is possible that meta theoretically prescribed means of syntactic accounts are capable of accounting for
the facts and it is also possible that they are not”
From the quotation above, it can be seen that the word means is synonymous to method in selecting things which are true or false. Thus, method is
an instrument to inquire the factual truth. It is arranged at first through finding the research question in terms of determining problem of analysis. The form of
problem statement brings some concepts of research matters in the analysis. This thesis provides an analysis of absurd elements as portrayed in the play
written by Henrik Ibsen that is A Doll’s House. The absurd elements are selected in the form of quotation through the text of the play. The method applied indicates
the inductive and deductive reasoning in the analysis. Inductive method means a particular fact is taken for general conclusion. Simply to say, example first then
comes the description. The deductive reasoning gives a general conclusion from particular fact which implies description first then comes example.
From the reasoning methods above this thesis applies qualitative method of analysis for the emphasis is focused on inductive reasoning. It is so because
theory is very dominant used in describing the data. To quote Dabbs in Berg
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sciences, quantitative orientations are often given more respect. This may reflect the tendency of the general public to regard science as relating to numbers and
implying precision. Certainly, qualitative methodologies have not predominated in the social
sciences. After all, qualitative research takes much longer, requires greater clarity of goals during design research. Qualitative research method has left its mark
conceptually and theoretically on the social sciences. The lasting contributions to social understanding from qualitative research, as well as the sheer number of
contributing social thinkers are significant. To differentiate between quantitative and qualitative approaches
indicates that the notion of quality is essential to the nature of things. On the other hand, quantity is elementally an amount of something. Quality refers to the what,
how, when, and where of a thing. Qualitative research, thus, refers to the meanings, concepts, definitions, characteristics, metaphors, symbols and
descriptions of things. In contrast, quantitative research refers to counts and measures of things.
As the summary of the method applied here, it is insisted to qualitative method of research. It is said so because the description on the data analysis is
dominant. That is why the method is better known as descriptive qualitative method. The data are described in reference to absurd elements as found in the
play A Doll’s House.
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3.2 Data Analysis
