“A Comparison Between the Characterization
of the Father and that of the Daughter in William Shakespeare’s King Lear; A Psychological Analysis”.
Thesis.
ABSTRACT
The title of
this thesis is “A Comparison Between
the Characterization of the Father and that of the Daughter in William
Shakespeare’s King Lear; A Psychological
Analysis”. The objectives of this study are to describe the
characterization of King Lear and Cordelia, and to describe the comparison of
the characterization of King Lear and Cordelia observed psychologically.
To conduct
this result the writer follows the library method, it means the writer see and
visit some libraries to gather the data. The data can be divided into primary
data and secondary data. Primary data are taken from drama King Lear written by William Shakespeare. And the secondary data
are taken from books and writings that have relevant to the subject and object
of the research. The gathered data are recorded in data cards, after the data
are gathered they are analyzed by the psychology theories by Sigmund Freud in
Andayani Budi and Koentjoro (2004) and Wellek and Warren in Melanie Budianta (1990).
The research findings can be described as follows: first, the comparison of the characterization between King Lear and Cordelia, there are: love each other as father and son, not easy to surrender, wise, and inflamed soul. The drama King Lear has five major characteristics, they are; King Lear has function as protagonist character, Cordelia as protagonist character, Goneril as antagonist character, Regan as antagonist character, and Earl of Kent as the companion of King Lear. King Lear as the father has some characterizations; child lover, bad tempered, egoist, easy to believe, not easy to surrender, melancholic, inflamed soul, childish, and the characterizations of Cordelia are: wise, faithful with God, smart, not easy to surrender, brave, obedient, inflamed soul, and loving her father. External factors have important influence in this characterization.
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