RESPONSIBILITY, OBLIGATION AND CONSCIENCE THROUGH NORA'S CHARACTER IN HENDRIK IBSEN'S A DOOL'S HOUSE: MORAL VALUES.

Responsibility,

Obligation

and

Conscienc€

Throuqh

Nora's

Character in

Eenrik

lbsetr's

Aqsllgggg$:

Moral

Valu€s

A Th€sls

SubDilted

tu

Psrtirt FultllmeDt

of

theRcquiEm.rt

lor

the

D€gr

ofsri.[a

S$tre

ENGLISE DEPARTMENT

FACULTY

OF

LETTERS

ANDA]-AS

UNI\TRSITY

.

PA'ANG

05135001

ABSTRAK

Skipsi ini

nenbajid

nilai

E!!s!

korya

l1tuik

lbsen.

Nilai

d.le

dlua

yea

benana

Non.

nonl

Fns

rerltudug

dalan

dana

A t)olt

s

noral ini

dilihar

nelatuj seoma

10L0!

uteB

Unluk

neDEealie

l€msalahm

rhe

ditenukaku dalm

pencliLi

itri,

penulis

nen8sualo

lendekatar

nonl

oleh Berlcns. Betens

mc.laLlan

bahr,r

nlai-n'

r

roml

r.n;u

Jr

.

i.!ni \dto

il i

no:l

)dA

be.ru6uuu

Aer

um

llnssmgjasan,

nilai noral

yang

herhubuq

dengdkcmjibm,

dd

_nitai

norat

ymc

bdlubuns

dmgM

hali

lrrlmi

Ddi

hdil

alisa

terehu! !€nulis

ne.emuk&

banM

iinskab

tah

i6ko!

lldnE

daln

.enh

A ioI

Hotse dergdduA

r,n\in nit{ ToE

)jI]

berhlbuAe

deosd

bCgug

ld*oo. nil

i

rorat

yarr

berrbul.r

o"ig,,

kewajibd

de

nilai

noral

yans

berhubmge

denstu

_hari

ll]fui

ie6cbut.

_Tokob

CEA?TER

I

INTRODUCTION

l.I

The

Bqckground

ofthe Res€{ch

ln sme of

lnnary work,

rhe audror

usurlly delivcB

a nessage

rh$

porrays

hlmant

life.

Thcse meseses

conlair

evehl

valucs

in

hunan,s

life for exmpte

noality.

Hund

behavior

md

scidy's

life

is

clated

ro

Dorslity.

tl

uonlems rhs

content

md

vdlues

ofth€

smicry.

since the mo.at critioism b€tongs

r.

rhe

€xtri.sic

apprcach, the

srner

w

ts 10 apply this app.oEch

to

tnd

n6al

vllues

h

a

lirdaly

work.

ln

his

eseys enlided

MoslTPhilosoobical

Aporcach

by

rR

relvis

in

hnp:/hww.q6desv€r.com,

it explained about

Hnn&isr

{d

noral

ciii.kn 4

sell

a

Philosophiql

ppmach

He says,

Moral/Pbilosophiml crilios

belicvc

dai

inc

leger

pu$ose

of literaim

is

10

teeh moraliry".

'lne

_{sbLement shows}

thai

_the

lilentue

gives us a dosmiprior

ofnoEliry

in

nuna!,s

lif..

Thus,

t

's

nnporlnL

ro

bow

aboul

noral

values lhat

con€m

in a literary work for

num&

s expenenoe.

LiteratuE is lhe

renection

of

hunm,s

tife

&d

cerrain

seiery

s

tite or

p3nicul& period.

To find

outmo6lvahes

in a

lirmy

work,

@dcs

should

dalyrc

the charactels

atritude

dd

behavior

in

the

s@iciy.

Dle

nr

rhcsc

icaso.5,

it

is

chaUmsine

to

analyze

horal

values

in A

Doll

s House

by Hetuik

Ibsen since this

drama deais

vith

NoMceid

moFl

values

in

ninct€mh

century

which

sritr

innuerced

by

VictoriM

€d

.

TherefoE,

ir

is

cleely

enoush thar

$mugh

,litmr,

work the

mitcr

cs

@nvey

noral

values or

hunm

s

tite

d

society s

lire

dd

rhe

rt.

r

'e

wnr.

ro

m

\/(

I

J

a na

winen

b)

HeTil

b.!n.

Dollt

fiousc. This drama was

Ntt€d

in

1379.Ileril

lbsa

as rhc aulhor conveys moral values rhrough the srory

of

drda.

Acrually, Itscn

tos

oM

stylc

of ldgnage

that

is e6y

10

u

erst2nd

for

$e

rerdd

Thu3, thc

wnc.

choo*s

this litemry

wort

b@sc

this

dtra

is

also

@ncemd with

noBl

values

tormrd

lle

cba@lers

anitude. By

tualyzinq

tie

dma.

thc

witcr

rics io

catch

rh.

noml

vrlucad

r

ifre,

rh.r;.li!er

Sine

Benen's thcory

about

thee

charcreristics

of

monl

valus

rough

Esponsibilny,

oblisarion

ed

conscie.ce

do

&alyzed

in

{Dql&.gqss

br

Henrik

Ibsn.

llrus,

this

iosdch

entitles

6

Resporsibiliry, Oblisltion,

lnd

_Consci€nce

Throupt

Nora's

Chancler

in

Hebriklb.cn\

ADoll's

Housd

Monl

VxluB.

1.2

ldeofincrtion

oflhe

problem

Ercry

lnenry work

hd

mo6l

valucs

left

10 be

ssDed

by

r€adets

s

rhd

ecial

purpose

of

lhe author. Dascd on the

expldalion

in

dc

h.cksromd

aboye, rhc

*rite.

srares thaL rhe

Foblen

that is goins

to

be

&atyzed

here is

tie

harat

latues.

si.ce

the

'lima

concen

sirh

nonl

lalues

drcush

the

nain

ch@ctets

anitude

nded

Nora

inA

Doll

s House whidh desqibes thrse charrcterkrics

ofmod v,np\

Ii6!

noral

values

Elated

to

Esponsibiht.

Seoond,

norat

vatnes

Elared

to

CHAPTER

IV

CONCLUSION

Aiid dallzi.g

A Doll

s House- by using

noml

rpproach,

no6l

values are

found in tbe play

{Dd&.Eq!g

that h

pichftd bt

the

nain chaEctcr

Morcovcr, in

A

Dollt

Ltous,

thEe

chaEden$ics of

moal

valu€s that are

rcncccd

by thc

nain

cbaeleF ee

fouDd.

The

chaEcteristic

ol

noral lalues

consisl

of

moal

valucs

rclalcd lo rcsponsibility, obligation

dd

snscience.

NoB

os the

mai. ciaEcter

in thc play

behatior

in

her

life,

such

4

Esponsible,

she tulfilled

ber

oblisation, her conscience

6.

No$cgid

in

ninet*nth

century.

Al6oush,

she

hs

done som€thing lnar rttused by her

cncmsrmes

10 save her

husbsd

s

titc

but her

consciounss

hs

brcushl lo do

betid

in her

life

by showins

hd

responsibility

olher

Auilt,

hd

obligalion ro her cbild dnd her corscience

in

ctangina her aftirudc ond to

nnd

ol

her identily

dludl

ly

desd.ibes her behavior in li le. Thus,

Noa h6

responsi ble

enolgh

ol

he!

slih

that she has done

sd

she

ries

10

chuse

to bc morc rcsponsiblc

10 o her oblisation

dd

lo

use n€r consciene to cbanse

ier

ahitude lo be a _{sood in} his

FurlhemoE, after

eallzing

this play,

it

ce

b€

conclud6

thsl

ihe

!p!5e.

The

nain

chaEoter shows

her

responsibilily,

her

obligalion

hd

fteir

conscience in

doin8[$

lifeespecially in

nmiage.ln

hcr

oihis

tife,

hunm

b€ing has

consciousness.

Consciousne$

sill

rakc

ro do

responsibitiry, obtisadon,

and

conscience. Tben, it

co

be

eid

that soneone

cm

undssrmd abour

noFl

v.tues rbal

n

de..ribed

by

t.

nin.,rmcrer

il

d

epla) a

Dolll

Holle.

ln

this

c6e,

Itsen

hrs

successes

in d*c.ibinS

th€

noBI

values duouBtr

No6t

chmcter

dd

nakiry

A

Doll's

House

sivcs

no6l

values

in

lite

around

nheten$

ce.r!ry

at tbat time. Fudhemore,

se

m

see hoN

wonen

conducL UEn

lile

loMd

hoal

values in socieq

inst*d

oralso

heatdoM

E

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