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THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER
IN
“SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN”
MOVIE SCRIPT
LUH WULAN ASTARINI
(1218351032)
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF ARTS
NON REGULAR PROGRAM
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My greatest gratitude goes to the Almighty God, Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Waça
and my ancestral for blessing, leading and helping me in accomplishing the whole
chapter in this paper until it has been done properly. I also would like to express my
deepest gratitude to my first supervisor Drs. I Gede Putu Sudana, M.A for giving
guidance and correction in writing this paper. My deeply gratitude also goes to my
second supervisor Sang Ayu Isnu Maharani, S.S., M.Hum for the patience, guidance
and advices given to me in finishing this paper. The other thankfulness also given to
all of the English Departement’s staff especially the staff in non-regular program.
My deepest gratefulness goes to my lovely father I Made Astawa, S.E and my
beloved mother Ni Made Sarini, S.H and also my gorgeous sister Ni Made Laksmi
Astarini, my handsome brother I Nyoman Wira Arya Andika, my uncle I Ketut
Ananta Jaya and all of my big family for the love and support that given to me during
the process of finishing this paper.
Finally, my very special thank goes to my turtledove I Gusti Agung Bagus
Santa Putra for the encouragement and patience in dealing with me. I also thank to
my friend in HIMAPESI and my 2012 classmates for the togetherness during college
days.
Denpasar, April 2016
iv ABSTRACT
The present study entitled The Three Dimensions of the Main Character in “Snow White and the Huntsman” Movie Script is concerned with the analysis of the three dimensions; they are physiological, psychological and sociological dimensions of Snow White as the main character. This study also analyzed the relation among the three dimensions, they are; the relation between the physiological and psychological dimensions, the psychological and sociological dimensions, and between the sociological and the physiological dimensions. The aims of this study are to analyze the three dimensions of the main character and the relation among.
The data in this study were collected through documentary method with the following steps. The first step was downloaded the movie script from the internet. The next step was identifying the movie script providing information about the character to be analyzed. Such information was noted and used as the material of the discussion in this study.
There are three theories used as references in this study. The first theory is adopted the book entitled Theory of Literature by Wellek and Warren (1955). The second theory is adopted from the theoretical book entitled Practical Psychology by Karl S. Bernhardt (1953). The third theory is adopted from the Theory of Sociology: An Introduction, by Roucek and Warren (1963).
The result of this study shows that from the physiological dimension, Snow White is described as a new born baby, as a little girl then as a young lady with a beautiful face. From the psychological dimension, Snow White is pictured as a very kind girl and someone with precious goal. From the sociological dimension, Snow White is described as someone with a commander personality who can convince people to agree with her. She is also described as a princess then crowned as a queen when she grown up. The relation between the physiological and psychological dimensions of Snow White is that her beautiful face is in line with her beautiful heart and she is stated as someone who had a rare beauty. The relation between the psychological and sociological dimension is that her precious goal to release people from wicked leadership was supported by her personality as a commander who can convince everyone to begin a war to against that wicked leadership. The relation between the sociological and physiological dimensions of Snow White was showed that her caste was affected by her age. The young Snow White got her caste as princess and when she grown up, her caste changing from a princess into a queen.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ... i
APPROVAL SHEET ... ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... iii
ABSTRACT ... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... v
ABBREVIATIONS ... vii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Problems of the Study ... 3
1.3 Aims of the Study ... 3
14 Scope of Discussion ... 4
1.5 Research Method ... 4
1.5.1 Data Source ... 5
1.5.2 Method and Technique of Collecting Data ... 6
1.5.3 Method and Technique of Analyzing Data ... 6
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURES, CONCEPTS AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ... 7
2.1 Literature Review ... 7
2.2 Concepts ... 9
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2.2.2 Character ... 10
2.2.3 Movie Script ... 10
2.3 Theoretical Framework ... 11
2.3.1 Theory of Three Dimensions of Characters ... 11
2.3.1.1 Physiological Dimension ... 11
2.3.1.2 Psychological Dimension ... 11
2.3.1.3 Sociological Dimension ... 14
CHAPTER III THE ANALYSIS OF THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN MOVIE SCRIPT ... 17
3.1 Introduction ... 17
3.2 The Synopsis of the Snow White and the Huntsman Movie Script ... 17
3.2 The Three Dimensions of the Main Character ... 21
3.2.1 Physiological Dimension ... 21
3.2.2 Psychological Dimension ... 25
3.2.3 Sociological Dimension ... 35
3.3 The Relation among the Three Dimensions ... 42
3.3.1 Physiological and Psychological Dimensions ... 43
3.3.2 Psychological and Sociological Dimensions ... 45
3.3.3 Sociological and Physiological Dimensions ... 47
CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION ... 49
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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ABBREVIATIONS
INT. = INTERNAL
EXT. = EXTERNAL
1 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1Background of the Study
Literature is a creation which communicatively presents the author’s
intent for aesthetic purpose. It is an expression used by man to convey his ideas. In
addition to expressing ideas, it is also used to convey moral messages. The moral
message becomes an inspiration for the readers and they mirror themselves
through stories or images that are described and delivered by the literary work.
Literature has its genre; it can be divided into fiction and non-fiction. Fiction is an
imaginative story or fantastical work; like fairy tales, short stories even novels.
And non-fiction is the opposite of fiction; it contains facts such as autobiographies,
diaries and essays.
The fiction of literature can be analyzed using two approaches; they are
intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. The intrinsic approach analyzes the internal part
of a story; it consists of the analysis of theme, plot, setting and characters in the
story. While the extrinsic approach analyzes what comes from outside the story
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A movie script used as the data source in this study is a fantasy movie
entitled “Snow White and The Huntsman” which narrates a beautiful princess
named Snow White and a huntsman, as her friend, who helped her defeat Ravenna,
her stepmother, who killed Snow White’s father and usurped her father’s throne
and power in the kingdom. The analysis focuses more on the character Snow White
as the main character in this movie script. Character is a person who takes a role in
a story and has the greatest influence on guiding people through the story.
Character is also an individual who is pictured by the specific description of three
dimensions of the character; they are physiology, which is the study of the human
body (Tokay, 1957: 1) and psychology that includes the human motivation, feeling
and emotion (Bernhardt, 1953:45) and sociology which is the study of human
beings in their group of relationship which studies interaction within and among
groups of people (Roucek and Warren, 1963:3).
Analyzing the main character in the movie script is interesting because it
gives a different sense to analyze the three dimensions of the main character by
reading the movie script. The main character is analyzed by seeing the description
of the three dimensions of the character; the physiological, psychological and
3 1.2Problems of the Study
Based on the background above, there are three problems of interest to
be discussed as follows:
1) What are physiological, psychological and sociological dimensions of the
main character in the “Snow White and The Huntsman” movie script?
2) What is the relation among the three dimensions of the main character in
the “Snow White and the Huntsman” movie script?
1.3Aims of the Study
The aims of this study are:
1) To explain what are physiological, psychological and sociological
dimensions of the main character in the “Snow White and the Huntsman”
movie script.
2) To describe the relation among the three dimensions of the main character
4 1.4Scope of Discussion
The literary work can be analyzed intrinsically and extrinsically. In
this present study, both are analyzed. The discussion in this study is divided into
two; they are:
1) The discussion about the physiological, psychological and sociological
dimensions of the main character in the “Snow White and the Huntsman”
movie script
2) The discussion about the relation among the three dimensions of the main
character in the “Snow White and the Huntsman” movie script.
Three theories are used in this present study, the first one is the theory
of physiological dimension proposed by Tokay (1957: 1), the psychological
dimension proposed by Bernhardt (1953: 45) the sociological dimension proposed
by Roucek and Warren (1963: 3).
1.5Research Method
Research method is a procedure used to collect information and data
systematically. The research method consists of three parts, they are: data source,
5 1.5.1 Data Source
The data in this study were taken from an American movie script
entitled Snow White and The Huntsman. The story about this movie script tells us
about a dark fantasy action story inspired by a fairy tale from Germany entitled
Little Snow White compiled by the Brothers Grimm. This movie script was
written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini in 2011 and
presented as a film in 2012 directed by Rupert Sanders. The story in this movie
script tells about a beautiful princess named Snow White. This movie script was
chosen because the character of Snow White can be analyzed from the
physiological, psychological and sociological dimensions in detailed by reading
the movie script and also there were only few people who used the movie script as
the data source to analyze the three dimensions of the character; novel most
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1.5.2 Method and Technique of Collecting Data
The data in this study were collected through documentary method. As the
first step, the movie script used as the data source in this study was downloaded from
the internet. The next step was identifying each sentence and dialogue in the movie
script that can support the analysis of the main character based on the three
dimensions of the character.
1.5.3 Method and Technique of Analyzing Data
The method used to analyze the data is the qualitative one. In contrast with the
quantitative method which produces number, the qualitative method can describe and
examine cause and effect relationship. The steps of analyzing the data involve the
following steps:
1) Identifying and analyzing the physiological, psychological and sociological
dimensions of the main character in “Snow White and the Huntsman” movie
script.
2) Analyzing the relation among the three dimensions of the main character in
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LITERATURE REVIEW, CONCEPTS, AND THEORETICAL
FRAMEWORK
2.1Literature Review
There are some works which have similar topic and are still related with
this study. In this part, three undergraduate theses and one international article are
reviewed.
The first undergraduate thesis is written by Wiryawati (2007) entitled The
Main Character in the Novel Mirror Image by Sandra Brown. This thesis
analyzes the character of the novel based on the three dimensions of the main
character. The writer uses a theory of characters proposed from Kenney (1966:
27-28). The strengths of this thesis is the structure of the paragraph; it organizes
information and ideas to the reader from general ideas to the specific ones.
However, this thesis also has a weakness in regard to the writing format. The
writer does not mention or uses other’s thesis as a comparison to her thesis. What
is relevant is that this study uses the same topic and theory, which is about
characters and uses the theory of three dimensions of characters. The fantasy
romance novel is used in Wiryawati’s thesis, while a movie script of a dark
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The other undergraduate is written by Andewi (2009). Her thesis is
entitled The Analysis of Main Character in Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia
“Prince Caspian” based on Physiological, Sociological and Psychological
Dimension. This thesis analyzes the three dimensions of the main character in the
novel. The writer uses a theory of character proposed by Kenney (1966: 27) and
three types of characters based on the function and position proposed by Tarigan
(1993: 76). The theory of characterization from Di Yanni (2001: 56) is also used
as well as the theory proposed by Warren and Wellek (1955) which mentions
various dimensions of characters. As a result, the writer mentions the main
character with the analysis of various dimensions. There is no error in spelling and
punctuation marks found in the thesis. The weakness of this thesis is in the scope
of writing. The relevance between Andewi’s with this present study is that both
discuss the same topic, that is, the main character and the three dimensions of
characters, but the data source used is different. An adventure novel , whereas a
dark fantasy action movie script is used in this present study.
The next undergraduate thesis which is reviewed is written by Budiman
(2009) entitled The Analysis of the Main Character in the Novel The Adventure of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. In his thesis, he analyzes the main character
and how the psychological aspects contribute to the motivation of the main
character in this story. As a result, the writer mentions that the main character is
Huckleberry Finn as written in the title of the novel with the psychological
analysis. In analyzing the character in the novel, the writer uses the theory of
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Bernhardt (1953: 3) about theory of psychology. In this thesis, the writer does not
organize his paragraph well, so he cannot convey the information and ideas
gradually. As the data source, an adventure novel is used, while a dark fantasy
action movie script is used in this present study.
An international article is also reviewed in the present study. The
international article is written by Thomas Ventura (2002) entitled Psychoanalysis
in Allpsych Journal. It is stated that psycho analysis is probably the most widely
recognized theory in psychology and has been integrated into our culture through
novels, poetry, dramas and movie criticism. The terms such as unconscious,
repressed, ego and denial are used in everyday conversation to describe mental
states and reasons for human behavior. This study has interesting topic which
discusses the psycho analysis. The Ventura’s article focuses on the discussion on
psychoanalysis, while this study focuses on the discussion on the three dimensions
of the main character and the relation among those three dimensions.
2.2Concepts
The concepts used in this study are as follows:
2.2.1 Three Dimensions
Dimension is an aspect or feature of something. There are physiological,
psychological and sociological dimensions. Physiology is the study of the human
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face (Tokay, 1957: 1); the psychology is the study of human mental such as
human motivation, feeling and emotion (Bernhardt) and sociology is the study of
human beings in their group of relationship which studies interaction within and
among groups of people (Roucek and Warren, 1963:3).
2.2.2 Character
According to DiYanni (2000), a character is the imaginary person that the
writer creates. Character plays an important role in a story, because the character
is someone who has the greatest influence in guiding people through the story.
Character can be imagined with several personalities and physical appearances.
The writer can be free to develop his imagination and idea to make the character
as what they want.
2.2.3 Movie Script
A movie script is a written work which consists of many scenes and made
for a movie or television show. The whole connected set of scenes in sequence is
called the plot. The movie script is written with a more complete and complex
description about the casts, like how they look like with a full description. The
11 2.3 Theoretical Framework
There are four theoretical frameworks used in this study. They are:
2.3.1 Theory of Three Dimensions of Characters
Great characters are critical components for great stories. To create great
characters, the author needs to add the three dimensions of the character in order
to make the character more real and the story more interesting for the reader.
Because no matter how interesting or innovative the writing skill of the author
might be, if there are no three dimensions of characters, it would be fall flat.
2.3.1.1 Physiological dimension
As Tokay (1957: 1) states that physiology is the study of the human body.
Physiological dimension can be analyzed by seeing the thing that can be indicated.
It is related with the appearance or physical condition of the character. It can be
seen through age, sex, and the things worn by the character and the other physical
appearances, such as the body shape, size, height, skin color and face. If the
author has already mentioned that thing in describing the appearance or physic of
the character, the character will look more interesting and the reader will enjoy
following the storyline.
2.3.1.2 Psychological dimension
Psychology is the study of human behavior. The psychological dimension
is related to the human mentality and emotion. The people’s manner as how they
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psychological analysis cannot be seen by from the human appearance as the
physiological dimension, as it can only be seen by going deep into the character
itself. The psychological dimension of the character can be seen through the
analysis of the human motivation, feeling and emotion (Bernhardt, 1953:45).
1) Human motivation
Human motivation is a motive that prompts a person to act in a certain
way or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior. This human
motivation can make someone more impassioned in reaching something.
According to Bernhardt (1953:46-55), the human motivation is separated from
some factors such as their appetites, wants, emotion, feeling, attitude and social
motives.
a. Appetite
Appetite is the strong desire to satisfy human need. The appetite is a
condition when humans begin an activity which will be resolved by them and it
will satisfy them. When they have their own appetite, humans are motivated to
finish the activity that they begin before until it satisfies them in a certain way that
they want.
b. Wants
Wants are the needs that are generally possessed by every human being.
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humans have their own wants acquired, they will find a way to fulfill their wants.
Human wants are modified based on their own experiences and ages.
c. Emotion
Emotion is a feeling that arises in human beings caused by something that
happens to him. The emotion here can be caused when someone is under the
influence of a fear or anger. Beside the influence of fear and anger, people’s mood
can also affects their emotion. The emotion can also affect the course of the
human action.
d. Feeling and attitude
Feeling and attitude is the experience gained by an individual. The
experience gained is not only from one aspect but more than that. The experience
can be a pleasant one or unpleasant, it is based on how the individual reacts with it
and how he feels about that. The pleasant experience will create a happy feeling
whereas the unpleasant experience will create a sad or dejected feeling. From the
feeling perceived by human, it will affect attitude. Such an individual will
approach and tend to repeat the experience if it is the pleasant one. In contrast, the
individual will withdraw himself from the unpleasant experience.
e. Social motives
Social motives are ambitions that drive people to accomplish certain goals
or tendency. The public opinion is very influential on the action to be taken by
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Feeling means a feeling which can influence the emotion. The
characteristics of feeling and emotion are explained by Bernhardt (1953: 96-99) as
follows.
a. Characteristics of feeling
Feeling is something that accompanies someone’s experience. It
plays important part in his behavior. The pleasant feeling is accompanied
by an attitude of approach and vice versa.
b. Characteristics of emotion
Emotion is something that occurs naturally from someone. Emotion
will come up when everything is mess or disappointing situation. When
someone is in such a situation, he will be angry or afraid, depending on the
situation at that time.
2.3.1.3 Sociological Dimension
Sociological dimension is the study between one person and the society or
social interaction. There are several points that should be paid attention to in
social interactions. According to Roucek and Warren (1963:23-112), the
sociological dimension is divided into personality, social group, social status
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Personality is the individual’s behavior. The personality of someone can
be seen through their interaction with other people in social life. It consists of
attitude and habit which reflect the individual itself.
2) Social group
A social group is a group that consists of the social relation between two
or more people. There is an interaction between the members in a social group.
The social group can be divided into two; they are primary group and secondary
group.
a. Primary group
Primary group is also called face-to-face group; it is a group where
the members already know one another. This is a simple social group
where the member’s relationship is so close. The groups that belong to the
primary group are friendship relation, family even neighborhood group.
b. Secondary group
The secondary group is larger than the primary group. This group
involves less directly face-to-face contact; the reason is that this group is
too large. Kinds of the secondary group are political group, church
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Social status system is someone’s status based on his role in social life or
society. The social position in society or social group is called stratification which
makes someone have different social status level. This status level can be divided
based on castes and classes.
a. Castes
Caste in social status system means a social class of people which
they get by their birth and between which there is no vertical social
mobility.
b. Classes
Class or also called social class is a group of people based on their
social status or level. They become as members of the group because of
their birth.
4) Religious institutions
Religious institutions are the institutions built and related with the
supernatural activity.
5) Economic institutions
Economic institutions are the organizations which are established to
satisfy the basic economic needs, such as a need for food, clothing, shelter and
