LEADING CHARACTERS AMBITION IN MARY SHELLEY S FRANKENSTEIN A THESIS BY SRI YUNITA REG. NO. 090705004 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2013 LEADING CHARACTERS AMBITION IN MARY SHELLEY S FRANKENSTEIN
A THESIS BY SRI YUNITA REG. NO. 090705004 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip.Appl.Ling.M.Hum Mahmud Arief Albar, S.S. MA Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2013 Approved by the Departement of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for the Sarjana Sastra Examination.
Head, Secretary, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M.Hum NIP. 195411171980031002 NIP. 195904191981022001
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on Thursday, 15 th August 2013. Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA NIP. 19511013 197603 1 001 Board of Examiners Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS... Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M.Hum... Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip.Appl.Ling.M.Hum... Dr. Thyrhaya Zein, MA... Mahmud Arief Albar, S.S. MA..
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Assalamualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarrakatuh. First of all I would like to give my biggest gratitude to almighty ALLAH Subhanahu Wa Ta ala for blessings and endowments in my life. Especially during the process of finishing this thesis. Nothing is possible happen without his permission, Alhamdulillah I can finish this thesis. And I always say Shalawat and Salam the revolutionary prophet, Rasulullah Muhammad SAW. I would like to say thank you to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies Dr. H. SYAHRON LUBIS, M.A and the head of English Department Drs. MUHIZAR MUCHTAR, M.S the secretary of English Department Dr. Dra. NURLELA, M.HUM for their advice and support during the process of finishing this thesis. I would like to say thank you very much to my supervisor Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip.Appl.Ling.M.Hum and Mahmud Arief Albar, S.S. MA as my co-supervisor who both encouraged and supported me in the process, who has spent so much time and attention to lead me finishes this thesis. Giving advice and correction to complete this thesis. I am so thankfully the lecturer wisely during this process. Thank you for everything. I would like to say thank you to my father Suparnoto thanks for being my hero, my mentor, my best friends, and my inspiration. I would like to say thank you to my beautiful mother Misinem thank you for everything, love, caring, honest, and thank you for your support mommy. I also thanks to my brother Sri Muliono, Jumalik, and Miswanto, S.S, S.Pd for their support and motivation.
Thanks for my girls, my best friends Nurhasanah, S.S, Siti Lestari Nainggolan, S.S, Winda Widya Siregar, S.S, Sinta Puspita Sari, and Viki Aprilita for the smile, laugh, tears and for your support, for the amazing years, and thank you so much we share everything and we can do it. I wish our friendship is an endless thing. Thank you for my classmate in English Department 2009, which I can t mentioned one by one. We share this amazing four years together, I will miss you so much guys. And I present special thanks for my lovely Hendri Syahputra for his motivation, support, love, caring, and his smile to give me a big spirit to finish this thesis. Last but not least, I want to say sorry if there are bad things I have done, best words I have said, it happens just because I am not perfect, God is perfect. Don t judge a book by its cover, don t judge me just by my performance. I hope this thesis is useful for the next generation of this country. Thanks. Medan, The Writer SRI YUNITA Reg No: 090705004
ABSTRACT Skripsi ini berjudul Leading Characters Ambition In Mary Shelley s Frankenstein. Di dalam skripsi ini terdapat analisis mengenai ambisi yang terdapat dalam novel Frankenstein yang ditulis oleh Mery Shelley. Analisis ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan beberapa alasan yang mempengaruhi karakter sehingga begitu berambisi mewujudkan keinginannya dan efek dari kegilaan ambisi tersebut terutama pada dua karakter utama yang membangun keseluruhan cerita dalam novel tersebut. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam penulisan skripsi ini adalah metode analisis deskriptif yang bertujuan menggambarkan bagaimana sebuah ambisi dapat memberikan teror dan sebuah ciptaan dapat membunuh penciptanya sendiri. Penggambaran ini memuat interpretasi yang kemudian dianalisis berdasarkan data yang ada pada novel.
ABSTRACT The title of this thesis is Leading Characters Ambition In Mary Shelley s Frankenstein. In this thesis, there are analysis of ambition which have been written in Mary Shelley s novel Frankenstein. This analysis is for explaining some reasons that make the character being so ambitious to make his ambition comes true and effects of ambition itself especially on two characters that build up all the story in the novel. The method used in this thesis is descriptive method that analyzes and interprets the data on how the ambition can give terror and a creature can kill the creator. This analysis is by using many sources as reference.
TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR S DECLARATION... v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION...vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...vii ABSTRACT...ix TABLE OF CONTENTS...xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION...1 1.1 Background of the Study...1 1.2 Problem of the Study...3 1.3 The Objective of the Study... 4 1.4 The Scope of the Study... 4 1.5 The Significance of the Study...5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE... 6 2.1 Brief Description Of Novel... 6 2.2 Characteristics Of Romanticism...8 2.3 Ambition...12 CHAPTER IIIMETHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH...14 3.1Research Design...14 3.2 DataCollection...15 3.3 DataAnalysis... 15 CHAPTER IVFINDING AND ANALYSIS...17 4.1 Leading Characters Ambition...17 4.1.1 Frankenstein s Ambition..18 4.1.2 The Monster s Ambition..... 21 4.2 The Effect Of The Ambition...27
CHAPTER VCONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION...32 5.1 Conclusion...32 5.2 Suggestion...33 REFERENCES... 34 APPENDICES...35 i. Author s Biography and Works ii. Summary of Frankenstein