dreams of vision

A Thesis

ANALYSIS ON TRAGIC CHARACTER IN
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE

By
ANDRI HERMANSYAH
102026024515

ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
JAKARTA
2009

APPROVEMENT

ANALYSIS ON TRAGIC CHARACTER IN THE MAYOR
OF CASTERBRIDGE
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Adab and Humanities
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Degree of Strata (S 1)

By

ANDRI HERMANSYAH
102026024515
Advisory:

INAYATUL CHUSNA, M.Hum.
150331233

ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
JAKARTA
2009

ABSTRACT

Andri Hermansyah, Analysis on Tragic Character In The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Thesis; English Letters Department, Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Syarif
Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta 2009
The unit analysis of this study is Thomas Hardy’s novel. The objective of the study on this thesis is to find out how Henchard as tragic character is presented in the novel and how overwhelming pride leads to his downfall. The collected data is qualitatively analyzed using the theory of tragic character
After collecting and analyzing the data, the writer concludes that Thomas
Hardy presents Henchard’s rise and fall. Hardy introduces Henchard as nobody.
He undergoes a change from being nobody to become somebody because of his hard work, his success in persuading Farfrae to become his employee and his ability to abstain from drinking alcohol. Yet, Henchard’s success does not last long. He turns back from somebody to nobody because of his judgement errors and his poor personality that lead him to the fall.

LEGALIZATION

This thesis entitled “Analysis On Tragic Character in The Mayor of
Casterbridge” has been defended before the Letters and Humanities
Faculty’s Examination Committee on July 14, 2009. The thesis has already accepted as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the

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