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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelLillian Hellman is well known as a moral writer. In her works of art, she used
to describe about human perversity and evil. In most of her work, the hero always
creates some destruction in family relationship. For example, the malicious child
in The Children Hour , the greedy Regine in the Little Foxes, and the tyrannical
manipulator in the Autumn Garden. She says that evil in the mind of the main
character always corrodes the family relationship at the end (Dasgupta, 486). In
this thesis, the writer uses Watch on the Rhine, as her primary source. Here, the
writer finds something interesting in this drama. It is not like the other works of
Hellman, the hero in this story `Kurt Muller? is a positif hero who will have an
important role to save the family relationship. It is about a family who tries to
defend their existence from the antagonist, Teck de Brancovis. That is why, the
writer wants to know about the influence of Teck the antagonist and Kurt the
protagonist toward the members of the Farrelly family. Then the writer is also
curious to find out how the family can survive from the negative influences.
Thus, in order to deepen her thesis the writer uses some literary tools ,
characterization and conflict. Characterization is important to develop the real
character of the main character. Conflict is used to strengthen the character and
to make it clear and obvious. Finally, it is seen that Teck de Brancovis brings
negative influences toward some members of the family. He makes Marthe,
Fanny and David hate each other. On the contrary, the influence of Kurt Muller?s
behavior and attitude makes all the member of the family see from a different
point of view. From the analysis, the writer sees that the members of the family
realize that they are not close to each other. They see that eventhough Kurt and
his family live in suffer but they always close to each other and they are a good
family. That is why, the member of the family see Kurt as a figure . They finds
out that love, trust, care and understanding are the important tools that can save
their family from the negative influences of Teck de Brancovis at the end.