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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis attempts to present an empirical study
on the characters of Romeo and Juliet. The reason is that
in literary criticism there are so many different
opinions about their characters on Shakespeare's "Romeo
and Juliet." One major problem to be investigated is
whether their characters are well-developed or not.
Therefore, the thesis writer would like to make an
objective research on the characters of Romeo and Juliet
through the examination of their language. In "Romeo and
Juliet," the youthful passion of both lovers is
beautifully and vividly expressed through the language
being used by them. Thus, the results of this thesis
hopefully can contibute to the solution of the problem
mentioned above.
This thesis limits its investigation to the
characters of Romeo and Juliet only because they are both
the leading dramatis personae who undergo characters
development. The underlying theory of this study is the
sociolinguistic in nature, or rather, the characters'
actual language used in relation to their social and
psychological background.
The basic methodology of this study is data
collection and data analysis. In the process of data
collection, all data both for the language and for the
social factors are identified and grouped according to the
stages of the play. In addition, the data for the language
factors are grouped based on the classification of
language components, namely, terms of address, figures of
speech, and imagery. The analysis is done by relating all
the language factors as used by Romeo and Juliet in
different stages to the social factors affecting the use.
Then, the writer sees the influence of social factors on
the characters' use of language in order to portray their
characters.