The Analysis of Symbols in Kingdom of Heaven Film by Ridley Scott
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THE ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLS IN KINGDOM OF HEAVEN FILM BY RIDLEY SCOTT THESIS Submitted to the Board of Examiners Partial in Fulfillment of the Requirments For Literary Degree at English Literature Department By: M.GUFRAN PUTRA NURKIA AI.140242 ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY THE STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SULTHAN THAHA SAIFUDDIN JAMBI 2018 i ii iii iv MOTTO أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِياللَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَكُلٌّ يَجْرِيإِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّىوَأَنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ Terjemahan: Tidakkah engkau memperhatikan, bahwa Allah mmemasukan malam kedalam siang dan memasukan siang kedalam malam dan dia menundukan matahari dan bulan, masing-masing beredar sampai kepada waktu yang ditentukan.Sungguh Allah maha mengetahui terhadap apa yang kamu kerjakan. (QS. Luqman, 29)1 Meaning: Do you not see that Allah makes the night to enter into the day and he makes the day to enter into the night, and he has made the sun and the moon subservient (to you); each pursues its course till an appointed time; and that Allah is Aware of what you do? 1 Departemen Agama RI, (Asy-Syifa Al-Quran), (Semarang: Departemen Agama RI, 2011), p. 330 v DEDICATION Alhamdulillahirabbil ‘alamin... Firstly I want to say thank you for Allah subhanahu wata’ala who has given me favor and blessing to finish this thesis. Also sholawat and salam I will send to my Prophet Muhammad shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallamwho has brought us for the darkness to the lightness. I dedicate this thesis to my lovely family especially to my beloved parent. For my father (M.Nur) and my mother (Rukiah Isba), I cannot say one by one the thing which you have done for me during I arranged this thesis. I just want to say thank you for your praying and everything that I need. You always be there for me. For my gorgeus brother, I want to say thank you for your support and always be my mood booster during I arranged this thesis. vi AKNOWLEDGEMENT Firstly, I would like to say Alhamdulillahirabbil’ alamin, all the prise to Allah subhanahu wata’ala the lord of all creatures, because of His Blessing from the starting point of my study until now at the end of my study. Peace be upon to our Prophet Muhammad shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, hopefully we will get His syafa’at later at the last day. Secondly, I would like to say thanks a lot to people who helped the writer to write this thesis. I would like to say thanks to my supervisors H.Mislan, M.Pd, Ulfatmi Azlan, MA and Awliya Rahmi, M.Hum who have helped me, guided, supported and suggested me in writing this thesis. I also would like to say thank a lot to my classmate E-LITE 2014 who have given suggestion and support to finish this thesis. To this thesis, I would give one great deal to many people. Thus, I would like to say thanks for their contribution, they are: 1. Dr. H. Hadri Hasan, MA as a Rector of Islamic University of Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. 2. Prof. Dr. Maisah, M.Pdi as the dean of Adab and Humanities Faculty. 3. Dr. Alfian, S.Pd, M.Ed as the First Dean Deputy of Adab and Humanities Faculty. Dr. H. Muhammad Fadhil, M.Ag as the Second vii Dean Deputy of Adab and Humanities Faculty. Dr. Roudhoh, S.Ag, SS, M.Si as the Third Dean Deputy of Adab and Humanities Faculty. 4. The Head of English Literature Department, Ulfatmi Azlan, SS, MA. The secretary of English Literature Department, Dian Mukhlisa, MA. 5. My supervisor I H.Mislan, M.Pd. my supervisor II Ulfatmi Azlan, SS, MA. And Awliya Rahmi, M.Hum as change my second supervisor. 6. All the lecturers and staffs of Adab and Humanities Faculty, cause of the contributions and assistant during studying in Islamic University Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. 7. My parents, M.Nur and Rukiah Isba, my brothers M.Rizky Putra Nurkia and M.Habibillah Putra Nurkia, my cousin Marsela Kurniaty Dinca, my family in Telanai and Talang Banjar, thank you for praying, support, encouragment and help for everything. 8. My beloved friends in Adab and Humanities Faculty, Muhammad Syaid Ridho, Bahtiar, Muhammad Ridho, Filyadi Gusti Zamzami, Rifqi Mustofa, Tezar Pirliansa, M.Rifqi Gusmar, M.Saman, Neno Andrian, M.Ridho Jon Erizal, Fadhil Mahmudi, Ade Rinaldo, Irma Septiama, Luthfiana Nur Cahya, Yanda Pratiwi, Hertina Verawati, Liani Ekawati, Widia Astutui, Desi Hardianti, Witri Afrilian, Dhinda Wulaningtyas who always supported and helped for everything. Thank you very much. I will miss you all. 9. My others friends in UIN STS Jambi who helped me to finish this thesis. viii This thesis is still far from perfection. As the writer, I need some critics and suggestions, so this thesis will be more perfect. Finally, I hope this thesis will give possitive contributions for readers, especially for the student of English ix ABSTRACT Nurkia, M.Gufran P 2018 :The Analysis of Symbols In Kingdom of Heaven Film By Ridley Scott, English Literature Department, Adab and Humanities Faculty, UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi Supervisor :1. H.Mislan, M.Pd 2.Awliya Rahmi, M.Hum This research analyzed one of literature works; film. In Kingdom of Heaven film by Ridley Scott there were some analysis about symbol. The writer wanted to find out the kinds of symbol and the meaning of symbol from the film. The writer chooses Kingdom of Heaven film because this film got many awards such as Hollywood film awards (2005), satellite awards (2005), and visual effects society awards (2006). Then corelated the analysis to find out the kinds of symbol, meaning of symbol and the influence of symbol to the main character. Thus, the writer find some problem of formulation were; 1. What are the kinds of conventional symbol in Kingdom of Heaven film; 2. What are the meaning of symbols found in Kingdom of Heaven film; 3. What are the influence of the object symbolism to the main character in Kingdom of Heaven film. The writer used theory symbol by Pierce with one of the kinds of symbol, conventional symbol: colour, object, clothes, animal, and nature symbols. Then, the writer used meaning approach to analyze each symbol which found in this film; connotative meaning. The writer also used social approach to make the analysis suitable with the purpose of the research. The design of the research used qualitative method to describe the answer of problem formulation. For the technique of data collection this research used documentation technique to collectthe data and descriptive analysis for the tehnique of data analysis. The result of the research were; (1) the kinds of conventional symbol in this film are; a. colour symbol, b. object symbol, c. clothes symbol, d. animal symbol, e. nature symbol. (2) the meaning of symbol; a. colour symbol: white colour has meaning (purity, light, life), blue colour (cool, calm, peace, serenity) and red colour (desire, emotion, danger, daring). b. object symbol: ring (commitment), sword (strange, and protection) and crown (wealth). c. clothes symbol: mask (externalize demonic tendencies). d. animal symbol: vulture (death), donkey (stupidity). e. nature symbol: water (life), flower (beauty), river (fluidity of life and death). (3) the influence of the symbol to the main character; a. the sword influence Balian becames stronger to protect people of Jarusalem, b. the ring influence Balian becames commite with his self, c. the blue colour influence Balian becames calm when he fight his enemy. x ABSTRAK Nurkia, M.Gufran P 2018: The Analysis of Symbol In Kingdom of Heaven Film By Ridley Scott, English Literature Department, Adab and Humanities Faculty, UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi Supervisor : 1. H.Mislan, M.Pd 2.Awliya Rahmi, M.Hum Penelitian ini menganalisis satu jenis karya sastra yaitu film. Didalam film Kingdom of Heaven karya Ridley Scott banyak terdapat analisis tentang Simbol. Penulis ingin menemukan Jenis simbol dan makna simbol yang terdapat didalam film. Penulis memilih film Kingdom of Heaven karena film ini banyak mendapat penghargaan seperti Hollywood film awards (2005), satellite awards (2005), dan visual effects society awards (2006). Kemudian menghubungkan analisis untuk menemukan simbol, makna simbol, dan pengaruh simbol terhadap karakter utama. Jadi, penulis menemukan beberapa rumusan masalah diantaranya; 1. Apa saja jenis-jenis simbol konvensional yang terdapat di film Kingdom of Heaven karya Ridley Scott; 2. Apa makna simbol yang ditemukan pada film Kingdom of Heaven karya Ridley Scott; 3. Apa pengaruh simbol terhadap karakter utama di film Kingdom of Heaven karya Ridley Scott. Penulis menggunakan teori simbol dari Alexander Pierce dengan jenis simbol konvensional; simbol warna, simbol objek, simbol pakaian, simbol binatang, dan simbol alam. Kemudian penulis menggunakan pendekatan makna untuk menganalisis setiap simbol yang ditemukan didalam film, yaitu: makna konotatif. Penulis juga menggunakan pendekatan sosial untuk membuat analisis ini sesuai dengan penelitian. Model penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif untuk memaparkan jawaban dari rumusan masalah. Untuk teknik pengumpulan data, penelitian ini menggunakan teknik dokumentasi untuk mengumpulkan data dan analisis deskriptif untuk teknik analisis data. Hasil penelitian ini adalah; (1) beberapa jenis simbol konvensional di film ini adalah; a. simbol warna, b. simbol objek, c. simbol pakaian, d. simbol binatang, e. simbol alam. (2) makna simbol-simbol yang ditemukan yaitu: a. simbol warna; warna putih (kesucian, cahaya, kehidupan), biru (keren, tenang, kedamaian, ketenanangan), dan merah (nafsu, emosi, bahaya, berani). b. simbol objek; cincin (kesepakatan), pedang (kekuatan dan pertahanan), dan mahkota (kekayaan). c. simbol pakaian; topeng (mengesampingkan kelakuan setan). d. simbol binatang: burung pemakan bangkai (kematian), dan keledai (kebodohan). e. simbol alam; air (kehidupan), bunga (kecantikan), sungai (arus kehidupan dan kematian). (3) pengaruh simbol terhadap karakter utama di film ini yaitu; a. pedang mempengaruhi Balian lebih kuat untuk melindungi masyarakat Jarusalem, b.