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An Analyis of Spiritual Symbols in William Blake's AN ANALYIS OF SPIRITUAL SYMBOLS IN WILLIAM BLAKE‘S POEMS A THESIS BY IRNAWATI TARIHORAN Reg no: 110705050 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved By Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan As a Thesis For The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, Ms Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA. Ph.D NIP: 19541117 198003 1 002 NIP: 19750209 200812 1 002 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in Partial fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra from 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 October 14th, 2016. Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi, Agustono, M,S NIP: 19600805198703 1 001 Board of Examiners (signature) 1. Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M S ..................................... 2. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA. Ph.D ....................................... 3. Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum ...................................... 4. Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum ..................................... viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR'S DECLARATION I, IRNAWATI TARIHORAN, DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : ...………………. Date : October 17th, 2016 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : IRNAWATI TARIHORAN TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS OF SPIRITUAL SYMBOLS IN WILLIAM BLAKE’SPOEMS QUALIFICATION : S1 STUDY PROGRAM : ENGLISH LITEARTURE I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : ….…………….. Date : October 17th, 2016 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis spiritual symbol yang terdapat di dalam 7 puisi William Blake yang berjudul ―The Angel‖, ―The Lamb‖, ―The Tyger‖, ―Hear the voice‖, ―A poison tree‖, ―The divine image‖, and ―Jerusalem‖. Beberapa symbol yang dianalisis dalam skripsi ini adalah symbol yang berhubungan dengan hal-hal spiritual khusus nya tentang ide keTuhanan yang di gagas William di dalam puisi-puisinya. Tujuan penulis menganalisis symbol dalam puisi William Blake ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi makna simbol-simbol tersebut. Tulisan ini menggunakan metode penulisan deskriptif kualitatif, karena metode ini fokus pada mengambilan data dan penerjemahan nya. Di dalam puisi-puisi ini terdapat beberapa spiritual symbol, contohnya di dalam puisi ―The Angel‖ merupkan symbol dari ciptaan Tuhan yang memiliki tugas untuk menolong, ―The lamb‖ merupakan symbol dari Tuhan Jesus, :The Tyger‖ adalah symbol dari kekuatan Tuhan dalam menciptakan sesuatu yang sangat kuat dan mengerikan. Harapan penulis skripsi ini dapat memberikan pengetahuan tentang analisis simbol puisi kepada pembaca, khususnya tentang simbol yang ditulis oleh William Blake. Kata kunci : William Blake, symbol, spiritual symbol, symbol analisis. vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis deals with an analysis of spiritual symbols in the seven poems of William Blake, such as "The Angel", "The Lamb", "The Tyger", "Hear the voice", "A poison tree", "The divine image", and "Jerusalem". The symbols that analyzed in this thesis is a symbol which related to the spiritual matters specifically about the idea of deity in William‘s poems. The purpose of the authors analyzed the symbols in William Blake‘s poems is to identify the meaning of these symbols. This thesis uses qualitative descriptive method, qualitative method focuses on collecting data and makes interpretation based on the data. In these poems there are some spiritual symbols, for example, in The Angel poem, "The Angel" is symbol of divinity creature who has duty to help, "The lamb" is a symbol of the Lord Jesus, ―The Tyger "is a symbol of the power of God in creating something very powerful, and etc. The author hopes this thesis will be beneficial to the readers who want to understand about the symbols analysis of poetry, especially the symbol that was written by William Blake. Keywords : William Blake, symbol in poem, spiritual symbol, and symbol analysis. viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDMENTS First of all, I would like to thank to my Lord, Jesus Christ, for being my only Savior. For all tears and smiles, sorrow and happiness during my ages, I thank God, gratefully. I would like also to give my gratitude to Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr Budi Agustono M,S, the Head of English Department, Dr.H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS, the Secretary of English Department, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA.ph.D., and all of lectures for all guidance during my academic years in English Department. It is also a high appreciation to my Supervisor, Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.hum and my Co-supervisor, Dra, Diah Rahayu Pratama,M.pd, for all positive advises which been given to me and for all your valuable time during the thesis writing. Thank you for everything I learned. My deepest thank is highly dedicated for both of my parents; my beloved father, B. Tarihoran and my wonderful mom, R. Panjaitan, for all your love and affection, good care and sincerity, for all compassion efforts you have been taking for us. And definitely, my big brothers, Olinhart and John, my younger brothers, Dicky, Ferdi, and Aldo. It is always a pleasure for having family of us and the last for Bibi Pagit Maria Tarigan, Thank you for sharing and giving me advices. I love you all. My special thanks is also delivered to all of my friends, my roommates in dormitory USU, Yuke, Putri, Eca, Stephani, Ruth, Beta and Satria, Thank you for being such a wonderful friend. For my adventure friends Andreas Gozali, Yuke and Septa,Thank you for our adventure times unite with the nature and also for my class mates Hanna Gabe, Dj and again asepgo, thank ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA you for being nonsense together for almost 5 years :D I will never forget you all, may God always be with you Last but not least, I thank the silence for being my faithful companion of my life. That‘s all. Medan, October 17th, 2016 The Writer Irnawati Tarihoran Reg no: 110705050 x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR DECLARATION ............................................................................................ v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ..................................................................................... vi ABSTRAK ......................................................................................................................... vii ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................ ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of the Study ............................................................... 1 1.2 The Problem of the Study ..................................................................... 5 1.3 The Objective of the Study ................................................................... 5 1.4 The Scope of the Study ......................................................................... 5 1.5 The Significance of the Study ............................................................... 5 CHAPTER ll REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Definition of Literature .................................................................... 7 2.2 Definition of Poetry ......................................................................... 7 2.3 Romanticism .................................................................................... 9 2.4 Hermeneutic Theory ........................................................................ 10 2.5 Term of Symbol ............................................................................... 12 xi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 2.5.1 Conventional Symbol ............................................................ 14 2.5.2 Personal Symbol .................................................................... 15 2.6 The Meaning of Spiritual ................................................................. 16 2.7 Types of Poem ................................................................................. 16 2.8 Kinds of Poem ................................................................................ 17 CHAPTER lll METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH 3.1 Research Design................................................................................ 21 3.2 Data Collecting ................................................................................. 22 3.3 Data Analysis ..................................................................................... 23
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