PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI VIRGINIA WOOLF’S PERSPECTIVES OF DEATH IN WOOLF’S “A HAUNTED HOUSE” AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By LUCIANNA SAPUTRO Student Number: 154214020 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2020 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI VIRGINIA WOOLF’S PERSPECTIVES OF DEATH IN WOOLF’S “A HAUNTED HOUSE” AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By LUCIANNA SAPUTRO Student Number: 154214020 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2020 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “(S)he will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf will not wither, and whatever (s)he does will prosper.” Psalms 1: 3 (MEV) vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI FOR MY DAD IN HEAVEN, MY BELOVED MOM AND MY EXCEPTIONAL LITTLE BROTHER viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I want to address my deepest gratitude to God for giving me the strength, knowledge, and ability to complete my undergraduate thesis with enthusiasm. Without His blessings, this achievement would not have been possible. I want to express my gratitude to my family, especially for my father, who already passed away 4 years ago. He encouraged me to take English Letters as my major in university. I’m also grateful for my beloved mother and my little brother, who always pray for me and supporting me in every decisions I chose. I want to deliver my special thanks to my thesis advisor, Sri Mulyani, Ph.D., for her time, guidance and encouragement during the process of this thesis. My special thanks also dedicated to my academic advisor, Fransisca Kristanti, S.Pd., M.Hum., for supporting me for the past four and a half year of my study at Sanata Dharma University. Finally, to all my friends that I cannot mention their names one by one, thank you for supporting me throughout these years. I feel so lucky and blessed to have friends like them. Lucianna Saputro. ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ........................................................................................................ ii APPROVAL PAGE ............................................................................................. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ........................................................................................ iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ..................................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH .. vi MOTTO PAGE ................................................................................................... vii DEDICATION PAGE ........................................................................................ viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................... x ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... xii ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................ xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ................................................................................ 2 B. Problem Formulation ...................................................................................... 3 C. Objectives of the Study .................................................................................. 3 D. Definitions of Terms ....................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ..................................................... 5 A. Review of Related Studies .............................................................................. 5 B. Review of Related Theories ......................................................................... 10 1. Theory of Character and Characterization ................................................ 10 a. Character as seen by Another .............................................................. 11 b. Speech ................................................................................................. 11 c. Reactions ............................................................................................. 11 d. Thoughts .............................................................................................. 12 e. Mannerisms ......................................................................................... 12 f. Past Life............................................................................................... 12 2. Death Theories .......................................................................................... 12 a. Death Representation .......................................................................... 13 b. Writing in the Shadow of Death .......................................................... 14 c. Death Representation and the Afterlife ............................................... 15 3. Biographical Criticism .............................................................................. 16 C. Review of Related Backgrounds .................................................................. 18 1. The Author’s Background ........................................................................ 18 D. Theoretical Framework ................................................................................ 21 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 22 A. Object of the Study ....................................................................................... 22 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI B. Approach of the Study .................................................................................. 23 C. Method of the Study ..................................................................................... 24 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ................................................................................ 27 A. The Characteristics of the ghost couple in “A Haunted House” .................. 27 1. Character as seen by Another ................................................................. 28 2. Speech ..................................................................................................... 29 3. Reactions ................................................................................................ 30 4. Thoughts ................................................................................................. 31 5. Mannerisms ............................................................................................ 32 6. Past Life .................................................................................................. 33 B. Death Representations in “A Haunted House” ............................................. 34 C. The Factors which Influenced the Author’s Perspective of Death ............... 38 1. The Author’s Experience in Death ......................................................... 38 2. The Lifetime of the Author: Mental Issues and Wars ............................ 42 a. Mental Issues ....................................................................................... 42 b. Wars .................................................................................................... 45 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS............................................................................... 48 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................ 52 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................... 55 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT SAPUTRO, LUCIANNA. (2020). Virginia Woolf’s Perspectives of Death in Woolf’s “A Haunted House”. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University. Death is the end of the life of a person or organism. In literature, authors use death in literary works to express their perspective on death. Meanwhile, perspective is a point of view toward or regarding something. Virginia Woolf’s “A Haunted House” is an example of literary works which shows the author’s death perspectives through the character. It can also be seen through the author’s lifetime. Therefore, the writer analyzes the characteristics of the character, find the death representation pictured in “A Haunted House” and analyzes the author’s lifetime in order to find the author’s perspectives of death. This study has three objectives. The first objective is to identify the characteristics of the character in the “A Haunted House”. The second objective is to explain death representation pictured through the characteristics of the character. The third objective is to find the factors which influenced the author’s perspectives of death through the author’s lifetime. This study uses library research method. The primary source of this study is a story by Virginia Woolf’s “A Haunted House”. The secondary source is taken from relevant journal, articles, essays and books related to the topic of