PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI REVEALING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SYMBOLS IN PRESENTING ALADDIN’S CHARACTER IN DISNEY’S LIVE-ACTION MOVIE ALADDIN AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By AGRICOLA AJENG SANTIKA WIDYANINGRUM Student Number: 164214151 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2020 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI REVEALING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SYMBOLS IN PRESENTING ALADDIN’S CHARACTER IN DISNEY’S LIVE-ACTION MOVIE ALADDIN AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By AGRICOLA AJENG SANTIKA WIDYANINGRUM Student Number: 164214151 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2020 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI You are a piece of blank paper -L.B.- vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI For myself, my amazing parents, my beloved siblings, and my lovely kakung & uti. viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I praise the Lord, Jesus Christ, because of His endless blessings. 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Agricola Ajeng Santika Widyaningrum 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... x LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................ xii LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................... xiii ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ xiv ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................ xv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 A. Background of the Study .......................................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ................................................................................................ 5 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................................................ 6 D. Definition of Terms .................................................................................................. 6 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE .................................................... 8 A. Review of Related Studies ....................................................................................... 8 B. Review of Related Theories ................................................................................... 11 1. Theory of Symbol ............................................................................................... 12 2. Theory of Character and Characterization .......................................................... 15 3. Film-Making Techniques .................................................................................... 18 C. Theoretical Framework .......................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY .................................................................. 22 A. Object of the Study ................................................................................................ 22 B. Approach of the Study ............................................................................................ 23 C. Method of the Study ............................................................................................... 25 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ............................................................................... 27 A. Symbols and Meanings in Aladdin .......................................................................... 27 1. Princess Jasmine ................................................................................................. 27 2. Genie ................................................................................................................... 31 3. Abu (The Monkey).............................................................................................. 34 4. Jafar ..................................................................................................................... 36 5. Aladdin‘s house .................................................................................................. 42 6. The Magic Carpet................................................................................................ 44 B. Aladdin‘s Character as Revealed through the Symbols ......................................... 48 1. Princess Jasmine ................................................................................................. 49 2. Genie ................................................................................................................... 52 3. Abu (The Monkey).............................................................................................. 54 4. Jafar ..................................................................................................................... 55 5. Aladdin‘s house .................................................................................................. 56 6. The Magic Carpet................................................................................................ 57 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION .......................................................................... 60 REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 62 APPENDICES ..................................................................................................... 65 Appendix 1: Summary of Disney‘s Aladdin Live-Action .................................... 65 Appendix 2: Biography of Guy Ritchie ................................................................ 66 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Fig. : Figure Para : Paragraph xii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LIST OF FIGURES No. Figure Page 1. Fig. 1. Princess Jasmine offers some pieces of bread to kids 25 2. Fig. 2. Jasmine running 27 3. Fig. 3. Jasmine jumping overbuilding 27 4. Fig. 4. Aladdin rubbed the lamp 28 5. Fig. 5. Genie came out from the lamp 28 6. Fig. 6. Abu perched on Aladdin‘s shoulder 32 7 Fig. 7. Aladdin was about to enter the cave of wonder 32 8. Fig. 8. Aladdin and Abu are in the cave 32 9. Fig. 9. Genie turned Abu to be a giant elephant 32 10. Fig. 10. Genie turned Abu to be a giant elephant 32 11. Fig. 11. Jafar threw the soldier down the well 34 12. Fig. 12 Jafar offers Aladdin the job, and he accepted it 35 13. Fig. 13. The left-side camera angle to shoot the lamp 36 14. Fig. 14. Up-side camera angle to shoot the lamp 36 15. Fig. 15. Objective style camera technique to catch Aladdin‘s 37 expression 16. Fig. 16. Objective style to catch Aladdin‘s expression 37 17. Fig. 17. Aladdin house from the outside 39 18. Fig. 18. Aladdin house from the inside 39 19. Fig. 19. Secret stairs to get into Aladdin‘s house 39 20 Fig. 20. How the secret wooden stairs look like 39 21 Fig. 21. Aladdin pulling the rope down 39 22 Fig. 22. The ceiling made from textile 39 23 Fig. 23. Magic carpet hugs Aladdin 42 24 Fig. 24. Magic carpet helps Aladdin and Abu 42 25 Fig. 25. Aladdin and Jasmine fly with the magic carpet 42 26 Fig. 26. The carpet and Abu helps Aladdin 44 27 Fig. 27. The carpet helps Aladdin from the cold 44 28 Fig. 28. Aladdin gives a piece of bread to a