A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE THE GREATEST SHOWMAN A PAPER BY ELVA RAHMI REG.NO: 152202024 DIPLOMA III ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am ELVA RAHMI, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : ……………. Date : 2018 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name: ELVA RAHMI Title of Paper: A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE THE GREATEST SHOWMAN. Qualification: D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English 1. I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Libertarian of the Diploma III English Faculty of Culture Studies University of North Sumatera on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. 2. I am not willing that my papers be made available for reproduction. Signed : ………….. Date : 2018 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The title of this paper is DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOVIE. The purpose of this paper is to find the main character. The method used by the author in this paper is a qualitative descriptive method and also browsing the internet. To get the required results, data is taken from the main character in the film The Greatest Showman. They are Phineas Taylor Barnum and Charity Barnum. Data sources are taken from dialogue between actors in the film to find out the physical appearance, and behavior of the main characters, what they say about themselves, what others say about them, and their environment. Keywords: Description,Main Characters,Movie. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Judul makalah ini adalah URAIAN KARAKTER UTAMA DALAM FILM THE GREATEST SHOWMAN. Tujuan dari makalah ini adalah untuk menemukan karakter utama. Metode yang digunakan penulis dalam makalah ini adalah metode kualitatif deskriptif dan juga browsing internet. Untuk mendapatkan hasil yang dibutuhkan, data diambil dari karakter utama di film The Greatest Showman. Mereka adalah Phineas Taylor Barnum dan Charity Barnum. Sumber data diambil dari dialog antara pemeran di film itu untuk mengetahui penampilan fisik, dan perilaku karakter utama, apa yang mereka katakan tentang diri mereka sendiri, apa yang orang lain katakan tentang mereka, dan lingkungan mereka. Kata Kunci: Deskripsi,karakter,film. iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWNLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like thanks to Allah SWT, for his blessing and gives me health, strength and inspiration to accomplish this paper as one of the requirements to get the Diploma III Certificate from English Study Program Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. Also, I would like to express my deep gratitude, love, appreciation, and thanks to: • My Parents, Abdul Roni Pratama and Trisa Agustina who always loving, caring, praying, supporting, and gives me advices in completing this paper. • Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. as the Head of Diploma III English Study Program, who gives me a lot knowledge. • Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum. as my Supervisor, who gives the correction, suggestion and knowledge in completing this paper. • All my lecturer in Diploma III English Study Program who have taught me and gives me advice and knowledge • My beloved Brother And Sister, M.Rizki Ihsan , Mutia Indah Sari, Tengku Adinda Nurhaliza, and Liza Nafira who gives me attention and support when I was completing this paper. • My lovely friends, Anggia Rizki,Yenni Tri Astuti and Group Pejuang TA Thanks for support and help that them give to me and this sweet friendship. I will treasure every moments that I have spent with them. Finally, the writer realize that this paper is still far from being perfect. The writer hope who read this paper may gives critics and suggestions for making it better Medan, 2018 The writer, Elva rahmi REG.No: 152202024 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’SDECLARATION.............................................................i COPYRIGHTDECLARATION.........................................................ii ABSTRACT ...................................................................................iii ABSTRAK......................................................................................iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...............................................................v TABLEOFCONTENTS...................................................................vi 1.INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study...........................................................................1 1.2 Problem of Study.................................................................................4 1.3 Scope of Study.....................................................................................4 1.4 The Objective of The Study.................................................................5 1.5 The Method of The Study....................................................................6 II. REVIEW AND RELATED OF LITERATURE 2.1 Movie…………………………………………………….………......7 2.2 Character ……………………………………………….…..……....14 III. DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS 3.1 Phineas Taylor Barnum ……………………………………..….…..20 3.2 Charity Barnum …………………………………………….……....23 IV. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 Conclusion.........................................................................................25 4.2 Suggestion ……………………………………………………..…...26 BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………….......….27 APPENDICES vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of The Study Literature, mostly is defined as the entirely of written expression. Still, there is an understanding that not every written work can be categorized as literature in the more exact meaning of the word. The word aesthetic or artistic are two words that always used to characterize literary work and to diffrenciate it from any other kind of written document such as scholarly writing, legal document or books. Then we find many definitations of literature. The word ‘ literature ‘ is derived from Latin word littera or letter which means the smallest element of alphabetical writing. The word text that used to name the content of literary works is related to the word textile and it can be translated as fabric, just a single thread from a fabric. Then words and sentences form a meaningful and coherent text. Richart Taylor in his book Understanding the Elements of Literature (1981:1) says that literature “ like other arts, is essentially an imaginative act, that is, an act of the writer’s imagination in selecting, ordering and interpreting life experience. So, we can see that taylor in defining literature focuses on the activity and the proces of creating literary works. 1 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA The movie is one of the most interesting works of literature that is made in such a way using the associated elements in it to produce something that other people can enjoy. By watching a movie we can take or understand the story or the story that would be conveyed through the contents of the movie. The writer wants to describe main characters in The Greatest Showman movie. Especially the writer discusses about two characters of the main characters in The Greatest Showman movie. This is a movie which tell about the true story of the legendary figure of the entertainment world named Phineas Taylor Barnum (Hugh Jackman) and Charity Barnum (Michelle Williams). built one of America’s greatest sircus performances in the 1860s, Barnum & Bailey Circus. This movie is played director by Michael Gracey. This movie was released in December 2017 with 105 minutes duration. Genre of this movie is musical,biography, and drama. The Greatest Showman's movie explores the remarkable portions of Barnum's life that were not previously discussed in earlier musicals, for example his anti- slavery campaign. But The Greatest Showman later became a rich man. Start from a glimpse of Barnum's (Hugh Jackman) childhood as a kid of a poor taylor in Connecticut. In this movie he marrying her girlfriend (Michelle Williams). They have two daughters from her marriage they with their fate, for they were too honorable to worry about money, but Barnum dreamed of making the world a more magical place, and he opened the American Museum in New York. 2 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA First of all, he filled it with a wax statue and a preserved beast that termites eat, and then, on the advice of his adorable daughter, he collects "oddities": a bearded woman (Keala Settle), a boy with a dog face, , and various early hipster types who were given the opportunity to feel proud of their unique attributes and not to be exhibited and exploited. Barnum accomplished all of this so easily, but when the tickets went on sale, he had to deal with the cocky and smug drunks who disagreed with what he was doing. What he really wants is not to be "The Prince of Fraudsters" but to be accepted among the upper classes. And here's the problem. He hired a rich scriptwriter, Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron) to make him look classy, but Carlyle was also denied for holding hands with