PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THEMES REVEALED FROM FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN BILLIE EILISH’S EP DON’T SMILE AT ME AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By EA GITTHA JUNIOR Student Number: 16421409 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2020 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THEMES REVEALED FROM FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN BILLIE EILISH’S EP DON’T SMILE AT ME AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By EA GITTHA JUNIOR Student Number: 164214091 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2020 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “There are always going to be bad things. But you can write it down and make a song out of it.” Billie Eilish vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI FOR MY LIFE SUPPORTER S THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT OF STYLE viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly, I am grateful to Allah SWT for his blessing and mercies, so I have finished my thesis, entitled “Themes Revealed from Figurative Language in Billie Eilish’s EP Don’t Smile at Me”.I would like to express my gratitude to Arina Isti'anah S.Pd.,M.Hum. as my thesis advisor for helping, supporting, and encouraging me to finish my undergraduate thesis. Also, I would like to thank to my co-advisor, Scolastica Wedhowerti, S.Pd., M.Hum for giving me further advice and supports to finish my undergraduate thesis. My special thanks for my mother, Eny Kesumawati for her support and pray for my success. I would like to thank to the company I work for, Jogja Translator, for giving me extra time to finish my thesis, while I am on duties. I also would like to thank to Bobby, for giving me his time to support me and help me to finish my thesis. Last but not least, thank you to my friends: Fritha, Recza, Bunga, Aling, Stefanny, Samo, Rimbo, and Jito for helping me to get through these around forty-five months in English Letters. Ea Gittha Junior 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...............ivi MOTTO PAGE................................................................................................................vii DEDICATION PAGE.................................................................................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......................................................................................... viix TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................................... viii LIST OF TABLES..........................................................................................................xiii ABSTRACT......................................................................................................................xv ABSTRAK.........................................................................................................................xvi CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. 15 A. Background of the Study........................................................................................15 B. Problem Formulation............................................................................................... 4 C. Objectives of the Study..........................................................................................19 D. Definition of Terms................................................................................................19 CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF LITERATURE..............................................................21 A. Review of Related Studies..................................................................................... 21 B. Review of Related Theories...................................................................................24 1. Semantics........................................................................................................... 25 2. Figurative Language.......................................................................................... 27 a. Simile............................................................................................................. 27 b. Metaphor........................................................................................................ 28 c. Personification............................................................................................... 29 d. Metonymy...................................................................................................... 29 e. Synecdoche.................................................................................................... 30 f. Symbol........................................................................................................... 30 g. Irony...............................................................................................................31 h. Allegory......................................................................................................... 31 i. Paradox...........................................................................................................32 j. Apostrophe.....................................................................................................33 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI k. Hyperbole.......................................................................................................33 l. Litotes.............................................................................................................34 3. Theme.................................................................................................................35 4. Song....................................................................................................................22 C. Theoretical Framework.......................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER III : METHODOLOGY..............................................................................24 A. Object of the Study................................................................................................ 24 B. Approach of the Study........................................................................................... 25 C. Method of the Study...............................................................................................25 1. Data Collection................................................................................................ 255 2. Data Analysis..................................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS.................................288 A. Figurative Language in Eilish’s EP Don’t Smile at Me....................................... 288 a. Metaphor............................................................................................................ 29 b. Hyperbole.........................................................................................................355 c. Simile................................................................................................................. 39 d. Personification................................................................................................. 422 e. Symbol............................................................................................................. 444 f. Paradox...............................................................................................................46 g. Apostrophe.......................................................................................................477 h. Allegory........................................................................................................... 488 B. Theme in Billie Eilish’ EP Don’t Smile at Me.....................................................500 1. Love................................................................................................................. 511 a. “Love” Seen through Metaphor................................................................... 511 b. “Love” Seen through Hyperbole..................................................................522 c. “Love” Seen through Simile........................................................................ 544 1. “Sorrow”.......................................................................................................... 544 a. “Sorrow” Seen through Metaphor................................................................555 b. “Sorrow” Seen through Hyperbole.............................................................. 555 c. “Sorrow” Seen through Personification.......................................................566 d. “Sorrow” Seen through Symbol...................................................................577 e. “Sorrow” Seen through Paradox..................................................................578