PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI IMMATURITY AS SEEN IN CHARACTERS’ FLAWS IN HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN’S THREE SELECTED FAIRY TALES AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By AYU DIAN AGITA Student Number: 144214054 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI IMMATURITY AS SEEN IN CHARACTERS’ FLAWS IN HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN’S THREE SELECTED FAIRY TALES AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By AYU DIAN AGITA Student Number: 144214054 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2018 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI IF YOU DON’T TAKE RISKS, YOU CAN’T CREATE FUTURE MONKEY D LUFFY vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI FOR MY DEAREST PARENTS viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to God, for giving me strength and all His blessings during these times I have spent finishing my thesis. I also want to sincerely express my gratitude to my thesis advisor, Theresia Enny Anggraini Ph.D for her patience, guidance and support so that I can finish my undergraduate thesis, and to my thesis co-advisor Maria Ananta Tri Suryandari, S.S., M.Ed. for the detail correction and valuable input. My gratitude also goes to the lecturers and all the faculty members of English Letters Sanata Dharma University, especially Mbak Ninik, for the help and the support. I want to thank my parents for giving me their trust and being supportive for whatever I chose in my life and make sure I do the right things. All the thanks also go to dek Gagah, Rio, Acit, Mon, Festy, Dinda, Moore and Regina for the support, to all my friends especially B kenyil friends for the help and the support so that my college life feels awesome, to them who have lighten up my darkest days and given me spirit when I am down, and to anyone who helps me pass the hard times, finish my study, and finish my thesis. Ayu Dian Agita. 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 ......................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulations ............................................................................... 3 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................................. 4 D. Definition of Terms ................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE .................................................... 6 A. Review of Related Studies ........................................................................ 6 B. Review of Related Theories ...................................................................... 8 1. Character and Characterization .......................................................... 8 2. Tragic Flaw ........................................................................................ 9 3. Immaturity ....................................................................................... 10 a. They are Rigid and single minded ............................................ 11 b. They are Low Stress Tolerance ................................................. 12 c. They Do What Feels Best .......................................................... 12 d. They are Subjective .................................................................. 12 e. They Have Little Respect for Differences ................................ 13 f. They are Egocentric ................................................................... 13 g. They are Self-Preoccupied and Self-Involved .......................... 13 h. They are Self Referential ........................................................... 14 i. They Like to be the Center of Attention .................................... 14 j. They are Low Empathy and emotionally sensitive .................... 14 C. Theoretical Framework ........................................................................... 15 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY .................................................................. 17 A. Object of the Study ................................................................................. 17 B. Approach of the Study ............................................................................ 19 C. Method of the Study ................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ............................................................................... 21 A. Character’s Characteristics ...................................................................... 21 1. Karen’s Characteristics in Red Shoes .............................................. 21 2. Main Character’s Characteristics in The Little Mermaid ................. 26 3. Main Character’s Characteristics in Fir Tree .................................. 33 B. Character’s Flaws..................................................................................... 38 1. Karen’s Flaws ................................................................................... 38 2. Little mermaid’s Flaw ....................................................................... 29 3. Fir Tree’s Flaw .................................................................................. 41 C. Relation Between Characters’ Flaw and Immaturity .............................. 41 1. Relation between Karen’s Flaw and Immaturity ............................. 42 2. Relation between Little Mermaid’s Flaw and Immaturity ............... 45 3. Relation between Fir Tree’s Flaw and Immaturity .......................... 49 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION .......................................................................... 50 REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 58 APPENDIX .......................................................................................................... 60 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT AGITA, AYU DIAN. (2018). Immaturity As Seen in Characters’ Flaws in Hans Christian Andersen’s Three Selected Fairy Tales Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Sanata Dharma. This undergraduate thesis analyses three Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales which are The Little Mermaid, The Fir Tree, and The Red Shoes. Usually, people expect the main characters to be perfect, but these characters are described as someone who has flaw. From the flaw that the character has, the researcher can see that it actually represents immaturity. There are two objectives in this study. The first one is to find out the flaws in Andersen’s three selected fairy tales by showing the flaw which the characters have in each story. The second one is to relate and signify the flaws to the immaturity in Andersen’s three selected fairy tales. This study uses library research method and the source of the study is taken from books, articles, journals, dictionaries that can be found in the library or the internet. The primary sources are the three selected fairy tales, The Fir Tree, The Little Mermaid, and The Red Shoes. Psychological approach is used in this study to understand and find out the characteristics and the behavior of the main characters. In the first analysis, it is discovered that Karen’s flaw is her obsession over a red shoes, Little Mermaid’s flaw is her ambition to be a human, and Fir Tree’s flaw is being enthusiastic to a new adventure. The flaws have brought the characters to their downfall. As what it is mentioned in The Red Shoes, because of Karen’s obsession, she has suffered from the unstoppable dancing shoes that are stuck in her feet and got her feet cut off. Little Mermaid’s ambition brings her to her death and sacrifices many