Humaniora Scientia
Vol 02, September 2017

HYPOCRISY AS SEEN TRHOUGH METAPHOR IN ANNE SEXTON’S “GHOSTS”

Lonika Barli Putri, Tesa (Catholic University of Widya Mandala Madiun)
Yustisiana, Rr. Arielia (Catholic University of Widya Mandala Madiun)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Oct 2017

Abstract

This research analyzes literary work which focused on a poem. This research aimed to describe the  metaphor dealing with hypocrisy in the poem entitled “Ghosts” written by Anne Sexton. The research focused on two major purposes: first, to describe the lines which belonged to metaphor dealing with hypocrisy and second, to reveal the theme of bitterness in the poem. Moreover, there were some theories which were used in this  research. They were theory of meaning, figure of speech, metaphor, theme, and bitterness. Furthermore, this research had two approaches, that is, structural and formalist approach. The method used in analyzing the data in this research is descriptive –qualitative method. The technique of collecting data in this research was library  research. The analysis showed that: there are three hypocrisies which are seen through metaphor in the poem, hypocrisy related to women, men, and children. Moreover, the three metaphors constituted the same theme of the whole poem, that is, bitterness .     Keywords: Metaphor, Hypocrisy, Theme, Bitterness

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Journal Info

Abbrev

humaniora

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Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

This journal covers some scopes of language study including linguistics, literature, translation as well as English language teaching (ELT). ...