Skripsi
The idea of libertarianism in percy shelley\'s \"the mask of anarchy\" by Inayatul Fariha
Abstrak
Poetry as a verbal art is one means to communicate idea The romantic English poets employed poetry as 1m9diu9 to teach people the spirit of liberty A p - tUJ .fir f furf of inarchy written by an outstanding romantic irgfirf p a percy Bysshe Shelley iouches upo-n the idea liberty that the romantic p. t t - a wittl t founA it is worth to study the poun from the perspective of libertarianisrn. Thisstudyistofindouttheideaoflibertariarrisminherentinthepoem ..TheMaskofAnarchy andhowtheitleasarepresentedinthepoem.The theories used are the theory of libertarianism formulated by some libertanan firltosopf ers and literary tireories formulated by structuralist and hermeneutics critics. Themethodusedinthisstudyisqualitativewithmyselfastheinstrument. since the study dealsw ith literary work the designu- sed is documentaryr esearch in the form ofiiterary criticism. the approach used in studying the idea of libertarianismin the poem The Mask of Anarchy is didactic T he datai s -JVJ UV apptymg interpretative analysis to.find out of the idea of ribertananisminlrtre tutast of Anarchy . By interpraation I searched the meaning and ideas that are unknown and hidden in the symbols Based on the analysis on the poem The Mask of Anarchy several conclusions are drawn. Itls obviotrs that the poem contains the idea of 6 . The principles of libertarianism found in the poem are self-- ownenhip anti violince and initiation of force human rights to properry law nior In peaceful and voluntary relationship and moral enforcement. The prln.ipf s oftiU rt.l- in the poem are relatedto each other One idea of iio .tu.r ls-.ay imply another idea such as the idea of self-ownership that implies the idea of human rights to proPery The poem ..The Masf of Anarchy contaqs some didactic values. what shelleyt iro me in accordancwe ith the spirit of christianity.s helleyt eaches u to t. p liberty in the right path. The spirii of liberty must not be spoilt by evil. irr 1.v teaches r tt ut n r arr beings we must love each other to create a good relationshipa mongh umankindsH. e alsot eachesu s to havew illingless to sacrificef or otlrerJa st he manifestationo f our love. Sacrificeis raluired to achievegoal.Withoutsacrifice itisimpossibleforustoachieveourultimate goal. lt iinplia that we have to work hard and never surrender Inpresentingtheideaoflibertarianisminthispoem thepoetusessomany symbols ttiut t.ptolnt the idea. fhe strength ofthis poem lies much on the y b i and imageries. obviously the poetic effect in this poem is highlv determinedb y thi figurativel anguagea nd the irnageryF. or the rhetoric t he poet viii usess omeir oniesa nds arcasmsT.h esem aket hep oernm orep owerfrrl.T hep ower is strengthenebdy the provocativeto nei nh renitn theh arsha nds tinging ex pressionm akingt his poan enchantinga ndl ively. .Finally t he suggestiopnr oposedth ato therr esearchetrrsy to studyd e per to find anothery alueo r ideac oncerningw ith humanismF. urthera nalysisis also possibleto be conductedft om linguisticp erspective. ix