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The female characters\' personalities in hans christian anderson\'s fairy tales and stories by Mariana Ulfah Hoesny
Abstrak
Most fairy tales and storieso ften put femalec haractersa st he minor oharacters that always need help from male characten. However llans Cbristian Andersen gives herf emalec haractersth e raits of males.T his thesist iEs to find out the female charactersp ersonalitiesa nd the techniqueo foharactersp orhayal in HansC hristian Andersen sfa iry tales and stories.T he fairy tales and storiesa nalyzedareT he Snow QueenT humbelina T heL ittle Mermaid TheL ittle Match Girl andSheW asG oodfor Nothing. This study is a qualitative study and the data is descriptive since it tries to describeth e femalec haracters p ersonalitiesa nd the techniqueo fcharactersp ortrayal. Thed ataw asc ollectedu sing library researchte chnique.T he fairy tales and storiesa re analyzedu sing the Needt heory personalityp roposedb y Henry AlexanderM urray. Thec ategorieso f needsa re needf or achievementa ffiliation autonomy counteractiond efendanced ominance h armavoidancen urturanc a nd succorance. The resultso f study show that the main femalec haractersin the fairy talesa nd storiesa re active shong courageoui d ominanta nd loyal females.T he main female characteras re active and stong becauseth e needf or achievemenmt otivatest hem. This need is identified from two behavioral activities i.e. when the characters accomplishs omethingd iflicult and when they overcomeo bstacles. Them ain female characteras re courageousfe malesb ecauseo fthe needf or harmavoidanceI.n some casest h e needf or harmavoidancem otivatest hem to be smarti n solving problems. Oneo f the femalec haractersh asl oyalty to a friend that is supportedb y the needf or affiliation. Then the needf or dominancea ppearsto supportt he main female charactertso be dominant.(Thisn eedi s identified from the behaviorala ctivity to influencea nd direct the behavioro fothers using suggestions eduction p ersuasiona nd commandi. e main femalec haractersa re alsoiompassionatea nd concemedf or others.T hesea re motivatedb y the needf or nurturance.T his needi s recognized through some behavioral activities to assist an object in danger to prot t to nurse o heala nd to help. The needf or counteractionm otivatest he main femalec haractersto be independenitn making decisions a nd it also reflectst he intentiont o get fiee from the suffering. It is recognized through some b haviors of the main female characters sucha s to get free to be independenta nd to be free to act accordingt o impulses.T he nextn eedt hat appearsis the needf or counterastionI.t producess trengtha nd courage within the main femalec haractersI.t is identified througba behaviort o repressf ear. The needf or succoranceis the last needt hat appearsI.t is identified from the intention to be loved. iv The main f emalec hanictersp ersonalitieasr ep resenteuds ings omet eohniques of charactenp orfayal.T heD ramatiote chniqueasr eu sedt o poiray 99 mainf emale oharacterpse rsonatitiesT.h ct echniqucos fcharacterps ortrsyaal red ialoguc techniqueb e haviotre chniquet h oughta ndf eelingt echniques t reamo fconsciousness techniqueo t herc haracter rse Actionte chniquec h alacter Sre actionte clmiques etting descriptiotne chniquea ndp hysicadl escripiont echniqueO. ftent hec ombinatioonf twot eohniqueis usedt o portrayt hem ainf emalec haracter pse rsonalities. This studyi s expectedto beu sefulf or teacheras ndp arentsf o r studentos f EnglishL iteraturea ndf or authorso fchildren sb ooks.F orp arentsa ndt achersth is studyc ans e.rvea sa gUrdeto chooseq ualitys toriesfo r children.F or studentos f EnglishL iteraturet h is studym aya ttractt hemt o do others tudieso n fairy talesa nd storiesw rittenb y HansC hristianA ndersenF airyt alesa nds toriesa rep arto f literary worksth at canb e analyzedfr om sociologistf e minist l inguistiop ointo f view and manyo thersF. or authorst h is studym ayi nspiret hemt o givef emalec haracterfsa ir rolesT. heys houldd escribefe malesin a morep ositivei mage.