“ANALYSIS THE CONFLICT MAIN CHARACTER IN
WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR’S DRAMA, OTHELLO”
IKA DIAN SAPUTRI
F21116028
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES
HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY
2019
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter has six elements, background of study,
identification of problem, statement of problem, objective of problem,
significant of problem, and the last sequence of problem.
1.1. Background
Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is
a drama by William Shakespears. The Story about a moor in the
Venetian army, the named is Othello and his unfaithful ensign, Iago.
Iago is a antagonis character in this Drama, he is very hate and envy to
Othello. The drama has theme of racism, love, jealousy, betrayal,
revenge and repentance.
Many conflicts that occur in the main character can be found in this
story, some conflicts that occur involve other parties, and also other
characters who are the cause of the conflict in the main character.
Conflict is a universal phenomenon in a drama. Therefore, it is not
excessive to say that every characters ever faces with conflict.
Nevertheless, the intensity and the types of conflict may be different.
A conflict may bring an advantage and disadvantage for individual or
partner characters in the drama. If the character can overcome the
problem successfully, it can bring an advantage for him. On the other
way, it can bring a disadvantage for him. In this story there are moral
values related to society in general, namely about racism felt by the
main character. One of them is when a person with dark skin likes
someone with fair skin often discrimination from time to time.
The reason I analyze this drama has a psychological value in
someone who is different, there is more priority to the ego than the
superego makes a loss of himself. and this drama has an interesting
theme, atmosphere, namely tragic and manipulating the situation in
the drama. And this drama is a popular literary work. And the author
often writes tragic love stories.
1.2. Identification of the Problems
After reading script Othello’s drama, the writer identified some
problems. There are as follows:
1. The main character has emotions that cannot be controlled
which cause conflict.
2. An antagonist character makes the main character experience
many conflict.
1.3. Statement of the Problems
Based on the title, there are following questions which the writer
want to analyze in this drama. There are as follows:
1. How do the main characters solve his emotion that cannot be
controlled which cause conflict?
2. What kinds of the an antagonist character makes the main
character experience many conflict?
1.4. Objective of the Problems
Based on the statement of the problems above, the objectives of
writing are as follows:
1. To explain the way of the main characters solve his problem
emotion.
2. To describe the an antagonist character makes the main
character experience many conflict.
1.5. Significant of study
There are some significance in writing this chapter. The first
significance of the analysis is to make me understand about literary
works especially of the drama.
Second , the writer wants if the readers are aware of the
emotions we have, so we are not rash in choosing decisions that lead
to regret. furthermore, the writer hope that the readers especially the
student of English Literature get some lesson from this Drama.
1.6. Sequence of Chapter
The writers into six chapters. Chapter 1 deals with introduction
there are background of study, identification of problem, statement of
problem, objective of problem, significant of problem, and the last
sequence of problem.
