Institusion
Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
Yayang, Tedi sobandi
Elfiondri, Elfiondri
Femmy, Dahlan
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2020-07-01 02:18:49
Abstract :
The writer studies Conflict on two short stories; The Mask and The Diary of a
Madman by Guy De Maupassant. The research is focused on the character
conflict and setting are describes in the purpose of the study to analyze the
character conflict and setting in the short stories. The method used in this study is
descriptive qualitative method with structuralism. The study applied close reading
technique with procedure reading short stories The Mask and The Diary of a
Madman repeatedly, reading the literary critics on the Maupassant short stories,
finding out the conflict, selecting and picking the data up which related the
problems. The result is the character conflicts in two short stories are related to
the setting and plot in the story. In The Mask, the old dancer struggling with his
inner thought while in conflict with other character which is Madeleine. In The
Diary of a Madman, the Madman is conflict with his inner thought while he is in
conflict with the society and his victims.
Keywords:structuralism, character, setting, plot, and conflicts.