The Role of Social Status of the Main Character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter

Mohamad Bachtiar, Mohamad (1210503093) (2014) The Role of Social Status of the Main Character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter. Diploma thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.

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Abstract

The author is interested in analyzing the role of social status in Scarlet Letter Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The problems are formulated into 1) How the other characters view the main character based on the social status and 2) What the effects of social status of the main character to other characters are. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The data are the facts or information used in analysis. The data of this research were taken from the dialogue between each character and the main character in the novel Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The author collects the data by library research. In analyzing the data, this research analyzed the role of social status of the main character in the novel based on Objective and Mimetic theory. Based on the findings of the resource, it showed that there were six characters viewing the main character, Arthur Dimmesdale, based on the social status; Hester, Roger Chilingworth, Governor, Pastor Wilson, Pearl, and the Indian. It means that the data showed there were many effects elaborating social status in the novel based on those characters, and the effects of social status of the main character to other characters. Besides, the findings showed that the six Dommesdale effects of social status as the main character influenced to other characters found in the Novel Scarlet Letter. In conclusion, the role of social status can affect how the main character and other characters involved in this novel found and conveyed by both of the them. For those who are interested in role of social status aspect can use this research as supporting or comparing for the next research in the future.

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