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AN ANALYSIS OF GISELLE’S CHARACTER IN ENCHANTED
MOVIE
HAYAT HASANAH
204026002777
ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH
JAKARTA
2009
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ABSTRACT
Hayat Hasanah, NIM 204026002777 “An Analysis of Giselle’s Character in
Enchanted Movie”. Thesis. Jakarta: English Letters Department. Letters and
Humanities Faculty, State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta 2009.
This research is aimed at finding out the character of Giselle between fairy tale
and real world in enchanted movie. This research analyses the main character in
enchanted movie based on the theory of structuralism. By using the structuralism
theory, the writer tries to describe the main character in enchanted movie.
The writer uses qualitative method with a descriptive analysis. The writer
observes the film describing the main character by analyzing the dialogues, pictures,
and actions.
This study discusses about the characteristics of Giselle’s character as a main
character in Enchanted, as a girl who lives in the fairy tale and the real world. The
character has several characteristics, namely dreamer, optimist, romantic, innocence,
independent, and mature. The writer concludes that character of Giselle in enchanted
movie is dynamic because the main character has a lot of experiences of change in
character and the way of her mind about life and love. It is clear that character of
Giselle in this film is always dynamic.
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APPROVEMENT
AN ANALYSIS OF GISELLE’S CHARACTER IN ENCHANTED
MOVIE
A Thesis
Submitted to Letters and Humanities Faculty
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
the Degree of Strata 1
Hayat Hasanah
204026002777
Approved By:
Moh. Supardi, M.Hum
Advisor
ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH
JAKARTA
4
2009
LEGALIZATION
A thesis entitled “An Analysis of Giselle’s Character in Enchanted Movie”
has been defended before the Letters and Humanities Faculty’s Examination
Committee on September 3 2009. The thesis has already been accepted as a partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Strata 1 in Department of English
Letters.
Jakarta, September 3 2009
Examination Committee
Chair Person,
Dr. H. M. Farkhan, M.Pd.
NIP. 150299480
Secretary,
Drs. A. Saefuddin, M.Pd.
NIP. 150261902
Members:
Examiner I
Elve Oktafiyani, M.Hum
NIP. 150317725
Examiner II
Drs. A. Saefuddin, M.Pd.
NIP. 150261902
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of
my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by
another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the
award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher
learning, except where due acknowledgment has been made in the next.
Jakarta, September 3 2009
Hayat Hasanah
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. All praised be to Allah
The lord of the world who has been giving mercy and blessing until the writer can
completing this thesis without any obstacle in her opportunity. Peace and Salutation
be upon to the Nobel Prophet of Islam, Muhammad SAW, and his household, his
companions, and his faithful followers.
The writer is conscious that she could not carry out this work without helping
of others, both material and spiritual. For that reason, the writer would like to express
her greatest love, honor to his beloved father, mother, her sisters and brother for their
endless prayers and motivation.
The great gratitude is dedicated to these amazing people. Particularly to:
1. Prof. Dr. Komarudin Hidayat, MA. The Head of State Islamic University,
Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta.
2. Dr. H. Abdul Chair, M. A. The Dean of Letters and Humanities Faculty
3. Dr. H. Muhammad Farkhan M.Pd. The Head of English Letters Departments
4. Special thanks goes to Mohammad Supardi, S.S, the writer’s advisor for
continuing guidance and support in this research. The writer realizes without
his critics, help, and his support this paper will mean nothing.
5. All of the Lectures in Letters and Humanities Faculty, who have given
contribution and support directly or indirectly.
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6. My beloved parents H. Hasanul Basri Syuaib and Siti Chodijah Basri, thanks
for spirit, material and pray. My brother Achmad Syubaiki, my sisters Hanny
Fajriyah and Shabrina Novia Panca Putri, My beloved Saiful Bahri, thanks for
support and your love. All of my friends in Letters and Humanities faculty
especially in English Letters Department, Nina (thanks for your advise and
support), Opie, Lala, Velma, Icut, Mba Ifah, Omen, Adhitia, Sule, Ridho,
Dodo, Tze, Dedi, Budi, Aby, Yusuf, Melly, Bety, Iik and all of friends that
researcher cannot mention one by one who helped and motivated the
researcher in finishing this paper.
May Allah, the Almighty bless them all, Amien.
Finally, the writer realizes that this thesis still has some weakness and
mistakes. Therefore, the writer would like to accept any constructive suggestion to
make this thesis better.
Jakarta, September 3 2009
The writer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................. i
APPROVEMENT ......................................................................................... ii
LEGALIZATION ......................................................................................... iii
DECLARATION ........................................................................................... iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ............................................................................... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................. vii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 1
A. .......................................................................................Backgr
ound of the Study ............................................................... 1
B. .......................................................................................Focus
of the Research .................................................................. 3
C. .......................................................................................Resear
ch of the Question............................................................... 3
D........................................................................................Object
ive of the Research.............................................................. 4
E. .......................................................................................Signifi
cance of the Research ......................................................... 4
F. .......................................................................................Resear
ch Methodology.................................................................. 4
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1. ..................................................................................Metho
d.................................................................................... 4
2. ..................................................................................Techni
que of Data Analysis .................................................... 5
3. ..................................................................................Resear
ch Instrument ............................................................... 5
4. ..................................................................................Unit
Analysis ........................................................................ 5
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.…………………………….. 6
A. .......................................................................................Structu
ralism ................................................................................. 6
B. .......................................................................................Charac
ter ...................................................................................... 8
C. .......................................................................................Charac
terization............................................................................. 11
D........................................................................................Plot
........................................................................................... 14
E. .......................................................................................Setting
........................................................................................... 15
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CHAPTER III ANALYSIS……………………………………………………. 17
A. Data Description ................................................................. 17
B. Data Analysis ..................................................................... 18
1. Giselle’s character in fairy tale ...................................... 18
2. Giselle’s character in real world .................................... 25
3. Character development of Giselle.................................. 31
CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION…….…….……...…… 36
A. .......................................................................................Conclu
sion..................................................................................... 36
B. .......................................................................................Sugges
tion ..................................................................................... 37
BIBLIOGRAPHY.......................................................................................... 38
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the study
Film production requires some division of labour, but how that division
carried out, and how power allocated to various roles, differs from project to project.
The process of film production thus reflects different conceptions of what a film is,
and the finished film inevitably bears traces of the mode of production within which
it created.1
Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form,
and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the
world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special
effects. Films are cultural artefacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those
cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film considered an important art form, a source of
popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating or indoctrinating
citizens. The visual elements of cinema give motion pictures a universal power of
communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions by using
dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue.2
1 David Bordwell, and Kristin Thompson, Film Art an Introduction fourth edition, (McGraw-
Hill, 1993), p.23
2 http://en.wikipedia.org/definition of film/Main Page. Accessed in December 14 2008, at
15:14.
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The visual element is the film’s basic means of communication; it is the most
important factor in distinguishing between the fictional film and the so-called literary
forms of fiction and drama. The very term literature refers to the written word and the
defined as including all writings in verse or prose, especially those of an imaginative
or critical nature. Even in colloquial use, literature means printed matter of any kind.
Its emphasis is on the moving image, which is generally, what communicates a film’s
most significant or interesting aspect.3
Enchanted movie is unification between fairy tale world and real world
presented in one format. Fairy tale world deputized with the character of animation or
cartoon and still believe in the existence of love at the first sight and true love kiss.
Real world present the real action, there are a lot of high-rise buildings, existence of a
conflict in experiencing life, etc. Moreover, here becoming specification in the film,
caused by federating between fairy tale world and this real world.
The writer wants to analyze this film because Enchanted is the Disney live-
action/traditional animation, though the traditionally animated characters do not
interact in the live-action environment in the same manner. However, there are some
scenes where live-action characters share the screen with two-dimensional animated
characters, the character of Giselle in fairy tale and real world represent in one
format. Audience will be surprised and thinks this is a cartoon movie, because the
beginning in the movie all of place describe a cartoon but after Giselle sent in New
3 Joseph M. Boggs, The art of watching films third edition, (California: Mayfield, 1991), p.82
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York by an evil queen Narissa all of place is different. In New York, character
Giselle changes became a real human.
Enchanted film is not new story, but the director of Kevin Lima is able
manifestly idea from the writer of film Bill Kelly. The character between fairy tale
world and real world are even also create, film also become very attractive and
amazing because the character draw the animation and real human and the
characterization actor so perfect. The film also adopts a story of Snow White and
Cinderella. It can be see from the costume, which all players used. However, even it
is adopted the story of Snow White and Cinderella, this film story have a lot of
experiencing of changing there. Enchanted film is fresh idea and inspiration which
actual by Kevin Lima in this Enchanted film. Modern and Classic impression at each
character which is emerge, and strengthen their character in this film.
B. Focus of the Study
Based on the background of the study above, this research focuses on
character of the main character Giselle in Enchanted film.
C. Research Question.
Based on the focus of the study above, there are two interesting questions to
be discussed, namely:
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1. What are the characteristics of Giselle in fairy tale and real world presented in
Enchanted film?
2. How is Giselle’s character developed in that story?
D. Objectives of the Study
In general research aim to know how a main character presented in Enchanted
film. And this research target is out for to also dig
1. To know the character of Giselle presented in this film.
2. To know the development of Giselle’s character in that film.
E. Significances of the Study
The writer hopes this research will help the readers to understand the movie
especially how to analyze a character in movie.
F. Research Methodology
This Research Method covers some important aspects in research, like
method, data analysis, research instrument, and unit analysis.
1. Method
This research uses qualitative method with a descriptive analysis. First, the
writer watches the movie of Enchanted, captures of the scene and analyzes of
Giselle’s character in Enchanted movie.
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2. Technique of Data Analysis
Data analysis in this research is using the Structural Approach. The writer
would analyze the data by analysing the main character in Enchanted movie.
First, the writer wants to analyze Giselle’s character presented in Enchanted
movie and the second the writer wants to analyze the character development of
Giselle in Enchanted movie.
3. Research Instrument
The instrument of the research is the writer herself to collecting the
qualitative data about the meaning of the structural theory by browsing internet,
reading some books about structural theory and film, and finds its correlation with
the characterization of Giselle as the main character in Enchanted movie by
watching the movie repeatedly, capturing the pictures and taking the conversation
texts in Enchanted.
4. Unit Analysis
The unit analysis in this research is Enchanted movie director of Kevin
Lima published in 2007 by Walt Disney Pictures.
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CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Structuralism Approach
Structuralism approaches to literature challenge some of the most beliefs of
the ordinary reader. The literary work, we have long felt, is the child of an author’s
creative life, and expresses the author’s essential self. The text is the place where we
enter into a spiritual or humanistic communion with an author’s thoughts and
feeling.4
In literary theory, structuralism is an approach to analyzing the narrative
material by examining the underlying invariant structure, which based on the
linguistic sign system of Ferdinand de Saussure. The structuralism claims that there
must be a structure in every text, which explains why it is easier for experienced
readers than for non-experienced readers to interpret a text. Hence, they say that
everything that written seems to govern by specific rules, a "grammar of literature",
that one learns in educational institutions and that are to be unmasked.5
Structuralism literary criticism argues that the "novelty value of a literary
text" can lie only in new structure, rather than in the specifics of character
development and voice in which that structure expressed. One branch of literary
4 Raman Selden and Peter Widdowson, A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory,
3rd edition. (Kentucky, the University Press of Kentucky, 1993), p.103
5 Selden, Raman / Widdowson, Peter / Brooker, Peter: A Reader's Guide to Contemporary
Literary Theory Fifth Edition. (Harlow: 2005), P. 76
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structuralism, like Freudianism, Marxism, and transformational grammar, posits both
a deep and a surface structure. In Freudianism and Marxism, the deep structure is a
story, in Freud's case the battle, ultimately, between the life and death instincts, and
in Marx, the conflicts between classes that are rooted in the economic "base."
According to Alison Assiter, there are four common ideas regarding
structuralism that form an 'intellectual trend'. Firstly, the structure is what determines
the position of each element of a whole. Secondly, structuralism believes that every
system has a structure. Thirdly, structuralisms are interested in 'structural' laws that
deal with coexistence rather than changes. Finally, structures are the 'real things' that
lie beneath the surface or the appearance of meaning.6
Dalam penelitian strukturalis memandang karya sastra sebagai teks mandiri.
Penelitian dilakukan secara obyektif yaitu menekankan aspek intrinsik karya
sastra. Unsur-unsur itu tidak jauh berbeda dengan sebuah artefak atau benda
seni yang bermakna. Artefak tersebut terdiri dari unsur dalam teks seperti
ide, tema, plot, character, dsb. 7
Strukturalis secara langsung atau tidak langsung sebenarnya banyak
dipengaruhi oleh konsep struktur linguistic yang dikembangkan oleh
Ferdinand de Saussure yang intinya berkaitan dengan konsep sign dan
meaning (bentuk dan isi) atau seperti yang dikemukakan oleh Luxemburg
sebagai significant-signifie dan Paradigma – syntagma. Pengertiannya
adalah tanda atau bentuk bahasa merupakan unsur pemberi arti dan yang
diartikan. Seperti yang diungkapkan oleh Ferdinand de Saussure bahwa
makna bukanlah yang tersembunyi secara rahasia dalam suatu tanda bahasa
(kata), melainkan bagaimana fungsi tanda tersebut sebagai hasil dari
pembedaan tanda-tanda yang lain. Dalam kaitan ini, karya sastra harus
6 Assiter, A , 'Althusser and structuralism', The British journal of sociology, vol. 35, no. 2,
(Blackwell publishing 1984), pp.272-296.
7 Suwardi Endraswara, Metodologi Penelitian Sastra. Epistemonogi, model, teori, dan
aplikasi. (FBS Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta 2008), pp. 51-52
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dipandang sebagai sebuah struktur yang berfungsi. Sebagai sebuah karya
yang bersifat imajinatif bisa saja hubungan antara penanda dan petanda
merupakan suatu hubungan yang kompleks. Dalam karya yang lebih luas
seperti drama, film, novel, struktur tidak hanya hadir melalui kata dan
bahasa, melainkan dapat dikaji berdasarkan unsur-unsur pembentuknya seperti tema, plot, karakter, setting dan point of view.
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Structuralism has assumption that literary work is a construction that based on
signs. Structuralism considered that interrelated in this structure can give great
meaning. Moreover, the object of structuralism is the inner structure of literary work.
B. Character
A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a work of
art. Along with plot, setting, theme, and style, character is considered one of the
fundamental components of fiction. Characters may be fictional or based upon real
entities, contemporary or historical. They may be human, supernatural, mythical,
divine, animal, or personifications of an abstraction. 9
Typically, character actors lack some of the stereotypical physical attributes
associated with stars. A character actor may be very short or very tall, heavy or thin,
balding, or simply unconventional-looking. Many older actors find their access to
lead roles limited by age as well. Similarly, actors of color often barred from roles for
which they were otherwise suited; some found work performing ethnic stereotypes. A
character actor is usually playing a character that does not go through a major change
8 Zainuddin Fananie, Telaah Sastra: (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, 2000), pp.115-
116
9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_(arts). Accessed in January 28 2009.
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in the course of the movie. They tend to help the leading character aspire the major
change that always occurs to him/her. 10
Creating a character means, more than anything else, clearly following a basic
direction or establishing a through line. This process entails a careful playing of the
action in each beat for the purpose of realizing the intention and clearly relating each
beat to the one that follow it. Making one beat grow logically and inevitably out of
another is necessary to an expression of the playwright’s meaning as regards both
plot and character. 11
To say that someone is a character suggests that he or she has a strange or
eccentric personality, to say that a person has character implies his or her moral
uprightness, to say something about a person’s character involves a discussion of his
or her personal values and behaviour. As a literary term, however, a character is a
person created for a work of fiction. 12
A well-developed character is one that has been thoroughly character, with
many traits shown in the narrative. The better the audience knows the character, the
better the character development. Thorough characterization makes characters well
rounded and complex. This allows for a sense of realism. Character development is
very important in character-driven literature, where stories focus not on events, but
10 ttp://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Character_actor_-_Definition/id/4911272. Accessed in
January 28 2009
11 Charles McGaw, Acting Is Beliving, a Basic Method Second edition: (Rinehart Press San
Fransisco, 1966). p. 98
12 Jane Bachman Gordon, and Karen Kuehner, Fiction The Elements of the Short Story: The
McGraw-Hill Companies, 1999, p.95
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on individual personalities. Historically, stories and plays focusing on characters
became common as part of the 19th century Romantic Movement, and character-
driven literature rapidly supplanted more plot-driven literature that typically utilizes
easily identifiable archetypes rather than proper character development. 13
Dengan bahasa yang berbeda, David Daiches menyebutkan bahwa karakter
pelaku cerita fiksi dapat muncul dari sejumlah peristiwa dan bagaimana
reaksi tokoh tersebut pada peristiwa yang dihadapi (Daiches, 1948: 352).
Peristiwa yang terangkai dalam cerita pada hakikatnya adalah rangkaian
plot. Dengan demikian, membicarakan karakter pelaku tidak mungkin dapat
dilepaskan dari plot cerita, karena sebagaimana diungkapkan Frye, yang
utama dalam penghadiran karakter pelaku (tokoh cerita) merupakan fungsi-
fungsi plot (Frye, 1973: 52) 14
A character on the stage who can present no convincing argument or
information as to his past experience, his present behaviour or his aspirations, nor
give a comprehensive analysis of his motives is as legitimate and as worthy of
attention as one who, alarmingly, can do all these things. The more acute the
experience the less articulate its expression.15
Character is the method used by a
writer to develop a character. The method includes (1) showing the character's
appearance, (2) displaying the character's actions, (3) revealing the character's
thoughts, (4) letting the character speak, and (5) getting the reactions of others. 16
In analyzing a role to discover the motivating desires of a character as the
dramatist has conceived him. The actor gives attention to what the character does,
13 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character develop. Accessed in February 5 2009 14 Zainuddin Fananie, (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, 2000), op. cit p.87
15 Ronald Hayman, (United State, 1971), op. cit p.71
16 http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/characterization.html. Accessed in February 20
2009
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what the character say, what the other characters in the play say about him, what
actions are suggest ed in the character’s line, what comments and descriptions the
playwright offers in the stage directions. 17
C. Characterization
Characterization is the means by which writers present and reveal
character.18
Character creation is the art of characterization what the author does to
bring a character to life, to provide the reader with a sense of that character’s
personality, to make that character unique. Authors can characterize or develop a
character directly or indirectly. Characterization, then, begins with discovering the
character’s motivating desire and process with breaking the role into small units each
with a clearly understood intention, which will help in accomplishing the large
purpose. It is a constant challenge throughout rehearsals and performance. 19
Characterization is a way to identify a character. The characterization of
character is the identification of a character, which is describe physically or seen from
attitudes and how he or she behaves. It is also the main point to really know how a
character is. Characterization is also a method, which is use by the author to illustrate
character. The director of characterization is the narrator who describes character in
17 Charles McGaw (1966), op. cit p. 91
18 Robert DiYanni (2002), op. cit p.55
19 Charles McGaw (1966), loc. cit p.100
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the story. Characterization is the method an author uses to reveal or describe
character and their various personalities. 20
Major character is a character that holds on an important role. This character
is very dominant and always appears in each conflict. On the other hand, there is
another character appears only few times or she or he might be in a short portion and
this character is know as minor character. 21
Another common term in film is protagonist. Protagonist character deals with
truth and conflicts with other characters. While antagonist character forces and often
gives any trouble or conflict to the protagonist one. 22
Characterization means how
the writer tells the reader about the physical and non-physical characteristic of the
person told in the story.
Characterization is defined as in fiction, by what the character do, by what
they say, by what others say about them and setting in which they move. The
characters also defined in part by other characters that they in some degree resemble
or from whom they in some degree differ. 23
20 http:/www.wilmette.nttc.org/characterization.htm. Accessed in February 5 2009.
21 Encyclopedia American: volume 6, 1985, p. 366
22 Ibid. p. 367
23 Ibid. p. 746
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1. Direct and Indirect characterization
In direct characterization, the narrator or a character summarizes or tells
the reader what another character looks like or what kind of person he or she is.
The author literally tells the audience what a character is like. This is may be done
via the narrator, another character or by the character him- or herself. In indirect
characterization, narrators and characters describe a character’s appearance or
dress. In this way, they suggest something about the character’s personality. A
character is repeated gesture or a facial tic, for example, may imply a character’s
arrogance or nervousness. The audience must deduce for themselves what the
character is like through the character’s thoughts, actions, speech (choice of
words, way of talking), looks and interaction with other characters, including
other characters’ reactions to that particular person. 24
2. Static and Dynamic
Static character is character that unchanged; their character is the
same at the end of the story as at the beginning. Dynamic character is one who
change because of what happens in the plot.
24Jane Bachman Gordon, and Karen Kuehner (1999), op. cit. pp.97-98
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3. Flat and Round
Flat character distinguished by its lack of a realistic personality.
Though the description of a flat character may be detailed and rich in defining
characteristics, it falls short of the complexity associated with a round character.
A round character is a three-dimensional character complex enough to be able
to surprise the reader without losing credibility. 25
D. Plot
A plot is a series of actions, often presented in chronological order, but the
ingredient a plot has that a story lacks is causality. In narrative with a plot, a little
happens without cause. 26
Causality is an important feature of realistic fictional plots;
it simply means that one thing happens as a result of something else. 27
Typical
fictional plots begin with an exposition that provides background information we
need to make sense of the action, that describes the setting, and that introduces the
major characters these plots develop a series of complications or intensifications of
the conflict that lead to a crisis or moment of great tension. The conflict may reach a
climax or turning point, a moment of greatest tension that fixes the outcome; then, the
25 Ibid. p. 95
26 Ibid. p. 1
27Robert DiYanni (2002), op. cit. p.43
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action falls off as the plot’s complication are sorted out and resolved (the resolution
or denouement). 28
Plot denotes the way in which events arranged in a work of literature. Like a
short story, a play typically begins with exposition, which presents characters and
setting and introduces the basic situation in which characters are involved. Then,
during the rising action, the action builds in intensity: complications develop,
conflicts emerge, suspense builds, and crises occur. The rising action culminates in a
climax, at which point the plot’s tension peaks. Finally, during the falling action the
intensity subsides, eventually winding down to a resolution or denouement, in which
all loose end and tied up.29
E. Setting
The time and place of literary work setting includes social, political and
economic background as well as geographic and physical locations.30
The setting is
the time and place in which the film’s story takes place. Although the setting may
often seem unobtrusive or be taken for granted, it is an essential ingredient in any
story and makes an important contribution to the theme or total effect of a film.
Because of its complex interrelationships with other story element, plot, character,
theme, conflict, symbolism- setting should be analyze carefully in terms of its effect
28 Ibid. p.43
29 Ibid p. 45
30 Judith A Stanford, Responding to Literature: Stories, poems, plays and essay fourth
edition, (Mc Graw Hill Higher Education, 2003), p. 44.
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on the story being told. And because of its important visual function, it must be
considered a powerful cinematic element in its own right. 31
In examining the setting as it relates to the story, it is necessary to consider the
effect of four factors on the story as a whole:
a. Temporal factors: the time in which the story takes place
b. Geographical factors: the physical location and its characteristics
including the type of terrain, climate, population density (its visual and
psychological impact) and any other physical factor of the locale that may
have an effect on the story’s characters and their actions.
c. Social structures and economic factors
d. Customs, moral attitudes and codes of behavior 32
Each factor has an important effect on the problem, conflicts and character of
human beings and must considered as an integral part of any story’s plot or theme.
31 Joseph M. Boggs (1991), op.cit. p.82.
32 Ibid. p. 82
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CHAPTER III
RESEACH FINDING
A. Data Description.
The writer wants to analyze character of Giselle in fairy tale and real world. In
the movie, character of Giselle playing two characters between animated and live
action. Although Giselle is shown in both animated and live-action forms, she is not
being marketed as one of the Disney Princesses, as was thought when a Toy Fair
showed a Giselle doll featured with packaging declaring her with Disney Princess
status.
Enchanted is a classic Disney animated fairy tale meets modern, live action
comedy. The film follows the beautiful princess Giselle as she banished by an evil
queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality
of the street of modern day Manhattan New York.
Table I
Characteristic of Giselle
No. Corpus Time Characteristics in Fairy
Tale
1. Oh pip, it was such a lovely dream.
We were holding hands, and dancing.
Presenting my one true love, my
princes. My dream comes true
0:02:04 Dreamer
2. Oh, pip. I know he is out there
somewhere. And all my wishes are
about true love to come true
0:05:52 Optimist
3. So to spend a life of endless bliss. Just
find who you love through true love’s
kiss
0:03:34 Romantic
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4. oh, but all my wishes are about to
come true
0:9:16 innocence
Characteristics in Real
World
5. Well, usually someone catches me.
But, not to worry, I’m certain that
Edward is already searching for me.
No doubt by morning he will come
and rescue me from this strange land.
Take me home and the two of us can
share in true love’s kiss.
0:21:30 Optimist
6. Now if only I can find a place to rest
my head for the night.
0:19:27 Independent
7. Before we leave, there is one thing I
would love to do.
I want to go on a date Edward
1:18:42 Mature
B. Data Analysis.
Based on the data description above, the writer wants to analyze the
characteristics of Giselle and character development of Giselle in Enchanted movie.
1. The characteristic of Giselle in fairy tale
a. Dreamer
Giselle lives in a forest dreaming of her true love. The once upon a time
begins with the animated Giselle, a creation with a sweet voice, talk happily
with her friends. She is pretty, perky, flat (well, not entirely) and when she
sings about her one true love, she looks beautiful. Princess Giselle is the main
protagonist of Walt Disney Pictures' film Enchanted. In fairy tale world,
Giselle makes a statue of the true love she has dreamed. Her animal friends
including her best friend, chipmunk Pip helps her make the statue and find the
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perfect pair of lips, as lips according to Giselle the true love kiss is the most
important thing in the world.
When the film begins, Giselle is a dreamer young woman, living in the
land of Andalasia. In keeping with the image of a typical fairytale character,
she is a dreamer who believes in aspects of "True Love" and sings quite
frequently like Happy Working she converses with animals regularly who also
assists her in making dresses from "unusual" materials. Giselle always dreams
about her true love kiss. She describes her prince with statue. She makes a
statue like real person; she gives eyes, legs, hand, lips and hair. As the dialog
below shows that, she dreams about a prince, who holding hand and dancing
with her prince.
Giselle: Oh Pip, it was such a lovely dream. We were holding hands, and
dancing presenting my one true love, my princes. My dream comes true.
(Enchanted movie, 0:02:04)
Giselle Singing: ♪ before two can become one there’s something you must do.
There is something sweeter everybody needs. I’ve been dreaming of true love
kiss and a prince I’m hoping come with this. That’s what brings ever afterings
so happy. And that’s the reason we need lips so much for a lips are the only
thing that touch, so to spend a life of endless bliss. Just find who you love
through true love’s kiss
(Enchanted movie, 0:03:34)
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Picture 1
“Giselle make her prince with statue”
The picture and lyric above shows that Giselle has a big dream about her
prince, although she describes her prince with statue, she is an optimistic
person that her prince will come to pick her and invite her to become his wife.
Giselle sings with her friends, she hopes that her dream will comes true. In the
movie, Giselle is not only talk with her friends (animals) but she is singing
and dancing happily.
b. Optimist
In fairy tale character, Giselle in the movie shows up that she is optimist
person who want to seek a prince. She always dream about prince, and believe
the prince will come to pick her.
Pip : Honey, do you really think you dream boy exists?
Giselle: Oh, Pip. I know he is out there somewhere. And all my wishes are
about true love to come true.
(Enchanted movie, 0:05:52)
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The dialog above shows that Giselle said optimistically to her best
friend Pip, she knows her prince will come and all her true love will come
true. She sings about true love and always dreams about her prince. In
duration 0.04.32, the prince Edward comes to the forest near Giselle’s house.
He sings about true love’s kiss too.
Edward: ♪ I have been dreaming of a true love’s kiss and a …
Giselle: ♪ … prince I am hoping comes with this
Edward: Do you hear that, Nathaniel?
Nathaniel: Me? No. no, I hear nothing.
Edward: I must find the maiden that belongs to that sweet voice.
Nathaniel: oh, no! Come back, sir. No, you are hallucinating!
(Enchanted movie, 0:05:18)
The dialog above shows that, Edward who seeks a sweet voice a
princess but Nathaniel try to prevent Edward to find Giselle. In Andalasia
Princes also likes to sing, especially when they are looking for someone to
complete a duet. Therefore, Edward races off into the forest, following the
beautiful voice. He is off in the woods of Andalasia looking for Giselle to
complete his duet, and he hears Giselle sings in the distance.
Therefore, like every Disney prince, he jumps on his horse and takes off.
Unfortunately, Troll (the name of animal in fairy tale) gets there first and
Edward has to battle the Troll to get his Princess, but of course, Edward is the
winner. At the same time, Prince Edward with servant Nathaniel hears Giselle
song, Princes Edward meet with Giselle and he said, “We shall be married in
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the morning”. The dialog below shows that Edward and Giselle when they
meet for the first time and decide to marry.
Picture 2
“The picture draws when Prince Edward and Giselle meet at the first time”
Giselle : it’s you
Edward : yes, it’s me. And you are?
Giselle : Giselle
Edward : oh, Giselle! We shall be married in the morning.
(Enchanted movie, 0:06:58)
After Giselle meets a prince, she looks happy and they both sing with
lyric so romantic about true love. Like the lyric below, explain about
expression their feeling.
Edward: ♪ you are fairest maid I have ever met. You were made.
Giselle: ♪ to finish your duet
Both: ♪ and in years to come we’ll reminisce
Edward: ♪ how we came to love
Giselle: ♪ and grew and grew love
Both: ♪ Since first, we knew love through true love’s kiss
(Enchanted movie, 0:07:39)
The dream of Giselle meets with a prince in Andalasia become true, she
finally finds her prince. Giselle arrives at the castle the next day and Nathaniel
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who locks her animal friends out of the wedding meets her. She stopped by an
old woman, the queen in disguise, who tricks into going to a wishing well and
pushes her into a place where there is no happily ever after in New York City.
c. Innocence
In a movie character, Giselle is innocence person because she easy to believe
someone until she does not know that Narissa the evil queen in the movie will do
wicked with her. She never think a negative with other, she believe that Narissa is
nice person.
Picture 3
“Giselle meet at the first time with Narissa”
Queen Narissa: oh, what a lovely bride. Granny has a wedding gift for you.
Giselle: Thank you, but I really should be going. You see, I’m going
Narissa: Tis a wish well, dear.
Giselle: oh, but all my wishes are about to come true
Narissa: that’s the most magical of all Just close your eyes my darling and
make your wish. Are you wishing for something?
Giselle: yes, I am. And they both lived happily ever after
(Enchanted movie, 0:9:16)
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The dialog and picture above shows that, Giselle is an innocence
person. When Narissa invite her to make a wish before she marry Edward,
Giselle follows Narissa’s command although Giselle knows that she never
meets Narissa before. Narissa succeeded sent Giselle in New York, according
to Narissa to place where there are no happily ever afters (Enchanted movie,
0:10:43). Giselle separate again with Edward but Giselle still optimistic that
she will meet again with Edward. Although the evil queen sent her in New
York but Giselle never gives up finding her happiness and her prince.
In the form of evil Queen Narissa, who does not want Edward to marry
because by the rules of the kingdom, she will lose her crown. Narissa
transforms herself into an ancient beggar woman who tricks Giselle into
leaning over a wishing well. Then shoves the bride to be into the well and
through the centre of a magical well where a wind cloud of fairy dust turns
Giselle into a real live woman and drops her under a manhole cover in the
centre of Manhattan.
d. Romantic
In other scene, character’s Giselle shows that she is a romantic person
when she dreams about her princes, she sing and said, “so to spend a life of
endless bliss, just find who you love through true love’s kissed” (Enchanted
Movie, 0:03:34) . She makes a flower and gives her flower to a statue the
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dream of princes. She is dancing and sing full of love and hopes about true
love kiss.
Giselle is a Princess; she is the major character of the animation,
which show transformation became a real human throughout her journey. In
the beginning of the story, Giselle pick flowers, find jewels, and create a
statue of her prince. She sings and sweep up leaves and dusts cobwebs. Even
she harvests and collects honey, wax and bee.
2. The characteristic of Giselle’s character in real world
a. Optimistic
Although the evil queen Narissa send Giselle in real world and she looks
like a real human not a cartoon character, she still optimist to find a prince
Edward. She entered a hole of dimension between animation and real world
throughout a well. Her life in these first levels is careless, innocent and
cheerful.
Giselle appeared from a manhole in the middle of Times Square city,
where the film takes place. The high building, a vehicle and the crowd of
people surprised her. She is difficult to controlling herself, until she make a
crowded the city in New York.
In real world, character Giselle still optimist to finds her true love in
fairy tale “Edward”. When she arrives in New York, it is different place with
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fairy tale. She wants to meet with Edward the prince of Giselle in fairy tale.
Giselle tries to find the nearest castle in order to get home.
Man : Lady! Are you crazy? Now you have to pay for all of this.
Giselle : I’m sorry. Excuse me; I was wondering if one of you kind people
might direct me to the castle? I’m supposed to be at the ball to wed
my true love price Edward.
(Enchanted movie, 0:16:30)
The dialog above shows about, the people who thinks that she is crazy
but Giselle still optimistic that she can finds the true love kiss although the
evil queen sent her there, she still walks and asks to people “where my castle
and my price”. She very optimists meet with Edward, her true love in fairy
tale although Narissa sent her in New York and changes her become real
person.
Giselle : Well, usually someone catches me. But not to worry, I am certain
that Edward is already searching for me. No doubt by morning he
will come and rescue me from this strange land. Take me home,
and the two of us can share in true love kiss.
Robert : True love’s kiss?
Giselle : it is the most powerful thing in the world
(Enchanted movie, 0: 20: 35)
The dialog above shows that when Giselle said optimist with Robert
that she is sure Edward will come and rescue her from this strange land, take
her home and the two of them can share in true love’s kiss. According to
Giselle, it is the most powerful thing in the world. Then they are inviting
Giselle in their apartment.
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b. Mature
Giselle and Robert share interesting conversations on the nature of
relationships, his stance being that they are incredibly complicated, and her stance
being that they do not have to be. Giselle faces a true love kiss not only from love
at the first sight but her thing realistic to face it in her life. There have been so
many definitions of this one simple word and one simple emotion. Even if the
human leave aside the lust and the sex part, which really are very different
emotions and there really cannot be any confusion between love. However, there
surely can be a lot of confusion when trying to differentiate between the emotions
of Love, first love as opposed to real love, puppy love as different from love at
the intellectual level. There are so many different types of emotions attached to
this one simple word that ones mind boggles at even the though of interpreting
them.
Giselle begins her journey naive and innocent and challenges of the life, she
begins to become stronger, more intelligent and need to think more and more to
succeed in her quests. All the while, she remains kind, loving, caring and
optimistic. She’s also says that love in the real world isn’t always easy as sharing
a single true love’s kiss and that she’ll need braveness and maybe just a little
enchantment if she’s ever going to find her own happily ever after.
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Robert asks about her Prince and she explains that they have only
known each other for a day, which surprises him because he has known
Nancy for 5 years. They talk more about their love and life.
Picture 4 Robert : most normal people get to know each other before they get
married they date.
Giselle : Date?
Robert : Yeah, you know date. You go some place special. You know, like a
restaurant, or a movie, a museum or just hang out and you talk
Giselle : you have such strange ideas about love
Robert : maybe we should do what you would do. You meet, have lunch
and get married.
(Enchanted movie, 0:50:46)
The dialog and the picture above show that Robert explains the concept
of dating to her, which she has never heard of before. Giselle shares her
interpretation of love with Robert; Robert also give information to Giselle
how love is deal with on earth, what “dates” and how the humans go about
deciding on their love and marriage. At this point Nathaniel shows up and
offers Giselle a free caramel apple, which she takes but accidentally throws
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when passionately talking about love. She talks about love and true love kiss
is the most powerful thing in the world.
In the scene where Edward comes to Robert and Morgan’s apartment to
get Giselle, as Giselle is explaining what a date is to Edward, the writer looks
to the bottom left where Giselle was just standing next to Robert. The writer
sees the pink tape on the floor that marks where Giselle was supposed to
stand.
After Giselle share about life and love with Robert, Giselle begins to
doubt in the power of love. Giselle’s character more matures to face a life
and love. In fairy tale, she still believes in love at the first sight and only one
meeting she is able to decide to marry, in real world when she meets with
Robert, they both feel compatibility and Giselle learns something new about
reality life and love.
While searching throughout Manhattan for a return to her castle, she
encounters a divorce lawyer and his daughter. She learns about real love 'true
love', compatibility, and the challenges of the social world where she is not a
special princess and 'happily ever after' is not a guarantee.
Robert : Maybe we should just do what you do. You meet, you have lunch,
and you get married.
Giselle : Oh, you forgot about happily ever after.
Robert : Forget about happily ever after, it does not exist.
(Enchanted movie, 0:59:13)
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The dialog above Robert explains that if Giselle decides to married with
other, she must introduce her couple. Moreover, Robert try to open minded of
Giselle about true love.
c. Independent
Although in New York Giselle does not have any friends, she is very
independent and always happy. She often does something and makes all
persons surprises look her. In the morning, Robert brings her to Central Park
where he plans to leave her. He gives her money and says goodbye, but she
gives the money away and he catches up to her and walks with her. When
Giselle walks with Robert and Giselle makes a town park, become crowed
and inviting all people singing and dancing with her. Manhattan New York is
a new place from Giselle, she can socialization easily and she can survive
although she life in a big city in New York. The lyric below is song when
Giselle invite all people singing.
♪ How do you show her you love her?
♪ How do I know he loves me?
♪ How do I know he is mine?
♪ Well, does he leave a little note to tell you?
♪ You are on his mind.
♪ Send you yellow flowers when the sky is grey
♪ Hey, he will find a new way to show you a little bit every day
♪ That is how you know he is your love
(Enchanted Movie, 0:49:01)
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3. Character development of Giselle
Based on the character Giselle in fairy tale and real world, the writer
concludes that the character of Giselle in enchanted movie is dynamic, because
she experiences a lot of changes in character and the way of her thinks about life
and love. According to the theoretical framework in chapter II, dynamic character
is one who change because of what happens in the plot. It is clear that character of
Giselle in this film always dynamic. For example, when she first says “angry”
with Robert, when Robert disagree with Giselle’s statement that Edward will
come to pick her, Giselle says “angry” with Robert. She never says it before
when she lives in Andalasia. Giselle says like that, she optimists Edward will
come. Like the dialog below, shows the expression of Giselle.
Giselle: Edward is coming
Robert: Giselle, I don’t think so.
Giselle: yes
Robert: I have to disagree, no
Giselle: No, is that the only word that you know?
Robert: No! Oh yeah. No
Giselle: every word out of your mouth is “no”! It makes me so …
Sometimes you make me so …
Robert: I make you so what?
Giselle: you make me so angry
(Enchanted movie, 1: 06: 15)
The different character of Giselle who never she does in Andalasia, she is
brave to struggle for her true loves.
Narissa : Come along, Giselle. I don’t won’t you miss this ending. It’s the brave
little princess coming to the rescue.
Giselle : Narissa! I’m not going to let you take him!
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Narissa : We’re coming to the end of our story now. Are you at the edge of your
seat Giselle, just dying to know how it ends?
Giselle : Robert! Hold on
(Enchanted movie, 1: 32: 10)
The dialog above shows that Giselle tries to save Robert from Narissa,
Giselle likes hero who struggle her true loves and she will not her happiness with
her prince in New York fail like when she wants to married with Edward in
Andalasia.
Night falls and Queen Narissa arrives and heads towards the ball. The writer
sees that Nancy and Robert have already arrived as Giselle and Edward make
their entrance. Robert and Giselle see each other and the couples meet and greet.
Edward introduces Giselle, as the love of his life, as Nancy says that they are the
romantic couple. Robert and Giselle dance together and seem very happy and
Nancy dances with Edward. At the end of this dance party, Edward and Giselle
plans to leave the party and then they go to get their wrap.
Giselle is sadly watching Nancy and Robert come together, when she stands
alone the evil queen Narissa walking up and give her a poisoned apple. She eats
the apple and falls asleep. The old woman drags her into an elevator that she
creates and turns back into Narissa just as Edward stops the elevator. Narissa says
that she does not know what happened to Giselle, when Nathaniel shows up and
explains her evil plan.
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Picture 6
“Giselle find a true love kiss from Robert not Edward”
Edward : we have to help her. What can we do? I do not know. What do we do?
Nathaniel: there’s no way of helping her. She is done for.
Robert : True love kiss. It’s the most powerful thing in the world.
(Enchanted movie, 1:24:36)
The dialog and picture above show of the explanation about Giselle who
will die at midnight and Robert remembers what Giselle said about the true loves
kiss that she believes it can be the power of love and Robert suggest to Edward to
kiss her. Edward tries to kiss her for several times, but it does not wake her
because Edward is not her true loves. Then Robert realizes that he is the true love
of Giselle, but he does not know how to say it to his fiancée, Nancy. However,
Nancy realizes it and asks Robert to kiss Giselle. Then he kisses Giselle who
wakes up immediately and they are kissing again.
It makes Narissa angry, she is thinking how to survive her thrown and she
does not want to loose it. She decides to kill them and makes up the wrong story
about their deaths. Then she changes to be a huge dragon and runs up the building
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with Robert in her hand. Pip, which had been stuck again in a plastic ball and
Giselle follow Narissa and try to safe Robert. Narissa ends up dropping Robert,
who saved by Giselle, and then Narissa falls and dead. Giselle and Robert kissing
on the roof of the building and back to Nancy and Edward, both of them are
clearly upset about what has happened. Nancy sees that Giselle has leaved her left
shoe and Edward try to puts it to her foot.
Edward failed marriage and his new relationship with a woman named
Nancy, it is easy to see where he's coming from. Real life is nowhere near as
simple as life in Andalasia, a place where Giselle allowed being naïve and
trusting.
When the queen Narissa gives her a poisoned apple, only true loves kiss that
can makes her awake. By the end when the evil queen turned vicious dragon
threatens her true love kiss (the divorce lawyer, not the prince), she becomes a
dragon who battles monsters, uses her newfound strength and skilfully to win
back her true love. In the last scene, she succeeds in saving the lawyer in a
savage battle that take place in a rain. She is not concerned about getting wet and
bedraggled. She rises to the opportunity and finds soft under pressure.
Giselle: I know it is you, Robert. You are my true love kiss.
Robert: yes Giselle, we will happily ever after. I love you
(Enchanted movie, 1:26:19)
The dialog above shows that when Giselle wake up after she eats a poisoned
apple and Robert kiss her. In the end, she not only defined by her beauty, but by
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her strength, courage and confidence in her abilities. She finds that her true love
is not the fairy tale prince, but the real character of the lawyer who is not perfect
in all of his flaws, but is perfect for her.
The end of the movie is Giselle life in Robert happily and Edward inviting
Nancy stays with him in Andalasia. They are life happy. Moreover,
Giselle as a girl out of place nut not lost. Giselle character’s attempts to try
bring the rules of Andalasia to New York seems funny and amusing at first but
the film progress that she does make a difference because of how much she
simply cares. In one of the film’s best scenes, it is a joy watching the results of a
brief moment of sexual chemistry between her and Robert play out on her face in
such extravagant details.
The film is also very clever in its mix of the two separate worlds, almost to
the point of saying that there is reality in fairy-tales and real life is not totally
without magic. The song and dance number filmed in Central Park is simply a
feat of visual and deep delight. After she gets a lot of an experience in New York,
she learns a few important things in her life and love. She knows that people in
the real world do not break out into song for no apparent reason; people do not
like it when their curtains used to make a dress, and love is not as simple as
meeting one day and marrying the next.
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CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion
Enchanted movie told about animated and real world in one format. Giselle in
the major character in the movie tries to give a best character in the movie. Giselle
live in forest dreaming in Andalasia, she dreams about her prince. In Andalasia
character Giselle is an innocence, dreamer, optimist and romantic. When she meets
her prince Edward and planning about her wedding, the evil queen Narissa sent her in
New York because the evil queen does not want to lose her throne.
After Giselle arrives in New York, she meets with Robert and Morgan his
daughter. In New York, Giselle’s character changes became independent, optimist
and mature. In New York, Giselle optimists Edward will come to pick her. When
Edward comes to rescue her, the character of Giselle is change. She invited Edward
for date like the couple in world. The chemistry between Giselle and Edward is lose
because she is falling in love with Robert when she met him and share about their
love and life experiences. But, it seems impossible to expresses their feeling because
they have their own partners.
In New York and after she shares to Robert about life and love Giselle more
mature and open minded to face life and love. She learns love in the real world is not
always easy to sharing and love is not as simple as meeting one day and the married
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the next. The end of the movie, Giselle married with her prince Robert not Edward
her prince in Andalasia. They live happily ever after.
B. Suggestion
The writer suggests for the English student who wants to analyze about the
character of film, they have to know about the character itself and the theory that they
want to uses as the object of their research.
Finally, the writer hopes this research will enrich reader’s knowledge and useful
as reference.
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