ELTE Journal (English Languange Teaching and Education)
Vol 8, No 1 (2020): ELTE Journal February Edition

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN“THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION” MOVIE BY FRANK DARABONT

Zuliana Lestari (Politeknik Akamigas Palembang)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Sep 2020

Abstract

This research deals with figurative language in “The Shawshank Redemption” movie by Frank Darabont. This research is a descriptive qualitative study. It is aimed to identify the figurative language found in The Shawshank Redemption movie. In data collection, the research employed triangulation that presented three different techniques, namely documentation, observation, and interview. Based on the findings, it is shown that there were 60 data of comparative figurative language, which consisted of 11 personifications, 18 similes, 24 metaphors, and seven euphemisms. Fiftycontradictivefigurativelanguages were also found. It consisted of 25 hyperboles, one litotes, two oxymorons, two paradoxes, one irony, and 19 sarcasms. Then, 48 Correlative Figurative Language occurred in the movie, which consisted of six allusions, six metonymies, 31 ellipses, and five synecdoches. Lastly, figurative repetition or enforcement occurred 24 times in the movie. They were 21 repetitions, one assonance, one rhetoric, and one pleonasm.

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elte

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Subject

Education

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The articles published in ELTE Journal include results of empirical and conceptual research and literature reviews covering topics related to the teaching and learning of ...