CHARACTER’S LANGUAGE FEATURES IN ‘ILE’ BY EUGENNE O’NEIL

Mulyawan, I Wayan ( Udayana University)

LINGUAL: Journal of Language and Culture
Vol 2, No 2 (2014)

This study focuses  on analyzing of the language features used by the main character  in “Ile” drama. Drama is a literary composition involving conflict, action crisis and atmosphere designed to be acted by players on a stage before an audience. This definition may be applied to motion picture drama as well as to the traditional stage. The main questions to be answered  namely what  the language features of the main character are. The analysis showed  that every character uses certain language features as a manifestation of their role, atitude or status