THE MAIN CHARACTER’S EFFORTS TO SEEK JUSTICE IN WINTERSET (A Court Case Study in Maxwell Anderson’s Play)

Abstract

Drama is one of literary form which mainly focuses on the character’s dialogue and action in the course of the plot to ref1lect the character development. The characters have to deal with various prob1ems in achieving their ultimate goa1s. Such problems deal with the internal and external conflicts or both. This study focuses to find out the main character’s demand for justice. It concern with his efforts to restore the name of his father who has been sentenced to death by the court. The main character, namely Mio, knows that his father is innocent. This study is qualitative study which uses Maxwell Anderson’s drama entitled Winterset as the main data. The data are analyzed inductively based on the structural approach of analysis. This approach focuses to analyze the intrinsic aspects, especially the main character and the plot. The result of the study showed that the main character has to deal with the restorative and distributive justice. The distributive deals with the unfair trial of his father. The restorative justice concerns with his efforts to restore the name of his father.