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INTRODUCTION
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C. Objective of the Problem
Regarding to the formulation of the problem above, the writers determine the
objective of the study are divide into:
1. To know the definition of drama/plays,
2. To know the elements of drama,
3. To know the function and types of drama,
4. To know the correlation psychology literature of drama,
5. To know the way to anticipate students problems,
6. To know the design material of plays in the classroom.
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CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION
There is another term that drama is drame, it is from French language, Soemanto
(in Endraswara, 2011:11) it means that drama is supposed to explain the story about
middle level life. Correlation with perform on stage, another explanation from Whittaker
(2008:5,6) she explain that drama is the process, something that is ongoing. Whittaker also
said that drama can cover rehearsals and work up to a performance and also the process of
learning. It means that, Whittaker tries to explain that drama is a process, because it is
cover rehearsals to performance.
Play drama should have process of rehearsals that make a performance become
good. With process we can learn more how to play drama. Play drama without process or
work up, will dissolved a performance. Finally, drama is kinds of literature that has written
with dialogues that observe the elements which action and movement that performed on
the stage.
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B. The Elements of Drama
According to Lynch (2012) most successful playwrights follow the theories of
playwriting and drama that were established over two thousand years ago by a man named
Aristotle. In his works the Poetics Aristotle outlined the six elements of drama in his
critical analysis of the classical Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex written by the Greek
playwright, Sophocles, in the fifth century B.C. The six elements as they are involve: Plot,
Theme, Characters, dialogue, Music, and Spectacle. In addition Lynch (2012) explains that
elements of drama are:
1. Plot is what happens in a play; the order of events, the story as opposed to the
theme; what happens rather than what it means.
2. Theme is what the play means as opposed to what happens (plot); the main idea
within the play.
3. Character is the personality or the part an actor represents in a play; a role played
by an actor in a play.
4. Dialogue is the word choices made by the playwright and the enunciation of the
actors delivering the lines.
5. Music is Aristotle meant the sound, rhythm and melody of the speeches.
6. Spectacles are the visual elements of the production of a play; the scenery,
costumes, and special effects in a production.
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3. In tragic as the example, with little hurt to the heart, we could learn how to life with
suffering, give knowledge and learning to determine also with magnificence we
could against it.
4. Through comedy, we shall enjoy the joke as a secret of life that for what human
against and for what human to protect something.
5. With a good melodrama, fantasy, could to chase away skepticism, to expand our
imagination, and bring us drive out from ourselves, thus it is not surprising that
drama has been cognizable as therapist.
6. Psychiatrist has been known how to use psychodrama as effective media which
could the patient would remind the past experience.
7. Socio drama also showing the function in society, for example as a media to help
society for concluding the fictionally identity who have conflicts in family, and
also in group.
From seventh things above explain the advantages of drama as a work that suitable
to watch and to learn. There are positives and negatives in drama, but it depends on the
reception of the spectacles. Drama is a mirror in our life. With drama we can do as a
figure, feeling, and feel a play in drama. However, it depends on the actor itself. The actor
should bring the drama script accepted to the spectacles by his action on the stage.
Because, any actor is difficult to remember dialogues on the script and in the end of
performance the spectacles just appreciate to his process not in the drama script that the
actor trying to describe by the action.
Drama script could categorize in literary work and as individual work of writer.
With act of expressing figure, and giving ideas in a logic story, as well as imagine the
setting in order make story as alive. The important elements that support drama is drama
script. Drama script is more important in a drama performance. The writers not only write
a drama script to read but also to perform.
Thus meaning of drama script is all text that dialogist and have plot. Therefore, as
the reader which read a drama script without watching the performance, only imagine the
plot that happen on the stage. Furthermore, we also can find the elements of drama script,
it is like plot, plot could make a story being interesting. Without prepare about a good plot,
drama often make feel not good. Drama plot usually straight and also make zigzag in a
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story. It is depend on the writer to arrange the plot thus creating a good story. A good
drama is developing with a good plot.
According Ghazalai (2001:7) in Setyaning thesis, plot of drama script is developing
dramatics events through with appear some motivations about the character itself. In
addition according to Dietrich (1953:32), there are five parts in play:
1. Exposition: beginning, introducing, parts of play which situation as a beginning
explained. Time, social place, and psychology are arranged.
2. Complication: when power balance are broken by present of action,
3. Climax: is high point which consternation the drama, where the protagonist as well
as antagonist actors include in the story but it is not the solution of the story, only
broken the their situation,
4. Resolution: taking down after climax over, however probably will growth again,
5. Conclusion: the conclusion or phase of the ending of story.
Based on the explanation above, drama script is part of the performance on the
stage; meanwhile in play there are exposition, complication, climax, resolution, and
conclusion to develop performance as well as drama script itself. A drama script is
different from a novel, a short story or a poem. In novels and short stories, the reader will
be given a detailed description of a situation and the background for a particular event,
whereas in a drama script, the reader will be given only an overview (general description)
of a particular situation and the location or place.
The dialogue will deliver the message and thoughts of the author. This is what
distinguishes drama from other literary works. Indeed, the nature of a drama is driven by
dialogue. The authors thoughts or ideas are conveyed through dialogue by the actors
(characters) interacting in a drama.
A good drama script will be able to give a clear picture of the author's thoughts
through the dramatic elements in the resulting dialogue. Dramatic element means the
diction or expressions that can create conflict in a drama, such as dialogue that elicits
feelings of anger, delight, amusement, and so on. A good drama should have an element of
suspense, tension and be able to arouse the curiosity of its reader or audience. According to
Lethbridge and Mildorf (2004:90) Dramatic texts is different with poetry or narrative, it is
usually written for the purpose of being performed on stage.
Based on the explanation above dramatic texts or drama script is different with
poem, as well as narrative text. Drama script is always for performance on the stage. The
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Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Drama created by William Shakespeare,
1599 has five act and eighteen scenes. In this drama scripts have much conflict that
Shakespeare tries to develop. Shakespeare makes many assumptions that happen when
Caesar death to the reader. In TTJC drama, William Shakespeare chose Brutus and
Antonius as the main character in every act at his works of Julius Caesar. As Leah (1988;
158) wrote in his book that just as Act II might be said to belong to brutus, Act III
belongs to Antonius. Even though, Brutus and Antonius as the main character in
Shakespeare Drama Script. But Cassius is the main person which makes Caesar death.
There are many senators that successfully Cassius get to against Caesar.
Historically, Hart (1978) Cassius as the instigator of conspirator makes a meeting
to his close friends Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus,
Metellus Cimber. In this meeting they make a decision that they must kill Caesar in order
there is not monarchy leadership. The condition to against Caesar as the leader of Rome is
the purpose of William Shakespeare to show us that there is a conflict political situation
when the leader trying to make a monarchy leadership. In another explanation, McManus
(2011) write that in 49 BC, when Caesar won a civil war between pompeys legion, Caesar
declared himself as a dictators. Throughout his campaign, Caesar practiced and widely
publicized his policy of clemency (he would put no one to death and confiscate no
property). It means that there is no society who rich, all same according to Caesar.
Different with Hart (1978), he said that Caesar is keep society property is only used
for themselves. In fact, just Caesar is being rich then society. In addition, McManus (2011)
also explain that Caesar only takes opportunity from the society. Because of his power,
also attitude that we cannot follow, he also have secret relationship with his friends wife,
especially to Cleopatra, and she bore a son which name Caesarion from Caesar.
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live out a story without any comments of the author, providing the audience a direct
presentation of characters life experiences.
While the types of drama, let us consider a few popular types of drama as follow:
1. Comedy Comedies are lighter in tone than ordinary writers, and provide a happy
conclusion. The intention of dramatists in comedies is to make their audience
laugh. Hence, they use quaint circumstances, unusual characters and witty
remarks.
2. Tragedy Tragic dramas use darker themes such as disaster, pain and death.
Protagonists often have a tragic flawa characteristic that leads them to their
downfall.
3. Farce Generally, a farce is a nonsensical genre of drama, which often overacts or
engages slapstick humor.
4. Melodrama Melodrama is an exaggerated drama, which is sensational and
appeals directly to the senses of audience. Just like the farce, the characters are of
single dimension and simple, or may be stereotyped.
5. Musical Drama In musical drama, the dramatists not only tell their story through
acting and dialogue, nevertheless through dance as well as music. Often the story
may be comedic, though it may also involve serious subjects.
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environment. Function of psychology itself is doing investigate in soul mind through
characters in a literary works and understand more about human action as well as responds
toward another action. Literary is showing about live, and live itself considerable part from
social reality. Endraswara (2013:96) explain that basis assumption of psychology literature
research is influenced by some case they are: First, there is opinion that literary works is
product of psyche and mind of playwright that on subconscious situation after that make it
in conscious situation. Second, besides analyze the character with psychology approach,
psychology literature also the aspects of mind and feeling of the playwright in creating a
works.
How far the playwright imagines a character thus the works is being alive. Emotion
contacts through dialogues or choosing word. Similar explanation from Milner (in Susanto,
2012:58) that Sigmund Freud creates dream, illusion, and mite as foundation of
subconscious. According to explanation, its mean that dream as well as illusion is being
one of interpretation in using as model in applying literary psychoanalysis classic model.
In categorization, literary different with psychology, as we know that literary is
correlated with fiction, drama, and essay that classified in art, while psychology is
supposed to scientific study about human action and mental process. Even though,
different in explanation, however both of them have a same point that they are come from
human and live as source of investigation. Furthermore, psychology literature research is
based from Freud theory. He explains that conscious is small part from mental live while
the big one is from subconscious. This subconscious could sublimate to the creative
process of playwright. When the playwright creating a character sometime dreamy as
realistic. As far as playwright creates works, they also often being crazy thus the
expression is like not from the playwright conscious itself.
Endraswara (2013:101) argue that studies of Psychology literature uncover
psychoanalysis personality that covering three elements: id, ego, and super ego. The third
systems of this personality are correlated in each other as well as made totalities, and
human action as interaction product between them.
Explanation from Schellenberg (in Ratna 2004:63) Id or Es is primitive
encouragements that should be satisfied, one of them is libido. Thus Id is subjective primer
reality, Inner world before individuals have experience about outside. The ego is
responsible to control Id, while the Super Ego is contains about word of heart.
Furthermore, it means that process of psychoanalytic of Freud about Id, Ego and Super
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Ego that include in psyche topographies. It is important for living thing especially human.
Freud theory of Id means that is a first energy of human that must be satisfied. This energy
could be namely as pleasure principle. The aim of this principle is reducing a stress.
Thus, there is an effort to get a pleasure and reducing suffering. It is could be
shown when baby crying it sign that the baby need to eat or drink. Besides that Ego is
actuality personality of a person. Ego itself is governing the mutual relations of someone
with the world. In this case ego totally backward with id, if id mastered pleasure principle,
ego precisely mastered reality principle. However, ego not only control id, but also
regulate super-ego. Basically, the ego does not mean deprive of volition id but only
postponed for a while in looking for reality. Whereas, Super Ego is about potential or
energy spiritual representing reality of conscience, Super Ego is the power of morality
within humans. Super Ego maintained by culture through the role of the parents when
teaching kids about goodness, piety, which is good and what is bad.
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o Are there any grammatical structures or functional areas which are not familiar to
students? Should you pre-teach these or focus on them after students have read the
text?
o Are there any discourses features of the text that might cause students difficulty;
for example, sudden changes of topic, characters meaning something different to
what they are saying, etc.? Does the dialogue seem to follow the usual norms of
conversation, or does it disrupt these (as in many modern or Absurdist plays where
there often seems to be little logic in the way characters respond to each other)?
o Is there anything unusual or non-standard about the language of the text? For
example, is it written in rather dated or old-fashioned language? Slang? Does it use
any dialect words?
o Are any rhetorical or literary devices used which may be difficult for students to
understand (e.g. complicated metaphors, apostrophe, synecdoche, etc.)?
o Are there any particular features of pronunciation which the extract could be used
to pinpoint?
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In the language of phenomenological psychology, this has to do with changing the
self-concept. The self-concept is best changed through direct involvement in a realistic and
life-related problem situation rather than through hearing about such situations from
others.
Creating a teaching situation which can lead to the change of self-concepts requires
a distinct organizational pattern. One helpful structure for role playing follows:
1. Preparation
a. Define the problem
b. Create a readiness for the role(s)
c. Establish the situation
d. Cast the characters
e. Brief and warm up
f. Consider the training
2. Playing
a. Acting
b. Stopping
c. Involving the audience
d. Analyzing the discussion
e. Evaluating
The teacher must identify the situation clearly so that both the characters and the
audience understand the problem at hand. In casting the characters, the wise teacher will
try to accept volunteers rather than assign roles. Students must realize that acting ability is
not at stake here but rather the spontaneous discharge of how one thinks the character of
his role would react in the defined situation.
Players may be instructed publicly so that the audience knows what to expect or
privately so that the audience can interpret the meaning of their behavior. Be sure to allow
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for creativity of the actors within their character roles and do not overstructure the
situation.
The discussion and analysis of the role playing situation depends upon how well
we involve the audience. Key questions may be asked by the leader and/or buzz groups
may be formed. All members of the group (actors and the audience) should participate, and
the reactions of the actors may be profitably compared to those of the audience.
The audience is just as much involved in the learning situation as the actors are. In
the analysis and discussion time, the audience should provide possible solutions to the
realistic problem situations which surface.
Throughout the entire process it will be necessary to deal with certain problems
which arise in role playing situations. The backward, silent member must be encouraged to
contribute. Create an atmosphere in which he is unafraid to share ideas, confident that no
one will laugh at his contributions or harshly criticize his conclusions.
At the end of the discussion time the group should collectively measure its
effectiveness in reaching solutions to the role problem posed at the beginning. The
techniques of role playing afford another approach to involving students in their own
learning process toward the clarification of self-concepts, evaluation of behavior, and
aligning of that behavior with reality. You can see why this is a desirable approach to
classroom procedure for the teacher. Role playing can be an effective instrument in the
classroom.
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a. Procedure of the Role Play
1. Prepare class for role-play
Present an artificial problem, situation or event that represents some aspect
of reality.
Define the problem, situation and roles clearly.
2. Give clear instructions
Determine whether role-plays will be carried out using student volunteers in
front of the class (the teacher may or may not play a role), in
partnerships/small groups with every student playing a role, or in small
groups with role-players and observers.
Divide students into groups, if appropriate.
Model the skill with a scripted role-play.
3. Act out role-plays
Students follow the procedure outlined by the teacher to act out role-plays.
Unless the teacher is playing a role, it is helpful to walk around the room
and observe how students are experiencing the role-play and offer coaching
to students who are stuck.
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d. Tips for using role-play
Begin with fairly easy situations and work up to more challenging ones.
Be aware that some students may feel threatened or self-conscious. Using
humor can help dispel embarrassment. Using role-plays that exaggerate weak
responses might break the ice.
Reduce the level of abstraction or complexity so that the students may become
directly involved with underlying concepts.
If students find it difficult to determine skills which model sexual health, they
could observe successful role models or ask experts to suggest approaches.
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3. Teacher must accept her new role where she/he does not dominate the class
anymore.
4. Embarrassment for some students.
5. Can lack focus unless well planned and monitored.
6. Can be unpredictable in terms of outcomes.
7. Can be time-consuming.
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CHAPTER III
CONCLUSION
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