VERBAL PARALLELISM IN THE MODERN TEXT OF SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET

Novita Andini

Abstract


Abstract

This research is aimed at describing verbal parallelism applied in the modern text of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet edited by John Crowther. There are two objectives proposed in this research, i.e. to identify the types of verbal parallelism   and to explain the functions of verbal parallelism. This research applied qualitative method. Using Leech’s theory of types and functions of verbal parallelism, the results of this research are: 1) there are only six out of eight types of verbal parallelism found; they are anaphora, epistrophe, anadiplosis, epanalepsis, polyptoton, and homoioteleuton; 2) the functions of verbal parallelism found  are to make superfluity form of expression and to set up a special relation of expression and content.

 

Keywords: verbal parallelism, Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

 

Abstrak

Penelitian  ini  bertujuan  untuk  mendeskripsikan  paralelisme  verbal  yang  diaplikasikan  dalam  teks modern Romeo dan Juliet dari Shakespeare yang diedit oleh John Crowther. Terdapat dua tujuan di dalam penilitian ini yaitu untuk mengidentifikasi tipe-tipe paralelisme verbal dan menjelaskan fungsi-fungsinya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Dengan menggunakan teori dari Leech mengenai tipe dan fungsi dari paralelisme verbal, hasil penelitian menunjukkan: 1) terdapat enam tipe dari delapan tipe paralelisme verbal yang ada, diantaranya anaphora, epistrophe, anadiplosis, epanalepsis, polyptoton dan homoioteleuton; 2) fungsi dari paralelisme verbal yang ditemukan adalah untuk melebih-lebihkan bentuk ekspresi dan membuat hubungan khusus diantara ekspresi dan isi.

 

Kata kunci: paralelisme verbal, Shakespeare, Romeo dan Juliet.

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