CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF FRODO BAGGINS IN J. R. R TOLKIEN'S THELORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
iii ABSTRACT Putri Irfiyanti. 2013. Character Analysis of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring by J. R. R Tolkien. Thesis English Department. Faculty of Letters. Gunadarma. University. Advisors: (1) Dr. Rita Sutjiati. (2) Nurrochman, Sag, SS, M.Hum. Key Words: Frodo Baggins, Characteristics of Frodo Baggins, Melancholy One of literary works that people are familiar with, is novel. Novel has many kinds such as; horor novel, education novel, romance novel, fantasy novel, and epic novel. Novel has several elements like characters, theme, setting, plot, and point of view. In this research, the writer wants to describe about the character of Frodo Baggins and to describe why he has such character in The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring. This research used a qualitative method in collecting and analyzing the data. The result of the study shows that Frodo Baggins has melancholy personality because there are some characteristics such as thoughtful, wise, skeptical, and artistic. Frodo has thoughtful character because he think about himself and about his uncle, Bilbo. Frodo Baggins has wise character because he became the mediator when his friends fought to get mushrooms and he chose to bring The Ring when the other members didn't want to bring it. He has skeptical character because can not trust anyone because Frodo knew that Sam spied the conversations between Gandalf and Frodo. Frodo also can't believe that Gandalf told Gollum is one of hobbits like Frodo before Gollum became an evil creature. Frodo has artistic character because he like music, singing, and make songs.