‘The Lesson”

Name: Setyo Wati
NIM: A320080325
Class: G

“Structural Analysis of ‘The Lesson”

·        Characters and characterization

Characters:

v  the professor (aged 50 to 60)

v  the young pupil (aged 18)

v  the maid (aged 45 to 50)

Characterization:

v  The professor (aged 50 to 60): he is polite, very timid, his voice deadened by his timidity, very proper, very much the teacher. Actually he is kind but sadist because he has murdered his pupil.

v  The young pupil (aged 18): she is a cheerful and well-brought-up girl, polite, lively, gay, dynamic; a fresh smile is on her lips, but she is a slow learner.

v  The maid (aged 45 to 50): she is stout, red-faced, docile and she like interfering with what the professor does.

·        Plot: progressive plot (beginning with the young pupil enters the professor’s house until she is murdered by the professor.)

·        Setting (time): one morning in June 1950

·        Setting (place): the professor’s house (dining room)

·        Climax: the professor kills his pupil when the pupil comes in his home.

·        Correlation: between man and society