THE PORTRAYAL OF CHILD ABUSE AND REVENGE EXPERIENCED BY MATILDA IN ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA NOVEL

ULFA, ELIYA (2023) THE PORTRAYAL OF CHILD ABUSE AND REVENGE EXPERIENCED BY MATILDA IN ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA NOVEL. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang.

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Abstract

Regardless of age, violence is a severe issue that exists in practically every nation. One of the most common targets of violent behavior is children. A child who witnesses abused may react with rage or hatred to the abuser. This consequently gives rise to a desire for revenge. In Roald Dahl's Matilda novel, Matilda is described as a little girl who is frequently the victim of abuse, which makes her want to get revenge. This study aims to identify the types of abuse Matilda experienced and to describe the acts of revenge she committed. This research used a qualitative descriptive methodology, drawing upon primary data from Roald Dahl's Matilda novel and secondary data from previous studies, journals, articles, literary books, and websites related to child abuse and neglect and revenge. The process of collecting data involves a number of processes, such as reading Roald Dahl’s Matilda novel, identifying, classifying, and reducing the data. The results showed that Matilda was the victim of four out of the six categories of abuse and neglect—emotional abuse, physical neglect, educational neglect, and emotional neglect—that her parents and headmistress had perpetrated. Furthermore, Matilda's retaliatory punishment was motivated by her desire to balance the scale and give a lesson to her parents and headmistress as perpetrators of abusive behavior. Keywords: child abuse, child neglect, revenge, Matilda novel

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions: Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Komunikasi
Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Komunikasi > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User: Pustakawan 3 UNISSULA
Date Deposited: 16 Jan 2024 01:54
Last Modified: 16 Jan 2024 01:54
URI: http://repository.unissula.ac.id/id/eprint/33014

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