Setting Analysis

SETTING ANALYSIS OF THE MISANTHROPE Presented by : 1.Fider Saputra T ( A2B308013) 2.Hery Febri P (A2B308016) 3.Joseph Cahyo ( A2B308020) 4.Yulindra Adhi S (A2B307043)

WHAT IS SETTING? There are many definition of setting as follows : •

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Setting includes the time, location, circumstances, and everything in which a story takes place. Setting can be referred to as milieu to include a context (especially society) beyond the immediate surroundings of the story. Along with plot, character, theme, and style, setting is considered one of the fundamental components of drama Setting is where and when the history takes place. Most of the setting involves the time and the place of the action Setting of time is a component of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects. It can a century, year, season Setting of place is a component of drama to determine where the background of the story takes place ( Wikipedia the free encyclopedia ). It can be state, city, town, or house

TYPES OF SETTING •

Authors use three basic types of setting,there are; 1. 2. 3.

Public And Private Places, together with various possessions are important in fiction, as in life. Outdoor Places are scenes of many fictional actions , Cultural And Historical Circumstances often figure largely in fiction

SETTING ANALYSIS OF THE MISANTHROPE • •

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Setting of time : Late seventeenth century Setting of Place : Celimene’s elegant house/apartment in Paris. There is very little action and very much dialoque in this play which takes place in this apartment Setting of Society : Upper class Parisan elite of the Louis era France Setting of Culture : French aristocracy

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Play or stories , must necessarily include the description of time, location, circumstances, and everything in which a story takes place, that is namely setting. Author use setting to create meaning, just as painters include backgrounds and object to render ideas.

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Setting is considered one of the fundamental components of drama and usually important and vital in the story. In the Misanthrope play, author uses several kinds of setting. There are setting of place, setting of time, social setting, culture setting.