METAPHORICAL LANGUAGE IN “THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS” MOVIE (A CONVERSATION ANALYSIS)
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https://doi.org/10.55340/e2j.v8i1.858Keywords:
metaphor, content analyis, Lord of the Rings and Fellowship of the RingsAbstract
This study aimed to analyze the metaphors in the film “The Lord of The Rings and The Fellowship of The Rings” (LR & FR) and explained the metaphors structurally, orientationally, and ontologically. The problem studied in this paper is "How does the metaphor in the LR & FR film affect the messages conveyed in this film?" This research is a content analysis applies a qualitative approach in which the dialogue in the film as the source of data. The results of the study found that the metaphor in the LR & FR film expresses the origin domain to the target domain with a pattern that emphasizes meaning. The metaphorical concept of the source domain corresponds to the concept of the target domain. Metaphor in the film LR & FR as a figurative language has the same quality in representing a concept into a concept.
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