FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES IN THE MOVIE DEATHWATCH (2002)

Abstrak

This research aimed on figurative language in one of fictional horror movie entitled “the deathwatch” (2002). The film employs figurative language primarily by metaphor and allegory to convey its theme within the film. The movie serves as a metaphor of “hell” on earth including the bleakness and pointlessness of the first world war, reflecting the psychological and physical horrors of PTSD experienced by soldiers in the trenches. The theory of Figurative language used in this research include Lawrence Perrine’s (1978) method. Perrine’s framework connects the film’s use of metaphor closely with perrine’s framework. Lawrence Perrine’s theory of figurative language, as outlined in his influential work Sound and Sense, identifies metaphor as one of the core types of figurative language. According to Perrine, a metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using comparative words such as "like" or "as"-it is a way of saying something in a non-literal manner to add depth and dimension to language.