AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ALADDIN MOVIE

Abstract

This study is aimed to analyze the figurative language in Aladdin Movie. It is conducted to find the meaning of the figurative language used in Aladdin movie and to explain how the figurative language is used in “Aladdin” movie. The method used in this study was qualitative research. The research design was content analysis using the hermeneutic analysis technique. The primary data were the action and utterances of the characters in the Aladdin movie. The method used in collecting the data is (1). watching and reading the script of the Aladdin movie (2.) Understanding the movie script's figurative language. (3.) Highlight the word with blue color, phrase with orange color, and sentence with red color that contains figurative language. (4.) Making notes based on their categorizing. The data were analyzed using a hermeneutic analysis based on Danner's instructions. The

data analysis results show that there are seven types of figurative language found in Aladdin Movie. They are symbol, irony, simile, personification, metaphor, idiom, and ambiguity. Furthermore, the researcher also describes the meaning of these types of figurative language and how it is used