INTRINSIC ELEMENT DRAMA ANALYSIS: THEME OF MADAM BUTTERFLY BY DAVID HENRY HWANG

Abstract

In this writing, the writer tries to analyze the instrinsic element of M. BUTTERFLY. The purpose of this analysis is to get the right concept of  the theme inthe drama. The methods such as Close reading, viewing and reading drama will help in undestanding the theme.The writer finds that imagination can make us blind about the fact around us . Hwang also gives the contrast between fantasy and reality.

Keyword : fantasy, reality , imagination

introduction

Drama is one of the great things in literary work. It show how the actors perfom beautifully on the stage and in front of many audiencess, in thi drama “M. BUTTERFLY” by David Henry Hwang has relationsip with Madam Butterfly by Puccini. Bcakground of this is so hard to believe that Imagination can lead someone to the wrong place.

2 Purpose of the Study

         The purposes on this study are:

            1. To understand the themes of the drama.

            2. To appreciate a work of literature.

3. Scope of the Study

        The scope of this study is the analysis of themes in a drama entitled M. Butterfly BY David Henry Hwang

Biography of David Henry Hwang

He was born on August 11, 1957 ,Los Angeles, California, U.S n David Henry Hwang's plays, East and West often meet—and the results are usually not pretty. No other playwright has had as much critical and commercial success in confronting issues of Asian and Asian-American identity. His most heralded work, M. Butterfly, took a real-life political scandal and filtered it through the lens of Puccini’s opera, Madama Butterfly.

Discussion

Theme of M. Butterfly is love, the power of attraction between two people, and the descent into betrayal. If Gallimard’s love for Song is perfect, surpassing any attraction or experience he has ever known, then the perfection depends on Gallimard’s imagination. As long as Gallimard can keep his “Butterfly” in mind and as long as Song sustains the fantasy, Gallimard can live his dream. However, Song betrays Gallimard and destroys the illusion