TY - THES N1 - Danial Hidayatullah, S.S., M.Hum. ID - digilib16517 UR - https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/16517/ A1 - ROHADI APRI WIDI WIYANTO, NIM. 11150041 Y1 - 2015/05/19/ N2 - Homosexuality becomes controversy in human society: people state it is taboo but actually it exists. Homosexuality becomes a challenging subject to be analyzed because of its controversy. Besides the society, the existence of the homosexuality also can be seen in the literary work. Examples of the literary work telling about the homosexuality are the Shakespeare?s sonnet 2 and 4. Shakespearean sonnet is kind of the lyric poem, which is uttered by a single speaker to deliver the perception, thought, and feeling. This research is intended to reveal the existence of the homosexuality based on the two sonnets. In order to know the idea of the speaker in delivering the message about the homosexuality, this research uses the New Criticism by John Crowe Ransom as the tool of analyzing and the qualitative as the method. From the analysis, this research has found the idea of the speaker that is divided into several divisions based on the parts of sonnets. In sonnet 2, this research reveals the idea of speaker as 1) the description of the second person, 2) the sexual status, 3) remembering the nostalgic memories, and 4) the rebirth. Besides, in sonnet 4, this research shows 1) the heritage of beauty, 2) the disappointment to the son, 3) worrying about the beauty, and 4) the untold love. All parts of sonnets build a chronologically event uttering by the speaker to show the existence of homosexuality trough a story. PB - UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA KW - Keyword : controversy KW - homosexuality KW - Shakespeare?s sonnet 2 and 4 KW - story. M1 - skripsi TI - HOMOSEXUALITY AS PORTRAYED IN SHAKESPEARE?S SONNET 2 AND 4 AV - restricted ER -