THE SEMIOTICS ANALYSIS OF THE TORTURE DEVICES AS SEEN IN SAW 1

DZULFIKRI RIDWANUL KHAQ, NIM. 09150011 (2013) THE SEMIOTICS ANALYSIS OF THE TORTURE DEVICES AS SEEN IN SAW 1. Skripsi thesis, UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA.

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Abstract

In the movie industry, the torture themes rarely produce than action themes and romantic themes. Actually torture is a culture that happens in the west and it is a manifestation from torture that occurs in long time ago until today. Relating to this case, it also happens in Indonesia such us from Indonesian‟s workers, Rian Jombang and the newest torture that in Tamansari Jakarta. Saw 1 is the movie that has a genre torture. The writer prefers Saw1 movie than others torture movie because this movie has purpose to teach people about human responsibility. Through this research, the writer wants to reach the index of the torture devices which are used to torture the victims and the relation between torture in the medieval and early modern Europe. In analyzing, the writer uses Charles C. Pierce‟s theory of triadic quality. Those are sign, object and interpretation. Sign is divided in to three elements, they are icons, index and symbols. Icons are sign resulting from resemble, indexes are sign that show relation of some kinds to something else and symbols stand for some conventional practice, whereas object is reference of symbols and interpretation result of object analysis base on sign concept. Then object is referred to the data, concept, and event. The signification is referred to the interpretation and the meaning. There are seven traps and seven torture devices in Saw 1.As a result of semiotics analysis there is one element which has same meaning in every torture device, which is the survival instinct of Jigsaw‟s victims. Besides, the researcher also integrates the indexes of the torture devices in Saw1 into the tortures happened in the medieval and early modern Europe because most of them have the similar concept. It cannot be separated from the tortures happened in the past and the history of the tortures. The writer also relates the torture devices in Saw 1 to the history of tortures, Crhristian, and Islamic perspectives. Keys word: Saw1, Semiotics, Torture, Integration

Item Type: Thesis (Skripsi)
Additional Information: Pembimbing: Febriyanti Dwi Ratna Lestari, SS., MA
Subjects: Sastra Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Adab dan Ilmu Budaya > Sastra Inggris (S1)
Depositing User: Sugeng Hariyanto, SIP (sugeng.hariyanto@uin-suka.ac.id)
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2014 09:06
Last Modified: 15 Oct 2015 10:38
URI: http://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/10305

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