Aulia, Zul Fatul (2025) THE ROLE OF IMPOLITENESS STRATEGIES IN REVEALING HARRY WADE’S CHARACTERIZATION IN THE HANGMEN PLAY. Undergraduate thesis, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.

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Abstract

This study is a pragmatic study that focuses on impoliteness strategy. Since Culpeper (2011) states that the framework of linguistic impoliteness can be used to shed light on literary critical issues, particularly in characterization, this thesis tries
to seek the characterization of a character in a play. The writer chose a play written by Martin McDonagh titled Hangmen (2015) as the object of study, which focuses on Harry Wade as the main character. Harry Wade is an ex-executioner who runs a pub after the abolishment of capital punishment in Britain. The writer chose Harry Wade because he employed impoliteness strategies when he talks to other characters. Using the descriptive-qualitative method, it can be found that twentytwo utterances indicate Harry uses impoliteness strategies. The study shows the use of bald on record around six times, negative impoliteness around five times, positive impoliteness around two times, sarcasm only one time, and withhold politeness around two times. Furthermore, impoliteness strategies employed by
Harry also have several functions; they are affective, coercive, and entertaining. This study shows that Harry Wade’s impoliteness strategies reveal his characterization as a crude, blunt, superior, envious, and arrogant person.
Keywords: impoliteness strategies; Hangmen; Harry Wade; Culpeper; characterization

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