Conflict Analysis of the Main Characters in Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

This qualitative research aims to (1) describe the types of conflicts of the main characters in short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, (2) describe the effects of  conflicts of the main characters in short  stories by Edgar Allan Poe. The researcher used theory by Nurgiyantoro (2002). There are two types of conflicts, internal conflict and external conflict. He divides the external conflict into social conflict and physical conflict. The data source were short stories  by Edgar Allan Poe they were: (1) The Tell-Tale Heart (2017), (2) The Black Cat (2017), and (3) The Hop Frog (1849). The data in this study were in the form of  main character’s dialogues or  utterances, and behavior in the three short stories. Techniques of data analysis done were data reduction, data display, and data conclusion drawing and verification by Miles and Huberman’s theory (1984). The researcher found sixteen data from  three short stories by Edgar  Allan Poe, there were  four data from The Tell-Tale Heart, ten data from The Black Cat, and  two data from The Hop Frog, and  the details are :  Six data of  internal conflicts, five data of  social conflicts, and  five data of physical  conflicts. Then, the details of  the results on the affects experienced  by the main characters are :  One datum  of  positive affect (enjoyment or  joy, interest or excitement, and  surprise  or  startle),  and  fifteen  data  of  negative affect (anger or range, disgust, dissmell, distress or anguish, fear or terror, and shame or humiliation). The researcher expects the next researchers to study concept of conflict analysis or main character in different subjects.