Abstract:
Thisstudy deals with types of figurative language and its meaning in the drama entitled
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. The objectives of the study were
to find out the types of figurative language then describe the meanings and find the
dominantly of figurative languages found in drama entitled The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare. The researcher used descriptive qualitative method to collect
the data. The data was analysed through Keraf (2009) that the three phases include
data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing and verification. The source of
the data was taken from the book by William Shakespeare entitled The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare. The finding of the research showed some types of
figurative language used in drama entitled The Taming of the Shrew by William
Shakespeare and there were 5 types of figurative language found in the drama. The
details were as follows: personification (4), simile (3), metaphor (5), hyperbole (3),
irony (2). And figurative language type which dominantly appeared was metaphor,
with five total of statements.
