SETTING ANALYSIS OF THE

MISANTHROPE

Presented by :

1.Fider Saputra T
( A2B308013)
2.Hery Febri P (A2B308016)
3.Joseph Cahyo ( A2B308020)
4.Yulindra Adhi S (A2B307043)
 WHAT IS SETTING?
There are many definition of setting as follows :

• Setting includes the time, location, circumstances, and everything

in which a story takes place. Setting can be referred to as milieu to
include a context (especially society) beyond the immediate
surroundings of the story. Along with plot, character, theme, and
style, setting is considered one of the fundamental components of
drama
• Setting is where and when the history takes place. Most of the
setting involves the time and the place of the action
• Setting of time is a component of the measuring system used to
sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the
intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects. It
can a century, year, season
• Setting of place is a component of drama to determine where the
background of the story takes place ( Wikipedia the free
encyclopedia ). It can be state, city, town, or house
 TYPES OF SETTING

• Authors use three basic types of setting,there are;

1. Public And Private Places, together with various possessions are
important in fiction, as in life.
2. Outdoor Places are scenes of many fictional actions ,
3. Cultural And Historical Circumstances often figure largely in fiction
 SETTING ANALYSIS OF THE
MISANTHROPE

• Setting of time : Late seventeenth century

• Setting of Place : Celimene’s elegant house/apartment in Paris.
There is very little action and very much dialoque in this play
which takes place in this apartment
• Setting of Society : Upper class Parisan elite of the Louis era
France
• Setting of Culture : French aristocracy
 CONCLUSION

• Play or stories , must necessarily include the description of time,

location, circumstances, and everything in which a story takes
place, that is namely setting. Author use setting to create
meaning, just as painters include backgrounds and object to
render ideas.

• Setting is considered one of the fundamental components of

drama and usually important and vital in the story. In the
Misanthrope play, author uses several kinds of setting. There are
setting of place, setting of time, social setting, culture setting.