Face Threatening Acts in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
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Face Threatening Acts in Shakespeare’s Measure for MeasureAbstract
Face Threatening Act (FTA) refers to speech acts that can damage an individual's public self-image or face. Face involves two fundamental social needs: the need to feel appreciated, accepted, and valued by others, which relates to positive face, and the need to maintain autonomy and freedom from external imposition, which relates to negative face. These dual needs shape how individuals manage their self-image in social interactions and influence the use of language. This study aims to analyze William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure through the lens of Face Threatening Act (FTA) theory to explore how language reflects power, morality, and identity. This study applies a qualitative descriptive method to examine how different types of FTAs function within the drama. The analysis reveals a distribution of FTAs with threats to hearers' negative face being the most frequent (28.1%), followed by speakers' positive face (25.0%), hearers' positive face (24.2%), and speakers' negative face (22.7%). These findings highlight the complex interpersonal and social dynamics dramatized through language. The study concludes that Measure for Measure vividly portrays the tensions between individual dignity and institutional authority through strategic use of language in dramatic discourse
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