The Effects of Ridgeon's Ambition Upon The Main Female Character in Shaw's The Doctor Dilemma

Abstract

Literature is essentially an imaginative art, an act of writer's imagination in selecting, ordering and interpreting human life being surrounding him. Literary work is divided into three forms, namely: poetry, drama and novel. Drama is one of literary forms performed by actors on the stage. It teaches us that life is not like they imagine. Generally, the author personalities, emotions and beliefs are bound up in his works. The problem discussed in this thesis is about ridgeon as the main character who has an ambition to be a patent inventor of tuberculosis antitoxin.