THE REPRESENTATION OF HERO AND VILLAIN IN SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE’S SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF THE ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Representasi Pahlawan dan Penjahat dalam Cerita Pendek Pilihan dari The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes Karya Sir Arthur Conan Doyle )

Abstract

The study emphasizes on the representation of hero and villain in six short stories of The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and how these characters impersonate as the ideal person in Victorian Era. The objects of this study are the hero and the villains as the characters in the short stories. We analyse the representation of the hero and the villains by using Stuart Hall’s representation theory. The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes is collection of mystery genre short story is directly represents the heroism of the main character, he is Sherlock Holmes, and the villains as his enemies from appearance and work. Through the representation theory of Stuart Hall, the research shows that the hero and villains in The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes are created as perfect competitors in Victorian era where mostly British people are they have good quality of intelligence, whether they are good or bad people. Here, intelligence competition becomes a representation of British society.