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(the object), it is opposed by Calon Arang and helped by Empu 
Babula and Ratna Manggali. The ones who receive the action are 
the King and the people of Daha. Although there are some minor 
structures within the main structure, the minor structures function 
to give meaning to the text as a whole. 

The structure of myth found in the analysis is a common 
structure within the Javanese culture. It is believed that an evil 
thing will always be defeated by the good one. No matter how 
powerful the evil is, the good will find a way to reveal the 
weakness of the evil and fmally use it to defeat the evil. 

Conducting an analysis under the approach of structuralism 
with the help of Greimas' Actantial Model is somehow rather 'dry' 
for some literature students. It is because the analysis is not 
complete. Some analyses only stop at showing the division based 
on the model, while in fact the result of the model can be used as 
data for further analysis. 

Combining this theory with cultural study can be an 
alternative to put a "Slut' to the analysis. This study uses the 
pattern found as data to see further. It results on conftrming the 
existence of myth in Javanese culture, especially in relation to good 
and evil. This shows that the culture influences the creation of 
literary works. 

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Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms, 7th edition. USA: Heinle & 
Heinle, Thomson Learning Inc, 1999. 

Hebert, Louis. "The Actantial Model". In Louis Hebert, Signo [online], 
Rimouski (Quebec), http://www.signosemio.com, 2006. 



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