ASTYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF HONEST DECEPTIONREFLECTED INPIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THECURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

This researchis aimedat describing thehonest deceptionused in a film entitledPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. There are three objectives of this research. The first is to provide the description and analysis of honest deception phenomenain the mentioned film. This research explores three types of honest deception:hyperbole, irony, and sarcasm. The second is to provide abrief description and discussion of the language functionrelated to the use of honest deception. The last is to reveal the life in pirates’ world in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearlthrough the occurrence of honest deception. The data source of this research wasa film entitled Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The data of this research were taken from the characters’ dialogues by watching the film whichwerethen checked by reading the script. The data of this research were some verbal expressions in words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and paragraphs, and non-verbal expressions/actions which were related tothe verbal ones. The data were then analyzed usingadescriptive qualitative method. It gaveasufficient description of the factual data of the phenomena and provided its logical and rational interpretation based on relevant theories. Data trustworthiness was achieved through credibility, reliability, and conformability.Theresearch findings show that (1) there are three types of honest deception found in the film among 21 occurrences: hyperbole (11 times or 52.38%),irony (5 times or23.81%), and sarcasm (5 times or23.81%). Hyperbole is an extremely effective literary device since it is dramatically more descriptive in getting a point across and making a desired effect. (2)There are four types of language functions found in the film, namely: emotive (3times or14.29%), conative (6times or28.57%), referential (11times or52.38%), and phatic (once or4.76%). Referential is the highest function since it is logically often found in the language use. Most utterances have referential contents. (3) Thereflection of life in the pirates’ world in the filmis presented through the analysis of honest deception. There are some aspectsthatcan beseen: (a) pirates’ world is a life that is full of immorality and contempt, (b) the use of swear words is very common in the pirates’ world, (c) pirateshave lingo in communicatingin their everyday life, (d) pirates commonly consistof men; it is against pirates' rules for women to be on board, (e) pirates always fly gruesome flagsto makea mark on their ships, (f) the most precious prizes for pirates are chests of gold, silver and jewels, (g) a mutiny is one problem that often appears in their world, and (h) pirating is prohibited by international law becauseitunsettlesthe life of manypeople. Keywords: stylistics, honest deception,Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.