MORAL VALUES IN ADELE’S SELECTED SONG LYRICS IN PARTIAL ALBUM “30”

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The study aims to find out the moral values in Adele’s selected song lyrics. The purposes of the study are: (1) to find out the moral values that contain in Adele’s selected song lyrics in partial album “30” using Eyre & Eyre (2010) theory, and (2) to find out how the moral values portrayed in Adele’s selected song lyrics in partial album “30” using Nurgiyantoro (2013) theory. The study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data is taken from Adele’s selected song lyrics in partial album “30” namely Easy on Me, I Drink Wine, To Be Loved, Love Is A Game, Hold On, Oh My God, My Little Love, Can I Get It, Woman Like Me, and Stranger by Nature. Based on the analysis, there are five types of moral values of being found, namely honesty, courage, peaceability, self-reliance, and self-discipline and there are six types of moral value of giving, namely loyalty, respect, caring, love, kindness, and justice/mercy. Moreover, each the types of moral values found in the study portrayed explicitly and implicitly.