THE INEQUALITY ISSUES OF MALE SUPREMACY TOWARDS ROSE CHARACTER IN TITANIC MOVIE

Authors

  • Novia Eka Saidatunnisa Department of English Literature, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Mulawarman University
  • Surya Sili Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Mulawarman University
  • Nasrullah Nasrullah Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Mulawarman University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30872/jbssb.v3i4.2364

Keywords:

feminist criticism, male supremacy, inequality issues, independent woman

Abstract

This study discussed  about the inequality issues experienced by a woman character in Titanic movie, Rose character who lived in a male supremacy society. This study used Beauvoir’s feminist criticism on the ideas of male supremacy and independent woman to find out the types of inequality issues experienced by Rose character and her efforts in overcoming those inequalities. This study also used Mahon’s supporting explanation on Beauvoir’s two ideas to get a thorough understanding of the theory itself. This study was a qualitative research with content analysis as its approach. Words (narrations and dialogues) related to the objectives in this study were taken from Titanic movie script. This study found that Rose character experienced two types of inequality issues and chose to be an independent woman to overcome the two inequalities she experienced in Titanic movie. The two inequalities experienced by Rose character were the burden of marriage and set up expectations. However, these two inequalities were successfully overcome by Rose character when she chose to be an independent woman through two stages: defensive and aggressive. Thus, the conclusions of this study viewed Rose character, regardless coming from the royal class in society, was inevitable to experience the inequality issues due to the fact that her society was a male supremacy one and the way to get one self freed from the inequalities was by becoming an independent woman.

 

Penelitian ini membahas soal isu-isu ketidaksetaraan yang dialami oleh karakter perempuan dalam film Titanic yaitu Rose sebagai seorang yang tinggal dalam lingkungan masyarakat yang berorientasi pada supremasi laki-laki. Penelitian ini menggunakan kritik feminis Beauvoir mengenai supremasi laki-laki dan perempuan mandiri untuk mengetahui tipe-tipe isu ketidaksetaraan yang dialami oleh karakter Rose dan usaha-usaha yang ia lakukan dalam menghadapi bentuk-bentuk ketidaksetaraan tersebut. Penelitian ini juga menggunakan penjelasan tambahan dari Mahon mengenai pemahaman supremasi laki-laki dan perempuan mandiri yang dikemukakan oleh Beauvoir. Penelitian ini berbentuk penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan analisa konten sebagai pendekatannya. Kata-kata (dalam bentuk narasi dan dialog) yang berhubungan dengan kedua objektif dalam penelitian ini merupakan data yang dipakai dan diambil dari skrip film Titanic. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa karakter Rose mengalami dua tipe isu ketidaksetaraan dan memutuskan untuk menjadi seorang perempuan mandiri dalam menghadapi kedua tipe ketidaksetaraan tersebut difilm Titanic. Kedua tipe ketidaksetaraan yang dialami oleh karakter Rose yaitu kewajiban menikah dan ekspektasi-ekspektasi terhadap seorang perempuan dalam masyarakat. Namun, kedua tipe ketidaksetaraan ini dapat dihadapi dengan baik oleh karakter Rose saat ia memutuskan untuk menjadi seorang perempuan mandiri setelah melalui dua tahapan: defensif dan agresif. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa karakter Rose, terlepas dari fakta bahwa ia berasal dari golongan kelas atas, tetap tidak bisa terhindar dari isu-isu ketidaksetaraan yang menimpa kaum perempuan dikarenakan sistem supremasi laki-laki yang digunakan dalam masyarakat yang Rose tinggali dan cara untuk terlepas dari isu-isu ketidaksetaraan tersebut yaitu dengan menjadi perempuan mandiri.

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2019-09-28

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Vol. 3 No. 4 (2019): Oktober 2019

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