THE REFLECTION OF WOMEN ATTITUDES IN CARROLL’S ALICE …
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THE REFLECTION OF WOMEN ATTITUDES IN CARROLL’S
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Cultural Sciences of Hasanuddin University in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements to Obtain
Sarjana Degree in English Department
DARMIATI
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL SCIENCES FACULTY
HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY
MAKASSAR
2017
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, thanks to Allah SWT. for his mercy and guidance in giving the
writer full strength, health, and inspiration to complete this thesis about The
Reflection of Women Attitudes in Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland. Even facing
with some difficulties in completing this task, still managed to complete it.
A lot of thanks the writer presents to her consultans; Dra. Herawaty,
M.Hum, M.A., Ph.D. and Drs. Husain Hasyim, M.Hum. who have given the
encouragement, guidance, and suggestion to the writer for completing this thesis.
Unlimited thanks the writer says to them because they let the writer consumes
their time to give their correction toward the completion of her thesis. The writer
would like to say thank to Prof. Drs. H. Burhanuddin Arafah, M.Hum, Ph.D.
as a Dean of Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Hasanuddin University, Dra.
Nasmilah, M.Hum, Ph.D. and Abbas, S.S., M.Hum. as the Head and the
secretary of English Department for their help and guidance during her study.
The writer expresses unbounded thanks to her parents; Damma and
Nadira, her brothers and her sisters for supporting the writer in love, mentally, and
physically, pray, advice, understanding, and motivation, not just during finishing
this thesis but also during whole studies in order to born as a success person
someday.
Last but not least, the writer would like to say grateful acknowledgement
to all my friends who give their support, kindness, and help to the writer.
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Nobody has perfectness, therefore, the writer considers and realizes that
this thesis still needs criticism, improvement, and suggestion as well. The writer
hopes that this thesis will give benefits for all readers.
Makassar, 30 March 2017
Writer
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ABSTRACT
This thesis is entitled The Reflection of Women Attitudes in Carroll’s Alice
in Wonderland supervised by Herawati Abas and Husain Hasyim.
The aim of this study are to investigate the attitudes of woman characters
in Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, and to explain the attitudes of English women
during Victorian era. Alice in Wonderland is a work written in Victorian age, so
the writer would like to show the women attitudes in Victorian era through the
women characters in the story which their attitudes reflect the attitudes of women
today.
In analyzing this work, the writer used genetic structuralism approach. In
this case, the writer did not only analyze the intrinsic elements of the story but
also the extrinsic elements. Besides, the writer used the concept of gender studies,
and the theory of feminism in analyzing this study. The writer used websites as
the source to collect the data and some books which were related to the topic.
The results of this study show that the three of women characters in the
strory are very perfect to be women at this time because of the attitudes they have.
Besides, through Alice character, we can see the reflection of women today. All of
Alice attitudes can be seen from her adventures in Wonderland by meeting with
many and various people and strange creatures during her adventures. She can be
called as a perfect lady at this time because of all attitudes that owned by her show
“The Attitudes of Women Today”.
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ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul The Reflection of Women Attitudes in Carroll’s Alice
in Wonderland di bimbing oleh Herawati Abas dan Husain Hasyim.
Tujuan dari penulisan skripsi ini adalah untuk meneliti attitudes tokoh-
tokoh perempuan di dalam cerita Alice in Wonderland oleh Lewis Carroll, dan
untuk menjelaskan attitudes perempuan Inggris pada era Viktoria. Alice in
Wonderland adalah sebuah karya yang di tulis pada era Viktoria, sehingga penulis
ingin menunjukkan bagaimana sikap-sikap wanita pada era Viktoria melalui
tokoh-tokoh perempuan yang ada di dalam cerita yang mana sikap mereka dapat
mencerminkan sikap-sikap perempuan pada masa kini.
Dalam menganalisis karya Carroll ini, penulis menggunakan pendekatan
Strukturalisme Genetik. Dalam hal ini, penulis tidak hanya menganalisis unsur
intrinsik cerita tetapi juga unsur-unsur ekstrinsiknya. Selain itu, penulis
menggunakan konsep studi gender, dan teori feminisme dalam menganalisis studi
ini. Penulis juga menggunakan website untuk mengumpulkan data dan beberapa
buku dari perpustakaan yang terkait dengan topik pembahasan.
Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ke tiga tokoh perempuan
yang ada di dalam cerita sangat sempurna untuk menjadi perempuan pada masa
kini karena sikap-sikap yang mereka miliki. Disamping itu, melalui karakter
Alice, kita dapat melihat refleksi dari perempuan pada saat ini. Semua sikap Alice
tersebut dapat dilihat dan di ketahui melalui petualangannya di negeri ajaib dan
ketika bertemu dengan orang-orang dan makhluk aneh selama petualangannya.
Dia bisa disebut sebagai perempuan yang sempurna pada masa kini karena semua
sikap yang ia miliki menunjukkan “the attitudes of women today”.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Tittle ..............................................................................................i
Approval .......................................................................................ii
Legitimacy ....................................................................................iii
Acknowledgement ................................................................................iv
Abstract .................................................................................................vi
Table of Contents .................................................................................viii
Chapter I : INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background ............................................................................ 1
1.2 Identification of Problem ....................................................... 3
1.3 Statement of Problems ........................................................... 4
1.4 Objectives of Problem ........................................................... 4
1.5 Significance of Writing ..........................................................4
1.6 Sequence of Writing ...............................................................5
Chapter II : LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Previous Study ........................................................................7
2.2 Genetic Structuralism Approach ............................................10
2.2.1 Structural Elements .......................................................12
2.2.2 The Social Background of Author In The Novel ..........19
2.2.3 The Social Condition of England In Victorian Era .......20
2.3 The Concept of Gender Studies .............................................22
2.4 The Theory of Feminism ........................................................24
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Chapter III : METHODOLOGY
3.1 Methodological Design ..........................................................26
3.1.1 Qualitative Research .....................................................26
3.1.2 Descriptive Analysis .....................................................27
3.2 Method of Collecting Data ....................................................28
3.3 Method of Analyzing Data ....................................................29
3.4 Procedure of The Research ....................................................29
Chapter IV: ANALYSIS
4.1 Structural Devices of the Story ..............................................31
4.1.1 Characters ....................................................................31
4.1.2 Plot .............................................................................. 45
4.1.3 Setting ......................................................................... 50
4.1.4 Theme ..........................................................................56
4.2 The Reflection of Women Attitudes ......................................57
Chapter V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion ...............................................................................66
5.2 Suggestion ............................................................................... 67
Bibliography............................................................................................69
APPENDIX
Biography of Lewiss Carroll
Synopsis of Alice in Wonderland
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Chapter I is about introduction. This chapter is the first chapter which
consists of several parts, such as background, identification of problem, statement
of problem, objectives of problem, significance of writing, and sequence of
writing. The most important thing in this chapter is that the writer would like to
explain about the chosing topic of the research and write down the problems that
have been discovered which will be the subject of analysis in the next chapter.
1.1 Background
Woman is someone who viewed from the outward appearance look
elegant or feminine. Women of course are very different from men. They are
usually very concerned about their appearance with make-up. Women who have
grown, they experience menstruation regularly every month, but sometimes
irregular. Women also have a soft heart and easily touched, so they are very easy
to shed tears or cry when see or experience the sad and happy thing. Women are
also said to be a housewife for a married because they can give birth from puberty
until menopause, breastfeeding, taking care of their children and do household
chores. Besides, women have a maternal side and charitable.
Attitude is a person's reaction or response of a thing that usually can affect
an individual's choice of action. It can be a positive or a negative attitude decision,
depends on what they are facing. Attitude can usually be described as the behavior
or can be used to determine someone’s character, whether the person is a good
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person or bad, wise or not, polite or rude and others. The attitude of a person
usually also depends on the environment in which they live, how the people in the
area, and how the interaction of others or with the society.
Victorian Era is like a new world to us. Ethics is expected to be applied by
every women depending on their social class. Even so, the mother expects her
daughter to learn proper etiquette. In the reign of Queen Victoria of England, there
is ethic policy that participated together her government, for example, upper-class
women should look graceful. But even so, the most important thing about the
ethics of women at this time is very different from the present. Women in this
period is to maintain ethic or their attitude, they should not talk nonsense. When
speak, they should not make a sound that is annoying. In other words, they should
not emit a tone sounds they want. Not only that, when running any women in this
age should not be the origin of the road, they should not make too much noise or
make noise when walking, even they cannot show their legs. The most important
thing we need to know at this time is that all Victorian women without exception
either single or married are all expected to be weak and helpless, and all women
should be graceful, look beautiful, elegant, wear corset, and wear gown.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Alice in Wonderland (1865) is a
fiction story that was written by English writer, Lewis Carroll. Alice in
Wonderland including Classical English literary works and it is one of the works
that has been widely known in the world, especially in terms of children's stories.
Alice in Wonderland is a very interesting story which talks about a girl named
Alice who got lost in Wonderland filled with lots of strange creatures through a
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rabbit hole. This story was written in Victorian Age. Victorian Age is an era
where the Queen Victoria leads. The Victorian era in the history of Great Britain
is the period of the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 until her death in 1901. In
this Age, there were so many literary works which are so unique, diverse genres,
and themes typical narrated with a unique storytelling techniques. One of them is
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
The reasons why the writer chooses Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
and takes a title about “The Reflection of Women Attitudes” because this work
narrates how the young women’s attitudes in the Victorian Age and makes it
opposite. Besides, this story is also extraordinary and unique because Alice in
Wonderland has implicit critics to society thas is conveyed through Alice
character and figure who she meets in Wonderland. These figure are actually
symbolization of adults in the real life. These things are attractive, unique all at
once because story about Alice in Wonderland was written in the Victorian Age,
where the books were published to internalize moral values into society.
1.2 Identification of Problem
The aim of this research is to specifically analyze a novel with the title
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. In order to make this study is in a good
arrangement and make this research runs smoothly without getting lost in the
middle of the research or to make easier in writing the research, the writer
immediately narrows down the scope of problem of this study. In this case, the
writer focuses on discussing about The Reflection of Women Attitudes that the
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author puts on his novel. The identification problems that are related to the title
are:
1. Alice attitudes as reflection the women attitudes today.
2. Some of Alice characters showed women attitudes in Victorian age and
some are not.
1.3 Statement of Problems
The novel Alice in Wonderland is a very good literary work, and this novel
can be highlighted from some aspects, so that the writer formulates the problems
as follows:
1. How are the women attitudes reflected in Alice in Wonderland?
2. How are Alice attitudes similar the women of Victorian age and today?
1.4 Objectives of Problem
Based on the questions that have been formulated, the purpose of this
research are:
1. To describe women attitudes reflected in Alice in Wonderland.
2. To describe Alice similar attitudes with the women of Victorian age and
today.
1.5 Significance of Writing
This research is expected to be benefical and can give contribution to the
development of knowledge about The Reflection of Women Attitudes related to
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Alice in Wonderland novel, so that it can be a good source for those who want to
do similar research, using either the same object, method of research, or theoritical
background that used in this study. The writer hopes that this research will not
only be able to broaden the writer knowledge and understanding about The
Reflection of Women Attitudes and about Genetic structuralism approach, but also
to give others additional information, so this research can be useful.
1.6 Sequence of Writing
This Research is entitled The Reflection Of Women Attitudes in
Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, it consists of five chapters. The chapters are
organized as follows:
1. The first chapter consists of background of research, which contains several
explanations of the reasons in choosing the novel and the title of the research,
identification of problem, statement of problem, the objectives of problem,
significance of writing, and the sequence of writing.
2. The second chapter presents the previous studies of the research, theoretical
background, structural elements of the story, the social background of author
in the novel, the social condition of England in Victorian era, the concept of
gender studies, and the theory of feminism.
3. The third chapter involves the reserach methodology, which consists of
methodological design, qualitative research, descriptive analysis, method of
collecting data, method of analyzing data, and procedure of the research.
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4. Chapter four is about the analysis of the research which consists of structural
elements of the story such as character, plot, setting, and theme and also the
reflection of women attitudes as the title of the research.
5. The last chapter is chapter five which is the conclusion and the suggestion.