ROSE STANLEY’S BEHAVIOR IN MURIEL
SPARK’S THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE:
A REFLECTION OF PROSTITUTION
IN VICTORIAN ERA
A Thesis as a Partial Fulfillment of the requirement to obtain the Sarjana Sastra Degree in the English Letters Study Program.
by:
AGATHA PEBRI LISTININGSIH
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E NGL I S H L E T T E R S S T U DY P R OGR AM
F ACU L T Y OF L E T T E R S
S OE GI JAP R ANAT A CAT H OL I C U NI VE R S I T Y
S E MAR ANG
A T H E S I S AP P R OVAL
R OS E S T ANL E Y’S B E H AVI OR I N MU R I E L S P AR K’S T H E P R I ME OF
MI S S JE AN B R ODI E : A R E F L E CT I ON OF P R OS T I T U T I ON I N
VI CT OR I AN E R A
B Y:
AGAT H A P E B R I L I S T I NI NGS I H 0 2 .8 0 .0 0 0 1
AP P R OVE D B Y
GM. Adhyanggono, SS, MA February 21, 2007 Major Sponsor
A Thesis Defended in front of the Board of
Examiners on 21 February 2007 and Declared
Acceptable
B OAR D OF E XAMI NE R S
Chairperson : GM. Adhyanggono, SS., MA. ………
Secretary : Angelika Riyandari, SS., MA. ………
Member : Dra. RM. Sri Suryaningsih, SS., MA. ………
Semarang, 21 February 2007 Faculty of Letters
Soegijapranata Catholic University Dean,
ACKNOW L E DGE ME NT S
First of all, I would like to say my biggest thanks to God, for giving me the beautiful people and things in my life. YOU have given me the wonderful people to help me out of the problems. Here they are…
1. Mr. GM. Adhyanggono, SS., MA, as the major-sponsor and Mrs. Angelika Riyandari, SS., MA as the co-sponsor, who have supported me much in doing my thesis. Thank you very much for giving me different point of view and ideas that are very useful for me.
2. The Dean and all of the lecturers in Faculty of Letters who have taught me very well and given me more knowledge.
3. My parents (Aloysius Wasino and Katarina Parsiyanti) who always support me morally and financially. For my Bapak, the deepest thanks and apology goes to you, Pak. I am so sorry for disappointing you. Finally, I can finish my thesis now!!! And for my Ibu, the deepest thanks and apology also goes to you. Thank you so much for your love, supports, and shelter that you always give me. I am very sorry for making you angry anytime, but I don’t mean it. I will always love you, Bu.
hard, because your dreams will not come true if you did not have great efforts to make it.
5. My best friends Teh Atrind, Putri, Bebet and Novi. I am glad to know you all. You give me the different point of view in looking at the life. You also give me many lessons in facing the difficult and beautiful life. I wish you found the best things in your life. Hope our togetherness would be endless.
6. And all of my friends in Faculty of Letters 2002 Happy, Nina, Rosita, Ana, Santi, Andi, Ria, Vivi, Loren’x, Cuplis, Prima, Tintin, and others whom I cannot mention one by one here. Thank you very much for our togetherness, guys. I am waiting for the catalogue.
7. The latest and greatest thanks goes to my Mas Pujo, who always supports and accompanies me in doing my thesis. I always feel secure when I am with you. Thank you so much for the happiness, love and affection that you always give to me. I hope you would always give me your shoulder to cry on.
8. Finally I realize that my thesis is far from being perfect. Therefore, suggestion and criticism are mostly welcomed for the improvement.
Semarang, January 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGES OF TITLE …… ……… i
PAGES OF APPROVAL ……… ii
BOARD OF EXAMINERS ……… iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ……… iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ……… vi
ABSTRACT ……… viii
ABSTRAK ……… ix
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study ……… 1
1.2 Field of the study ……… 4
1.3 Scope of the study ……… 4
1.4. Problem Formulation ……… 5
1.5. Objective of the study ……… 5
1.6. Significance of the study ……… 5
1.7 Definition of terms ……… 6
CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Sociological Approach ……… 8
2.3 Behavior of prostitutes ……… 13
CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Source of the material ……… 21
CHAPTER IV. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
4.1 Rose Stanley’s behavior ……… 24 4.1.1 Rose Stanley’s characters ……… 24 4.1.2 Rose Stanley’s sex behavior ……… 29 4.2 Rose Stanley’s behavior reflected Victorian prostitution …… 32
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION ……… 38
ABSTRACT
ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini membicarakan tentang sebuah karakter di dalam novel dan tingkah lakunya. Hal tersebut akan dibandingkan dengan prostitusi di zaman Victoria. Karakter tersebut bernama Rose Stanley yang tinggal di Edinburgh pada zaman Victoria. Rose Stanley adalah siswa di Marcia Blaine, sekolah untuk perempuan. Rose Stanley tidak berasal dari keluarga yang kaya, sehingga dia membutuhkan uang untuk memenuhi keinginan-keinginannya. Dia bisa memperoleh uang dari pekerjaannya sebagai model bugil. Dia juga merupakan anggota ‘Brodie Set’. ‘Brodie Set’ adalah sebuah kelompok yang dibentuk oleh
guru di Marcia Blaine yang bernama Jean Brodie.Kelompok tersebut terdiri dari