The Failure of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus in Supporting Feminist Movement: An Application of Cheri Register's Prescriptive Feminist Critique.

Supporting

Femirist

Movement: An

Applietiob

of Cheri Regtster's

Pres.iprive

Femioi!r

Crttique

4 THESIS

WILNAF|TRIANI

ENCLISE DEPAT{TMENT TACULTY OI LETTERS ANDALAS UNIVERSTTY

PADAI\G

20t0

The

Failurcof

Wiuilh

Shsksneare,s Tttus

Ardrontcus

i!

Skipsi ydg berjrdul

lre

Fzt

E of thlliah Sqateryrare's

Tiu

lnlnnicw

in Sqpoling Feninist

Ma|ene

: An Applicatiok

ofcheti

Reg#er's ?rerctiptive

Feninht Cfliquc

beltujl$ lntut

ncneungkap

gesk

pemb€bass

wMib

dald

nehenLqg

tekbd

ttqi

kaun prie

ddm

buddya palriarti sepeni yons

tersebe

ddm drda

Titus Andonicus, Dallm hal ini,

pdulis

alu

mengurut upaya

penbcbGtu

diri

Mita

d,lam

menentas budaya

pariarli

di

mulai dari

p€nffebam

awal lGmktr

weil! dllm

dma

le6e6ut, bdekibya p€mb€bM din

*sila

kesukses sflenlola"

'le

ll<hir d&i

pqbebaq

diri wmib.

Penelirid

ini

b*i&r

kudiradl dim&a data

yos

dipakai adatah berupa

kutip--kutip

d i

dama

teebut di

aLa.

Dtrs&

m.nCeurkn

bori

feninis

pekriptil dai

Chen Reginer, p€.ulis

ingi.

mdsuns*ap pe.ycbab keCagalm

idebut

n€lrlui pengganb,fu

krclt€r

w

ir.

dalm

mieb

usna meE*a untuk memb€bsko dJn

ds

Eldr

k umpna dibud!)a paEiar*,.

Berdaslrtq

eslisis laitik

sstE

feminis

pdkriplif

oleh Cned Rceisto, p€.ulis

nen.nukd

$bab tedadinya kesasslan

ddn

usaha p€nbebag dni \@ita dalam dama teMbut. Melolui

pdagrnbafu

upa)€

Tmom

dm Lavinia dalm

nenb€bdkd

diri, nalG penllis menyimpulkm k

iya

lecebul

lidat

nemenuhi standar

y

_E "baik' untuk

kdra

leninis. Diebabke obn k rya tdebur

(ll

rid*

neFberi

.@g

mlut

]@ita,

(2) tidak menduhng

kselaM

sender, (3) ridak

meffipilks

so$k

wmfta reladd, (4) lidak

nensmb&grd

re

p€rsudslM

elar

w

ila

dm (5) lidak

nsingkatkd keedad

diri leriadap

\bia

D6ca

CEAPTER

I

iNTRODUCIION

1

r,

The

B.cksrotrd

of lhe

RMrcb

Cender h6 always been an inrdcsting issue to b€

disu*d

dd

is slill onen deb{ed loday.

o.e

issuc oboul scnder is wonen opprc$ ion bv nen Thb ds! oul the

hund

s hisory, women hav€ alwsvs

b*n

in a disaivolaged

pciiion sciallv'

Mnomically,

od

polilictllv

ll

is

bsau$

men

alwrs

urdedstinol€ vomen in

msy

says. As Arislotle d*laFs, that the lentle is fehale bv vidue of a ertain lack of

quliti6'

(Quoted by s€lden &

widdovsn

l993i 203)- ln line Rilh thk' 51

Thod6

Aquin6

b€lictd

drt\lone

is

a

inperier

ns'"

(203)

These

sllrenmts illuslate that b$ed on men s vie*point;

wons

is imp€rf4t

nm

wilh

lack of qualitiF oa humm, md lhe role or *onen b@n€s unimportant in sfti€tv

beau*

lhcy

dnot

do rhings lik€ nen do due lo lhen

*eatn'sei

Ar

I

sult

this

isn

h6 hrnpcEd the efor1 of wonen to be independebt in s@ietv

Besides

tna!

neh plonote a pattimhal svstcm thal supports

all

menis inteests. Ab@s defines

lhol'lstisohat

svstem

6

a ststem whicb is ruled bv the

sociaLized. ay $e reaens. leminht comes ro chdllenselhe lvorld whi.h isdominatei

byfren bypdh.ringwonon s liberation molement.

ln

lilemrure.

6

one

ol

cultuml produclions. ieminisl appeaE to an.lvzc

$ofren in literarl texr. According ro Tysan

ii

her bo.k Crirical lheoN lod.vr A

Userf.iendh Guide. "ieminisr criricism examines dre ruys in whicn

lnd,turt (dd

orhcr cuLtural productiont rcinlorccs or undcrnines rhe economic, political, soci3l,

and psrchologicaloppression olwomon'(2006:3:l) llere,thewritcrNillinveeisaie

the gender isue aboul oppression olqonren by metr through rhe p.nrait oflemalc

chdactea by usine feminist litemry

citichn

in a

pl,r

Tirus Andronicus by william

ShrkesperE, \ince rhe _tldr' sh.rvs a lor dl .Ftftssion rorvad the female chakctffs.

ln tnis anallsi. the writerapplies $e aemlnht litenry critickn lhat pmp.sdd

by Chcri RcEhFrb analyze litus Andrcnicus by

Wiilin

Shakespea.e. Regist((in

Donovdn. 1975), delines rhar _"leminis dririci5m halhree didind slbdivisi.ns. each

$irh iis

orn

hrgct:

(l)

lne daLl,sis

.l rlt

imaaes of Nomcn. nearl] dl*ays

d

jt

appeaN in *orks by male audrosiand (2) th€ exafrinrti.n

.l

exislins criricism

ol

female autho^, rnd

(i)

ir is atrescriprive crnicism that anemps to ser sbdads for

itemture rhal is good rr.m a teminGt

vieRroilf

(p.2). _{Thc Rrncr} locLses her

1,xlJ

i

o

r\e'rnber'hree.o re\e,

.l'e pLa. .

!rego"z'i,i.

Jro

o.

rrnir rs

pcBDedtive. wheiher ir is . _{sdod or} n.i.

Shakesp*E is one

ollhe

lamous playavriehc

ii

his hislory unril nosr his

works are lhe be$ in world of litentuE. Iirus ndronicus was wifien in very

e.rl'

CEAPTER 4

CONCLUSION

Titts Andtunicus is on€ of th€ nost tEgic

pht

by Sheksp@: il

ontonte

muder

od

olhd

oin.s.

The plsy is @nsidd€d

s

afeled _{by the} patrimhat outtuE vhich @nsl6ins rne a.ddle chaEcter ro be doninal€d by hate chsEctm, Sine matc

k exp<ded

b

b€ rhe nost p.we.tul

pssn

in th. wo.td !o mote ponen ini€rior dttu

Shat6p@e na uniqE

eys

b

expBs his fetins thmogh thc t$g.dy on rhe plar _{which con@ms} 06 rh. chrllhse

berftd

ne.

sd wodd

in poN6. He cMles

two femab

cnmctd;

TmoB

sd

kvini4

in wh'ch

Tmo6

_h rhe

pEgrjon

of

m,jo. ferole chmce. &d Lavinia is lne ftinor o.e. ft€

kit€r

s€ah

lne

qon6,s

libeation novenenl droush the

potuil

ol fenal€

chaetc6 TmoE

ed kvinia

qirich is

diEily

or

indi@lly, p€rfoms the opposirion upon mrle. ShatesDaF

cMres

tnlt

lhe f€D.lc

chd.16

do tnc

dd

10

relgs

inenFlv€s

6.m

the

6Fictio.

of

m...

bul it <les nolsuc...d- Fi^tly,

Sbsldper

pEhts

bis

f@ite

chm.les

s

wsl

ad

submissive wonen,

$

rhlr th€y @ domi.ar€d by the nol€

power. S@n<Iln tbey

N

_sivon

.

chacc ro .hallmge lhe oppre$ion. Thidly,

hovryer, lhey arc made sudenderd lo thc powe. oflh€ md, in inis

w

Titus.

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