1 SHELLEY SEGAL’S REBELLION AGAINST RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION IN AN ATHEIST ALBUM
A THESIS
BY:
RUTH MARTHA FEBRINA HUTASOIT REG.NO.110705095
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES ENGLISH LITERATURE
i SHELLEY SEGAL’S REBELLION AGAINST RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN AN ATHEIST ALBUM
A THESIS BY
RUTH MARTHA FEBRINA HUTASOIT REG.NO.110705095
SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR
Dr. Martha Pardede,M.S. Mahmud Arief Albar,SS. M.A
Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
ii Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis of The Sarjana Sastra Examination.
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iii Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial Fulfillment of requirement for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatra Utara, Medan.
The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatra Utara on Tuesday April 28, 2015.
Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatra Utara
Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA NIP.19511013 197603 1 001
Board of Examiners
v AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
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vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, I would like to say thank You to my Savior, Jesus Christ for His love
and grace to me. No words can express my gratitude for everything He has done for me.
Thisthesis is madeonlybecause ofHisgrace, notbecause ofthe greatness ofthe author. I do
really thank You, Lord Jesus who never tired to help me.
This is dedicated to my lovely parents. For my father,Drs.Josia Hutasoit who
never stopped supporting me from the beginning until the end in writing this thesis. For
my mother, Rosida Juwana Sirait, S.KM thank you to your spirit, prays and love to me
in each time. Thank you to be my guardian angel whocare about me and teach how to be
a patient girl. Then, I would like to say thank you to my grandparents who like to
support and prays to me.
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Dr. Martha
Pardede, M.S. and my co-supervisor, Mahmud Arief Albar,SS. M.A who have given my
valueable suggetions, knowledge, and also corrections in writing this thesis.
I also would like to say thank you to Dr. H.Syahron Lubis, MA the Dean of
Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, and Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar,
MS. as the Head of Department of English and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti M.A., Ph.D. as
the Secretary of Department of English and all of the Lecturersin English Literature
viii Thank you to my sweetest sisters, Kiti and Cici, and my brothers Bang Jun and
Muel, and of course tomy the only one nephew, Niel. Thank you to colourful my life so
I can be cheerful in my live.
I would like to thank my best friends in English Department, Greacia (bulek),
Evcis (ecis) and Renatha (rere), all my friends in English Department students class of
2011 and my juniors from ’12, ’13, and ’14 and also Kak Petra and Kak Apri who have
been give inspirations to me. Thank you for Elsa Grace, for our togetherness in during
writing our thesis. And the last but not least, thank you for my bestiest, Raymond A.
Sitorus, S.T who is always with me in hard and happy times in the process of this thesis.
Thank you for the support and prays to me.
The Writter,
ix ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul “SHELLEY SEGAL’S REBELLION AGAINST RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN AN ATHEIST ALBUM” menganalisis tentang pemberontakan Shelley Segal terhadap institusi agama.Album ini terdiri dari tujuh lagu yang dapat dibagi menjadi dua tema penting tentang pemberontakan, yaitu Pemberontakan terhadap Institusi Agama dan Pemberontakan terhadap Peraturan Agama. Dalam pemberontakannya terhadap institusi agama, Shelley Segal terlebih dahulu mengungkapkan pendapatnya terhadap keberadaan Tuhan dalam lagunya yang berjudul I Don’t Believe in Fairies. Dalam lagu Saved, ia menentang akan dogma agama yang menyatakan bahwa manusia membutuhkan penyelamat. Dalam lagu Afterlife, dia memberontak terhadap dogma agama yang menyatakan bahwa ada kehidupan selanjutnya setelah kiamat. Pemberontakan Shelley yang kedua adalah Pemberontakan terhadap Peraturan Agama.Dalam lagu Eve, Shelley memberontak terhadap peraturan agama yang menyatakan bahwa setiap wanita harus tunduk terhadap pria.Dalam lagu
Gratitude, Shelley mengungkapkan bahwa seseorang tidak perlu terlalu beragama jika
ingin berterima kasih.Pemberontakan terhadap Kemunafikan, adalah kritikan Shelley Segal terhadap masyarakat di sekelilingnya yang telah memilih satu agama tertentu tetapi tidak mematuhi peraturannya dalam lagu House with no Walls. Lalu, ia menutup albumnya dengan suatu harapan bahwa ia akan tetap melakukan hal yang baik dalam hidupnya walau tidak memilih suatu lembaga agama apapun yang ditulis dalam lagu
x ABSTRACT
This thesis entitled “SHELLEY SEGAL’S REBELLION AGAINST RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN AN ATHEIST ALBUM” analyze about Shelley segal’s decision in her life towards religious regulations. This album consist of seven songs which can be devided into two principal theme of rebellion, they are Rebellion against Religious Institutions and Rebellion against Religious Regulations. Inher rebellionagainstreligiousinstitutions, ShelleySegalfirstlyexpresses her opiniontowards theexistence of God in her songentitledI Don’tBelieve inFairies. In thesong Saved, sherejects thereligious dogmawhich statesthat people needa saviorin their life. InthesongAfterlife, sherebelagainstthe religiousdogmawhich statesthatthere is a life after the death. The next Shelley’s rebellion is towards religious regulations. In song Eve, Shelley rebel against religious regulations which states that every woman should be submit to the man and Shelley rejects these regulations because she thinks that women have the same position as men. In the songGratitude, she expresses that people not to be too religious in their live to be grateful.
RebellionagainsthypocrisyisShelleySegal’scriticismagainsther surrounding communitieswhohave chosenacertain religionbutdo notobeythe rules as express in the
song House with no Walls. Then, sheclosesthe albumwith a hopethat shewill continueto do good thingsin her life, though not chooseanyreligious institutionwhich writteninthe
xi TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ...v
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ...vi
DEDICATION SHEET ...vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...viii
ABSTRACT ... x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...xi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Problems of the Study ... 4
1.3 Objective of the Study ... 4
1.4 Scope of the Study ... 5
1.5 Significance of the Study ... 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Song as Literary Works... 7
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2.2.1 The Elements of Meaning... 10
2.2.2 Structural Devices ... 11
2.2.3 Figure of Speech ... 12
2.2.4 Sound Devices ... 15
2.2.5 Types of Poems ... 16
2.3 Rebellion ... 18
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE STUDY 3.1 Methodology Research ... 20
3.1.1 Source Data ... 21
3.1.2 Data Collecting ... 21
3.1.3 Data Analysis ... 22
CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTIONS AND FINDINGS 4.1 Rebellion against Religious Institutions ... 23
4.1.1 Rebellious Idea against The Existence of God ... 25
4.1.2 Rebelious Idea against Religious Dogma ... 30
4.2 Rebellion against Religious Regulations ... 41
4.2.1 Rebellious Idea against Religious Regulations ... 41
4.2.2 Rebellious Idea against Hypocrisy ...51
xiii 5.2 Suggestion ... 61
REFERENCES ... 63
