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2 Theoryo fPat irarcha lCutlure ... 11 .
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w ed and fetl ;women neve rgot t he oppo truntiy t o speak .Thi spattern
t u o d e ir r a m o t d a h n e m o w d n a y t e i c o s e h t n i y lr a e l c d e r a e p p
a tot heme ntheydidno t
w o n
k .Whent heymar iredand ilved int hehusband’ shouset heyhadt oobeyt her ule
s i h T . e s u o h t a h t n i e l p o e p l l a d n a d n a b s u h e h t e v r e s o t d a h y e h t , e s u o h t a h t n
i wast he
y e b o s i d o h w s e n o ; y t e i c o s e s e n i h C f o m r o
n e d the r ulewli lgett he punishmentf rom
. y t e i c o s e h t d n a y li m a f e h t
“Women have to respec tthei rhusband ,fathers ,olde rbrothers ,and othe r s
m e h t d n if l li w y e h t ,t o n o d y e h t fi ; s e l a m r o i n e s d e t a l e
r elve sbecomings ocia l s
t s a c t u
o ” (Hsu ,1948 :207 .)
n e m o
W w ere accustomedt okeep slientr athert hanspe ak upt hei rwliilng. I n
l e v o n e h
t SnowFlowe randt heSecre tFan,t hereweresomeswornsister swhocame
s a h c u s k r o w s ’ n e m o w e h t d i d d n
a making embroidery ,sewing ,singing and also
g n it ir
w the women’ ssecre tw iritng .They enjoyed t he itmewhen gathe irng t ogethe r
e h t g n i s s i h d n
a i rsto ires ,much sorrowful t hanj oyful.I n othe rword ,Chinesewomen
d n a e c n e ir e p x e e m a s e h t f o e s u a c e b p i h s d n e ir f d n a p i h s n o it a l e r e s o l c g n i v a h e r e w
y e h t ; y r o t s e fi
l formedemoitona lite swtihothe rwomen( Humm ,1992 :337) .
h
T e novelSnowFlowe randt heSecre tFantellsaboutt hehardl fieo fwomen
d l u o c y e h T . e r u tl u c l a h c r a ir t a p e h t r e d n u d e v il o h
w onlysurvive fit heyf ollowedt he
n i m r o n d n a e l u
r the society . Snow Flowe r and Lliy ah ev dfiferen t famliy
,s u t a t s d n a s s a l c t n e r e f fi d , d n u o r g k c a
b bu tthey could make a good relaitonship
g n ir a h s y e h t e m it e h t h g u o r h t n e e s s i h c i h
w thei rskill stogether ,SnowFlowers hared
li L e li h w s ll i k s g n it ir w d n a t r a r e
r i e h t d e w o h s s r e t c a r a h c h t o b , g n i v
il responsetowardt heoppressionbyt hei rw iritng s
t a h t n a f e h t n
i representedt hei rrejeciton .
w t a h t a n i h C n i n e m o w f o a e d i e h t p u g n ir b o t s t n a w y d u t s s i h
T erer egarded
y ll a u x e s d n a , y ll a c it il o p , y ll a i c o s , y ll a c i s y h p n e m o t r o ir e f n i s
a . The idea tha t
a l p s ’ n e m o
w ce i sin home no tin the pubilc made them more suppressed in the
. y t e i c o
s The nove lha smany valuablet hing sabou tcutlure ,what i shiddenand wha t
. g n i s ir p r u s y r e v s i h c i h w h t u rt e h t s
i Thel eas tbu tnotl as,tt hewrtieri ntends toshare
y e h t w o h d n a n e m o w f o s e v it c e p s r e p e h
t response toward the harsh condiiton in
. m o d e e r f ri e h t t e g o t r e d r
o
.
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e v a h d n a e z y l a n a o t r e ti r w e h t p l e h d n a e d i u g l li w s n o it s e u q e e r h t e s e h T
.l e v o n s i h t n o n o i s s u c s i d r e h tr u f
.
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n a F ?
.
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? s r e t c a r a h c
.
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.
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m e l b o r p e h t n i d e t a t s s n o it s e u q e e r h t e s o h t r e w s n a o t d e d n e t n i s i y d u t s s i h T
n i s r e t c a r a h c e h t f o s c it s ir e t c a r a h c e h t e b ir c s e d o t s i e v it c e j b o t s ri f e h T . n o it a l u m r o f
o t s i e v it c e j b o d n o c e s e h T . y li L d n a r e w o l F w o n S , y r o t s e h
t identfiyt he pracitce so f
n i h
C ese pat irarcha lcutlure .Thi swli lhelp the wrtie rto make a rtustwotrhy study .
o t s i e v it c e j b o d ri h t e h t , n e h
T observether esponseofSnowFlowe randLliyt oward
e c it c a r p e h
t s o fpat irarcha lcutlure which in fac ttormented women physically and
. y ll a t n e
m Those objecitve sare very impo tran tbecause they are related each other ,
e r e h
t sponse i salso affectedbyt hei rcharacte irsitc sand wewli lbe ablet o knowt he
s ’ r e t c a r a h
c characte irsitcsthrought hei rthoughts ,utterances ,andacitonsint hestory .
r w e h
T tie rp utssome women acitvist swhogave grea tcont irbuiton t o women’s l fie .
e h
T ri perspecitve scan be abou twomen’ soppression universally and also abou t
. y ll a c if i c e p s n o i s s e r p p o s ’ n e m o w e s e n i h C
.
D De ifni itono fTerm
.
1 Cutlure :According to Kroeber ,A.L. ,& Kluckhohn ,in hi spape renitlted
A : e r u tl u
C Criitca lReviewo fConcept sandDeifniitonsde ifnest hat"Cutlureconsist s
y b d e tt i m s n a rt d n a d e ri u q c a r o i v a h e b r o f d n a f o , ti c il p m i d n a t i c il p x e , s n r e tt a p f o
f o s t n e m e v e i h c a e v it c n it s i d e h t g n it u ti t s n o c , s l o b m y
s human group ,s i ncluding t hei r
. e .i ( l a n o it i d a rt f o s t s i s n o c e r u tl u c f o e r o c l a it n e s s e e h t ; s t c a fi tr a n i s t n e m i d o b m e
e r u tl u c ; s e u l a v d e h c a tt a r i e h t y ll a i c e p s e d n a s a e d i ) d e t c e l e s d n a d e v ir e d y ll a c ir o t s i h
u d o r p s a d e r e d i s n o c e b , d n a h e n o e h t n o , y a m s m e t s y
( " . n o it c a r e h tr u f f o s t n e m e l e g n i n o it i d n o c s
a Kroebe ,r 1952:47) .Whlie the othe r
, g n i v il r o f s n g i s e d d e t a e r c y ll a c ir o t s i h e s o h t l l a n a e m e w e r u tl u c y B " s i n o it i n if e d
n o it a r n o n d n a , l a n o it a r ri , l a n o it a r , ti c il p m i d n a t i c il p x
e al ,which exis ta tany given
8 7 : 5 4 9 1 , n h o h k c u l K ( " . n e m f o r o i v a h e b e h t r o f s e d i u g l a it n e t o p s a e m
it -105) .
.
2 Patriarchy :Pat irarchyl tierallymeansr ule oft hef atheri namale-dominated
w ( n e m s r e d i s n o c h c i h w t c u rt s n o c l a c i g o l o e d i d n a l a i c o s a s i t I . y li m a
f ho are the
a ir t a
p rchs )a ssupe iro rto women (Ray ,2012:1) .According to Sylvia Walby in
“TheorisingPatriarchy”callsi t“asystem o fsocia lsrtucture sandpracitcesi nwhich
( ” n e m o w t i o l p x e d n a s s e r p p o , e t a n i m o d n e
m Walby ,1990) .Pat irarcha lsocieite s
s n e d r u b d n a y ti li b o m s ’ n e m o w t c ir t s e r h c i h w d o o h r e h t o m f o y g o l o e d i e h t e t a g a p o r p
e h t r u l b s a e d i l a h c r a ir t a P “ . n e r d li h c r a e r d n a e r u tr u n o t s e it il i b i s n o p s e r e h t h ti w m e h t
n e e w t e b n o it c n it s i
d sexand genderandassume t ha tal lsocio-economic andpoilitca l
r a n e m o w d n a n e m n e e w t e b s n o it c n it s i
d er ootedi n biologyandanatomy(Heywood ,
.) 8 4 2 : 3 0 0 2
Pat irarcha lcutlure i sa rtadiitona lpattern which i shisto ircally created in a
t s i s n o c h c i h w p u o r g r o y t e i c o
s s of the attached values ,condtiioning element so f
r o ir e p u s s a n e m t u p t a h t r o i v a h e b e h t r o f s e d i u g l a it n e t o p o s l a d n a n o it c a r e h tr u
f and
n a
c dominate ,oppres sand exploi twomen.Thi spattern become sa system o fsocia l
7 I I R E T P A H C
W E I V E R L A C I T E R O E H T
t n e s e r p l li w r e ti r w e h
T somer eviews t ha tare f ound i nsomep irnted source s
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i .Those review so frelated study contain t he commen to ft he ciritcs and t he
. w e i v f o t n i o p r i e h t n i y r o t s e h t f o s i s y l a n
a The wrtie ralso add ssome relevan t
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t wli lbeusedt oanswert heproblemf ormulaiton .
.
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n a F t e r c e S e h t d n a r e w o l F w o n
S wir tten by Lisa See i sa nove ltha ttell s
t u o b
a the close f irendship between two women in China in 18th century .Snow
e h t e c n e ir e p x e o t e v a h o h w n e m o w e s e n i h C f o s e v il e h t t n e s e r p e r y li L d n a r e w o l F
t o o
f bindingt ha tmucht ormenti , ng andalsot heypresentt her eade rwtiht heri ideao f
e
r jecitontowardpat irarcha lcutlures eent hroughwomen’ ssecre tw iritngi nt herif an .
l e v o n s i h t o t d e t a l e r a t a d t c e ll o c o t d r a h o s d e k r o w d a h e e
S yb rtavelli ng to
n i a e r a e t o m e
r China . Atfe rthe long and it irng research she ifnally go tthe mos t
t e r c e s n e m o w e h t m o r f s i t a h t e fi l s ’ n e m o w f o y r o t s e l o h w e h t ll e t t a h t a t a d t n a tr o p m i
l e v o n s i h t e c n i s p u e m a c s w e i v e r y n a M . e g a u g n a l e s e n i h C n i u h S u N d e ll a c g n it ir w
e s n e s k o o B e h t ,r e ll e s t s e B k r o Y w e N e h t e m a c e b d n a s e ir t n u o c 8 3 o t d l o s n e e b s a h
m u
N be rOne Pick ,and won numerou saward sdomesitcally and internaitonally.
s i y t e i c o s l a h c r a ir t a p e h t o t d e t a l e r s e i d u t s e h t f o e n
O The Response so f
0 2 d i M e h t n i a c i r e m A n i n e m o W t n a r g i m m I e s e n i h
C thCenturyt owardt heDemand s
a s i L n i y t e i c o S e h t f
o See’ sShangha i Gir l w irtten by Emeliya Kumala Sari,
. e r u tl u c e s e n i h C e h t , e r u tl u c d l o r e h g n i v r e s e r p s p e e k e h s , n r e d o m s i e h s h g u o h tl A “
h c i h w r e h o t d e h c a tt a y t e i c o s e h t f o s d n a m e d e h t s t p e c c a o s l a e h s , e r o f e r e h
T arealso
e h t n o d e s a
b Chinese cutlure a she rduites” (Sa ir ,2011 :48) .In the nove lenitlted
,l r i G i a h g n a h
S therei san i mpo tranti dea abou tpat irarcha lvaluewhich exists i nt he
y t e i c o
s wtih two cutlure sinvolved ,Chinese and Ame irca .Women ,no matte rhow
l li t s y e h t , e r a y e h t n r e d o
m have to maintain thei rold cutlure which i sarleady
h g u o h t t a h t s n a e m s i h T . d o o h d li h c r i e h t e c n i s m e h t o t d e h c a tt
a they ah ev abetterl fie
e r u tl u c t n e r e f fi d h ti w e c a l p e h t n i e v il y e h t fi n e v e r
o , ythe cannot f orge to rabandon
ri e h
t Chinesecutlure because tii sa dutyo fal lwoment o keepand preserve i twell .
d o o g e m o c e b o t s e l u r e h t ll a w o ll o f d l u o h s n e m o w , e r o f e r e h
T w e ;om n oneo ftii sfo r
g n i e
b obedient .
y s a e D y b n e tt ir w s i y d u t s r e h t o n
A Ekawat i itlted Orchid’ s Character
s ’ n i M e e h c n A n i e l g g u r t S d n a t n e m p o l e v e
D Empres sOrchid :A Relfeciton o fEarly
. a n i h C n i e l g g u r t S t s i n i m e F
s p i h s d r a h s u o ir a v e h t h ti w r a il i m a f n u t o n s a w n i M , fl e s r e h n a m o w a s A “
r e h r o f d n u o r g k c a b n i a m e h t e m a c e b h c i h w , e fi l n i e c a f o t e v a h n e m o w
y r a r e ti
l works . tIi si nteresitngt owatchhowMin unfold sandmake seffo tr s d n a d o o t s r e d n u s i m y li v a e h s a w o h w r e d a e l a f o y r o t s i h e h t e r o t s e r o t
y r e v a n i e v i v r u s d n a e l u r o t d e ir t e h s e s u a c e b y l n o , d e t c i p e d y l g n o r w
s a s e e s d n a s w o n k e h s t a h w n o d e s a b l e v o n e h t s e ti r w n i M t a h t s w o h s n o it a t o u q e h T
d e ir t e h s e s u a c e b d o o t s r e d n u s i m s a w o h w r e d a e l a t u o b a y r o t s a s ll e t e h S . n a m o w a
t a h w n i r e tt a m o n , n a m o w a t a h t e e s n a c e W . d n a l l a h c r a ir t a p y r e v a n i e v i v r u s o t
s n o it i s o
p he i so rhow i n lfuencingshe i sbut i fshe ilves i n asocietywhere menare
e h s o s n e m o w o t r o ir e p u
s hast oobey.
y b n e tt ir w s e i d u t s e h
T Emeliya and Ekawat iare qutie simlia rto my study
h c i h
w focuse s on women’ sposiiton in a famliy and society tha tsees women a s
y t e i c o s l a h c r a ir t a p e h t n i n e m o t r o ir e f n
i .Chinese women ,even though they are
v
il gi n in a place tha ti scompletely dfiferen tw tih Chinese society ,they have to
f o e u l a v e h t w o ll o f d l u o h s y e h t s n a e m h c i h w e r u tl u c d l o r i e h t p e e k d n a e v r e s e r p
ir t a
p archy .Snow Flowe rand Lliy aret wo o fmliilon so fChinesewomen who ilved
f o n o it a u ti s d r a h e h t s u t n e s e r p y e h T . y t e i c o s l a h c r a ir t a p a n i n o it a n i m o d s ’ n e m r e d n u
y e h t w o h d n a e fi l s ’ n e m o
w survive through the crue lstiuaiton o ff oot binding ,
, e g a ir r a
m f irendship ,and so fotrh .Both character sare l ooking for t hei rfreedom in
n o il l e b e r d n a n o it c e j b o e h t w o h s y e h t s g n it ir w r i e h t h g u o r h t e s a c s i h t n i , y a w r i e h t
. e c a f o t e v a h n e m o w l l a d n a y e h t n o it a u ti s l e u r c d n a r i a f n u e h t d r a w o
t
o t s t n a w r e ti r w e h
T s ytu d women’ sresponses to t he pracitces o fpat irarcha l
, e r u tl u
c h ere the wrtier semphasize son the way the two character srebe lto the
s g n it ir w r i e h t h g u o r h t e r u tl u c l a h c r a ir t a p f o e c it c a r
.
B ReviewonRelatedTheory. .
1 CharacterandCharacteriza iton .
t e n r a
B in hi sbook Ltierary fo rComposi iton de ifned characte rinto two
s g n i n a e
m , the fris ti sa ifgure in a ltierary work and the second i sa ifgure o f
i d e d i v i d t a h t y ti l a n o s r e p s ’ e n o e m o
s nto menta land mora lquail ite .sThere are some
t n a tr o p m
i factors ath tmus tbeconsideredwhent her eaders wantt oknowmoreabou t
n w o s ’ r e t c a r a h c e h t h g u o r h T . s e o d d n a s y a s r e t c a r a h c e h t t a h w e r a y e h t ,r e t c a r a h c e h t
, g n i k a e p s f o y a w d n a e d u ti tt
a w e wli lknow wha tkindo fcharactert ha the observes .
t a h w s i r o t c a f r e h t o e h
T the othe rcharacter’ scommen tand aciton toward the
.) 1 7 : 8 8 9 1 ( r e t c a r a h c
n
I AnI ntroducitont oFiciton ,Stantonstatest hatt het ermcharacteri susedi n
o t s r e f e r y a w s ti d n a ; y r o t s e h t n i r a e p p a o h w s l a u d i v i d n i e h t s e t a n g i s e d t i ,s y a w o w t
o n o it p ir c s e
d fatttiudes ,interests ,desries ,emoitons ,and mora lp irnciple so fthe
o w t o t n i d e z ir o g e t a c e b n a c y r o t s a n i r e t c a r a h c t a h t s d d a e H . ) 7 1 : 5 6 9 1 ( s l a u d i v i d n i
a m : s e p y t t n e r e f fi
d j or characte rand mino rcharacter .Majo rcharacter i sa characte r
e h t , e li h w n a e M . ti n i d e t n e s e r p y lt n e u q e r f s i d n a y r o t s e l o h w e h t e t a n i m o d y a m t a h t
, r e t c a r a h c r e h t o e h t p l e h d n a n i a l p x e o t r e d r o n i d e t n e s e r p s i r e t c a r a h c r o n i m
r e t c a r a h c r o j a m e h t y ll a i c e p s
e (1965 :1 -7 1 8.)
k o o b s i h n i y h p r u
M Understanding Unseen detalied the technique s o f
n u o t s e u q i n h c e t e n i n e r a e r e h T . n o it a z ir e t c a r a h
c derstand acharacter i n astorysuch
, e fi l t s a p , h c e e p s , r e h t o n a y b n e e s s a r e t c a r a h c , n o it p ir c s e d l a n o s r e p r i e h t h g u o r h t s a
. g n i n i a l p m o c t u o h ti w e s u o h e h t e d i s n i s e l u r e h t l l a y e b o d n a e m o h t
a Chinese
pat irarcha lsociety ha smade a disitnciton between men and women in thei rdaliy
o t r e f e r e s a c s i h t n i s e r e h p s e t a v ir p d n a c it s e m o d e h T . s e it i v it c
a the Chinese t erm s
i e
n - iw a mean inne rand outer .Women are assigned to the inne rwhlie men to the
, r e t u
o even t he husbandand wfie arehaving a st irct i nteraciton and areseparated i n
c it s e m o d y l e t e l p m o c e r a h c i h w e s o h t o t d e t a l e r e r a s n r e c n o c s ’ n e m o W . s tr a p y n a m
ilke nu tru irng chlidren ,cooking ,and the othe rhousehold works ;whlie men can
c il b u p e h t e l d n a
h affari silkef armingandr unningbusiness( Chan ,2000 :116 .)
o it a n i d r o b u s s ’ n e m o w d n a y h c r a ir t a p f o a e d i e h t g n it r o p p u
S n to men ,
e l g n ir P d n a l l e w o D c
M fu trhe rstate t hat ,women are no tonly constanlty deifned i n
e d n e p e d s a d e n if e d e r a t u b , n e m o t n o it a l e
r n tandsubordinatet ot hema swell(1992) .
g n i v ir t s d n a n o i s s i m b u s , y ti v i s s a p , s s e n e lt n e g e k il s e it il a u q e ri u q c a o t e v a h n e m o W
r i o v u a e B e d e n o m i S o t r a li m i s y ll a c i s a b s i t n e m e t a t s s i h T . s y a w l a n e m e s a e l p o t
w e i v h c i h w s i s y l a n
a s women a sfundamentally dfiferen tfrom themselves; they are
n e m t a h t s e t a t s ri o v u a e B . t n e d n e p e d e l a m s a y l e k il e r o m t u b e r u t a e r c s u o m o n o t u a t o n
d e d r a g e r e r a s e v l e s m e h t n e m o w d n a , n e m o w y b d e t a n i d r o b u s s i o h w t c e j b u s e h t e r a
.) ii x x : 3 5 9 1 ( e n o r e h t o e h t s a
t s e g n o rt s e h t n e e b s a h y li m a
F universa l uni t in China and since they
e t a i c e r p p
a d famliys ohighlyt hent hepracitceo fpat irarchywli lalway scon itnue itme
e h t o t e c n e i d e b o d n a s s e n e ti l o p r i e h t r o f n w o n k l l e w e r a e l p o e p e s e n i h C . e m it o t
t n I . y li m a f ri e h t o t s s e n l u f h ti a f o s l a d n a r e d l
e r a n e m o w e s u a c e b , y t e i c o s r i e h t s a l l e w s a y li m a f r i e h t m o r f s t n e m t a e rt e m a s e h t
u s s a t s u m d n a n e m o t r o ir e f n
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