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The purpose of this research is to analyze women's struggle to achieve their dreams. The researcher wants to analyze the fight of the woman, Gertrude, especially on how she fights for her career and also how she manages to be a pioneer in the field of women's equality. This research uses liberal feminist theory as the main theory and film theory as the supporting theory. . The researcher finds that everyone, without exception, must struggle to achieve their life goals.
In this movie, Gertrude Bell shows the struggle even though she possesses the intelligence, the beauty and even the wealth.
Background of Study
This film is based on the true story of Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire at the turn of the 20th century. Ultimately, she was loved by all Bedouins because of her care for them. Queen of the Desert tells us about Gertrude Bell's biography; how Gertrude Bell struggled from a restrained woman to an independent woman who was crowned 'the noble lady'.
This movie told us the struggle of a woman, Gertrude, from nothing to finally become a hero for the country in the Middle East area, especially in Iraq and Jordan. Queen of the Desert is directed by Werner Herzog and produced by Benaroya Pictures and Evolution Entertainment. This film was first released on February 6, 2015 in Berlin and on April 14, 2017 in the United States.
Basically, the movie Queen of the Desert not only conveys the issue of gender, but also the issue of political and social class. This film tells a bit about the British role in the First World War and the circumstances in Europe and Asia at the beginning of the 20th century. The researcher wants to examine the struggle of women's equality in the movie Queen of the Desert, especially in the character of Gertrude.
Smith says in "The Image of Woman in Film" that many films generally portray women as confused, helpless and in danger, or passive, or as a purely sexual being (as quoted in Thornham. The Qur'anic verse above explains that man or woman, male or female is not different in the view of the Almighty God. Allah as the Almighty God has also said in the famous Qur'an, Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 73.
The verse of the Holy Qur'an above explains that hypocrites and people who associate Allah Almighty with others, whether male or female, are the same. Finally, in this research, the researcher analyzes the equality shown by the female characters in the movie "Queen of the Desert", especially Gertrude Bell. The researcher wants to examine how Gertrude Bell is in her political struggle and how she manages to help the Bedouin in the name of humanity.
Research Question
The researcher also analyzes the factors of the female characters which appear from the dominant character in this film.
Objectives of Study
Significance of Study
Then, the researcher can finally see Gertrude Bell's struggle to become a heroine in this film, using liberal feminist theory. For the audience, this research can explain the use of liberal feminist theory in this film. In addition, if they want to use this film as a subject of research, this research can be one of the literature reviews.
Literature Review
Although it has the same theory, this research has different aspects to discuss from the above two researches. This research highlights the struggle of Gertrude Bell's transformation from a helpless woman to a heroine.
Theoretical Approach
Liberal Feminist Theory
Women are not supposed to be in an inferior position or a secondary status in our lives. As human beings, women and men have equal rights, but the above statement explains that women are only dependent on men (Barker, 2004: 68). Equal opportunity and right means that women also have the right to what men can do and have opportunities like men without violating her nature.
Rosemarie Tong said that women need places where they can maintain their public persona, among family and friends, to shed their public persona and save their private life as a woman (2009: 12). Theoretically, liberal feminism argues that gender differences are not based on biology and therefore women and men are not so different – their common humanity supersedes their reproductive differentiation (Lorber, 2007: 9). Carter explained that feminist is divided into two stages, the first wave and the second wave.
It becomes the most important factor for women to try to develop a comprehensive narrative about women's subordination and becoming liberated women. Meanwhile, the second wave is influenced by various liberalist movements and sexual differences, which take center stage. It differs from the first wave and the second wave because it concerns women's question about their identity and what they want, which has never been answered before (Tong, 2009: 9).
So if women are given equal treatment to men Program Result will be equal performance Goal. However, the term "equality" does not mean that women are the same as men in every sector. Regarding the above three elements, the concept of equality can be said that the axiom is the nature of women.
Therefore, each of these issues must be considered in terms of the concept of equality itself (Hughes, 2002: 36). Madsen states in her book “Feminist Theory and Literary Practice” about the Declaration of the Sentiment, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, which is also about equality, that “we take this truth for granted: that all men and women create equally.
Film Theory
Method of Research 1. Type of Research
Data Sources
Data Collection Technique
By analyzing it with a mise-en-scene, the researcher can see what meaning it might convey. Then the researcher also writes down the events to describe the plot and summary in the second chapter. In short, the researcher writes down part of the conversation from the film and places it in the third chapter as evidence to strengthen the research.
Then the researcher also sets several scenes which support the variable and strengthen the analysis in pictorial form, as evidence and collection of data material.
Data Analysis Technique
The aim of this research is to discover the political career of Gertrude Bell and how she becomes a heroine. Before that, she went on an archeological trip to the desert of a Bedouin tribe, and because of her hospitality, the Bedouins loved her.
Thesis Organization
Conclusion
In fact, Gertrude Bell is from the wealthy family and this privilege most women cannot receive. It can be used if the readers know that women and men have equal nature (axiom).
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