AN ANALYSIS OF MAIN CHARACTER’S REJECTIONS AGAINST THE STEREOTYPES OF WOMEN IN KATE CHOPIN’S THE AWAKENING

Harsel, Kautsar Natdah and Elfiondri, Elfiondri and Mariati, Mariati (2018) AN ANALYSIS OF MAIN CHARACTER’S REJECTIONS AGAINST THE STEREOTYPES OF WOMEN IN KATE CHOPIN’S THE AWAKENING. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The purpose of the research is to analyze the stereotypes of women in nineteenth century Louisiana America as reflected in the novel The Awakening written by Kate Chopin. The writer studies about the stereotypes of women through female main character and how she rejects women‟s stereotypes. The analysis uses feminism theory. The technique applied is close reading. The results show that the women have four main stereotypes: 1) piety, such as attending Sunday sermon, 2) purity, such as having the art skill in painting, nurturing the children, preparing the meals for children and taking the children to bed, 3) submissiveness, such as receiving the guests, returning the visits of the guests and writing letter to husband, and 4) domesticity, such as looking after the servants. All of the stereotypes result in oppression for the women because they get many responsibilities around the house, so the women reject these stereotypes by denying the status as a mother, enjoying to be alone and making painting as an excuse to abandon the children, denying her marriage, damaging her wedding ring, disobeying her husband’s command, skipping her regular duty to receive the guests, making money and ignoring her husband’s order through the letter and buying a new house to escape from housekeeping duties. Her actions of rejections show that she wants to get the rights to be free to act, to have time for her own pleasure and becomes herself. Keywords: the stereotypes of women, piety, purity, submissiveness, domesticity, rejections

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