Sukham, Joanna Deborah (2013) Social Condition of Women in the 19th Century America as Seen through the Portrayal of the Protagonist in Kate Chopin's the Awakening. Aurora, 1 (2). pp. 116-128. ISSN 2337-5469
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Abstract
This study is aimed at finding out how an unsatisfactory marriage influences the characteristics of a person and at the same time reveals a lot of things about the social pressure and the unfair treatment towards women in the 19th century America. In conducting the study, the library research is used. Kate Chopin's The Awakening is chosen because the novel clearly describes the social pressure and the unfair treatment experienced by women in the 19th century America through the portrayal of the protagonist. In this novel, the protagonist Edna Pontellier is an American woman who experiences an unsatisfactory marriage and therefore undergoes some developments in her characteristics. The result of the study clearly shows that the unsatisfactory marriage, the trigger that changes the protagonist's characteristics, is also the representation of the social pressure experienced by women in the 19th century America if viewed from a bigger sequence. This is closely connected with the purpose of the author, that is, to give the readers a new perspective on how to fight for rights and freedom.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | portrayal of the protagonist, unsatisfactory marriage, unfair treatment, social pressure, 19th century America |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
| Depositing User: | Perpustakaan Maranatha |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2017 05:14 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2017 05:14 |
| URI: | http://repository.maranatha.edu/id/eprint/22633 |
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