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Table 3.2 Types of People Reactions on Margaret’s Political Decisions.
N o
People Reaction
Setting of Place
Context Types of Reaction
Internal Reaction
External Reaction Family
Party Words
Actions Mass
Media Wide
Rebellion Action
1 CAROLS utter
disappointment on seeing she
has lost MARGARET
already. CAROL:
Silly me CAROL storms
out of the kitchen.
Kitchen. Flood
Street. 1974
Carol’s response to
Margaret’s decisions to
run for the leader of
the party
2 DENIS
Youre insufferable,
Margaret, do you know that?
Kitchen. Flood
Street. 1974 Denis’
response to Margaret’s
decisions to run for the
leader of the party
3 MARGARET
Denis, you married
someone who is committed to
public service, you knew that.
And it is my duty
4 DENIS
Dont call it duty. Its
ambition which has got you this
far. Ambition. And the rest of
us, me, the children, we
can all go to hell
Dont worry about me, Ill
be fine
TOTAL
In gathering the data needed, the researcher was supported by some supporting instruments, such as electronic devices, that consisted of laptop
and speaker, also media player used to play the movie. The researcher PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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movie transcript.
F. Research Procedure
There were several steps the researcher did in order to finish this research. The first step was watching the movie for several times, and then
finding the official transcript on the internet. The second step was the researcher make sure whether the movie’s transcript are similar with the
movie’s subtitle or not, then the researcher collecting all the languages used by Margaret Thatcher in that movie. The third step was the researcher
understanding the language used by Margaret Thatcher, understanding the four characteristics of post-feminism, and the researcher categorizing the
language used by Margaret Thatcher into four post-feminist characteristics. After the categorization, the researcher has some
discussions with some colleagues about the categorization part. The researcher also has some consultations with the thesis advisor. Besides, the
researcher also has some discussion with the social media friends Face Book’s friends in order to validate the data gathering. The discussion was
done to gain the same perception of post-feminism characteristics that revealed in the language used by Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady
movie. After the post-
feminism characteristic’s categorization, the researcher would analyze the types of social reactions of the people around
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needed, the researcher has done the same steps with the post-feminist categorizations.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the discussion of research that had been done by the researcher. The analysis firstly focuses on how post-feminism
theory through the post-feminism characteristics applied in the language used by Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady movie. Secondly, the analysis
concentrates on the social reaction of Margaret Thatcher ’s decisions.
A. Post-feminist Characteristics in Margaret Thatcher’s Language
Through the language used by Margaret in the The Iron Lady movie, the researcher has found that Margaret was indeed applied post-
feminism theory in the way she interacts with others gender. The researcher found that Margaret applied the post-feminism theory through
fourth characteristics of post-feminist; general rejection of second wave feminism, female identity crisis, focuses on the individual, and revival of
traditional femininities. The table below will explain the founding.
Table 4.1. Number of Occurrences of Post-feminist Characteristics
Number of Occurrences
Post-feminism Characteristics General
Rejection of Second Wave
Feminism Female
Identity Crisis
Focus on the Individual
Revival of Traditional
Femininities
21 Occurrences 3 Occurrences
36 Occurrences 23 Occurrences
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