Revival of Traditional Femininities
36 Through this language, Margaret looks happy to live as a
traditional woman; wife and mother. She actually can just ask one of her family assistances to buy some milk for her, but she was happy to do it
herself. Besides, Margaret was also shown through The Iron Lady movie that her status as Prime Minister cannot be an obstacle for her to be a good
wife. This can be seen in the most touching words she said to Reece and Airey when they wanted Margaret to change some of her appearances.
They asked Margaret to let her hat go and also the pearls wear in her neck. Scene : 462
Time : 00:43:51,226 - 00:44:09,203 “Gentlemen, I am in your hands. I may be
persuaded to surrender the hat. But the pearls were a gift from my husband on the birth of our
twins and they are absolutely non-negotiable ”.
Through this language, Margaret proved to everybody that for her, the family was as important as the political career. Her motherly attitude
did not appear in her family only but also shown in her political decision. She felt that she was not only a mother of her own children; Carol and
Mark, but she was also a mother of every Britain’s citizens. This was
proved by her action to Falkland. She did not care about the thousands of miles distance from the mainland of Britain. She did not care also about
how many citizens were there in Falkland, even General Haig told her about the insignificant of Falkland both politically and economically. Her
cabinet also asked her to think of the peace negotiation. Scene : 809
Time : 01:11:20,874 - 01:11:49,056 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
37 “1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. Did
America go cap in hand and ask Tojo for a peaceful negotiation of terms? Did she turn her
back on her own citizens there because the islands were thousands of miles from mainland
United States? No, no, no We will stand on principle or we shall not stand at all”.
Another most touching scene about her relationship between the citizens of Britain was shown when she has to encourage the families of
the armies sent to Falkland. She wrote a handwriting letter for all the families of the armies.
Scene : 867 Time : 01:15:37,249 - 01:15:50,356
“As the only Prime Minister in the history of our country who is also a mother with a son of
my own, I can imagine your agony, and your grief
”. At the end of The Iron Lady movie, Margaret in her imagination
conversation ’s with her husband said that all she wanted in her life was to
make a difference in the world and to make her family happy. Margaret was a real and great Prime Minister and also a real and great mother.