among men, such in unions, professions, universities, churches, and armies 1993: 14-15.
In the patriarchal system, Alberdi says, the genders have been hierarchically structured from the superiority and dominant by the masculine gender over feminine
gender. In this system, the position and the social status of the female are lower than male. Moreover, Alberdi mentions that gender violence is a central element in the
patriarchal system which maintains the relations of dominations and inequality between
men and
women, based
on physical
and psychological
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C. Theoretical Framework
There are some theories and reviews needed in order to find the answers of the questions in the problem formulation. They are theory of character and
characterization, theory of deconstruction, and also theory of gender stereotype. Otherwise, the views are about view of binary opposition.
The theory of character and characterization is needed because it is significant to analyze the main characters and how they are characterized in this play, so that
their characteristics are also figured out as the finding of their characterization. It is suitable to answer the first question in the first problem which concerns on the
characteristics of the main characters. The next theory is deconstruction theory. This theory is necessary because it
has role to ‘deconstruct’ the gender stereotype. This theory is used as the base to PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
examine the gender stereotype from a different perspective, and uncovered the hidden meaning implied in gender stereotype. In order to have clear picture of
deconstruction, the view of deconstruction is added. This view is used to give the background idea about deconstruction since it is used as the basic point of view in
doing the analysis of this study. The next is the view on binary opposition. The essence of this view is similar
with the view on deconstruction. This view is used to give background of knowledge or the idea about binary opposition.
The next is gender stereotype theory. This theory is also important because it has role to explain the stereotype of gender that has been developed in the society.
The last theory is theory of patriarchy. This theory supports the theory of gender stereotype because the stereotypes of gender are mostly formed in patriarchal society.
