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10 character, that is a main character should be delved further because its presentation and development can actually shift a person‘s moral values Henkle 1977, p. 87. b. Theory of Characterization By definition, characterization is how a character is presented in a literary work through their action, speech, appearance, and others Baldick, 1996 p. 30. Because every character is presented in their unique ways, it is definite that every character is different. Therefore, it is important to understand the characteristics of a character in order to have a deeper understanding about the character. According to Murphy in Understanding Unseen 1972, there are 9 ways to understand a character through characterizations p. 161 – 173. Six of the ways are presented here. They are character as seen by another, speech, past life, conversation of others, reactions, and thoughts: 1 Character as seen by another: the character is described through the perspective of another character. The description can be either physical or mental description p. 162 – 163. 2 Speech: the character‘s personality is known through his speech and what the character says p. 164 3 Past life: Past life can be used to characterize a character because past life can be us ed to shape the character‘s personality. The past can be either from the character himself or other characters p. 166 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 11 4 Conversation of others: A character‘s personality can also be known through other people‘s words. The conversation about the character from other characters can be used to characterize the person p. 167 5 Reactions: A character‘s reaction through various events and things that happened in the story can be used to give more understanding regarding the character p. 168. 6 Thoughts: a character can be explored through the inner thought of the character himself p. 171 – 172.

2. Patriarchy

Most people know the term patriarchy as a family system where the father is the head of the family, the highest ruling person within the family. However, patriarchy is more than a system within the family. It is a situation where men dominate women in many aspects, with family being one of those aspects Milett 2000, p. 33. According to some scholars, patriarchy has more than one form. Along with Millett‘s definition of patriarchy, Firestone 1972 claims a biological base as the reason of men‘s dominion over women. According to Pilcher and Wheleham, Marxist feminists, patriarchy happens within society in the form of labor. Marxist feminists believe that patriarchy happens due to the labor manipulation within the house, where women are not paid when they work in the house Pilcher Wheleham, 2004, p. 50. There are many different views and perspectives on patriarchy, but they have one thing in common – men‘s dominion over women.