1.2 Reason for Choosing the Topic
Literary work can be an appropriate medium to reveal social phenomena and historical happening in people’s life of any ages. Therefore, literature can be a
mirror of a certain event that happened in the past or is happening at present time. Movie is one of the literary works in the audiovisual form which presents a story
of man and his life just as a novel and drama do. Cold Mountain is a movie which reveals problems that happened in
America society during the Civil War in 1864. The problems during the American Civil War at that time caused many changes in the society, for example the
uncertainty of economic, law, political lives, and social roles of men and women. One of the interesting changes raised during the war is the role of women.
Considering the importance to discuss the shift in women’s role in the movie, the writer assumes that the movie is advantageous to be analyzed. At this
movie, we can see the hardship experienced by the female characters that are caused by the changes of the social condition during the war. Thus, the writer
intends to analyze the social problems faced by women during the hard situation of the war and the shift in women’s role revealed in this movie.
1.3 Statements of the Problem
In this final project, the writer has limited the discussion of the movie by presenting the following problems:
1 What are the social problems faced by women during the American Civil
War in 1864 in Cold Mountain?
2 How do the female characters’ attitudes and behaviors in the movie reflect
the shift in women’s role?
1.4 Objective of the Study
Related to the problems above, the purpose of the study can be elaborated as follows:
1 To find out social problems faced by women during the American Civil
War in 1864 in Cold Mountain. 2
To discuss female characters’ attitudes and behaviors in the movie reflecting the shift in women’s role.
1.5 Significance of the Study
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