44 Margaret that she was an insufferable person. Even though Denis tried to
stop her, but Margaret was unstoppable for the sake of duty. Scene : 402
Time : 00:39;58,392-00:40:13,248 “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 ”
Margaret has also reaped the negative reactions from several members of parliament and members of her party. One of the very nasty
reactions from the very closest partner in the parliament is Howe’s reaction. After several differences point of view between Margaret and
Howe, finally, in 1990 Howe gave his letter of resignation in front of the cabinet.
Scene : 966 Time : 01:24:54,560 - 01:25:34,743
My letter of resignation. Our differences, Im afraid,
cannot be reconciled
.
In his letter of resignation, Howe sadly said his deep regret on his useless loyalty so far.
Scene : 966 Time : 01:24:54,560 - 01:25:34,743
“I have done what I believe to be right for my party and my country. The time has come for
others to consider their own response to the tragic conflict of loyalties with which I have
myself wrestled for perhaps too long”. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
45 Some of this reaction from her closest people around her shown
how suffer Margaret was. She could greatly win in maintaining the dignity of the nation, but at the same time, she could not maintain the unity of the
closest people to her.
2. External Reactions
The reactions of people in The Iron Lady movie not only came from the closest people around Margaret, but the reactions also came from
the outside of her party and even from the wide public. The reactions happened in both words and actions of people either in the soft form or
even in the harm form. The softest
reaction from the wide public to Margaret’s decisions came from the oppositional parties which represented by Michael Foot in
the form of general speech and publish on mass media in 1980. Scene : 645
Time : 00:58:35,748 - 00:59:16,387
“Can the Right Honourable Lady deny, that having brought about the highest level of
unemployment since 1934-
The biggest fall in total output in steel and coal production in one year since 1931. And the
biggest collapse in industrial production since 1921.
Can she also accept that her free market economics designed to create a growing middle
class ensures that the rich get richer and the poor are irrelevant
” PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
46 Another reaction from the external side of her personal life which
was containing both words and action happened in 1980. The reactions we
re done in order to reject Margaret’s monetarist policies and the tight budget. There were hundreds of people down the street to the
demonstration in front of the parliament office. Even some of the protesters beat the car of Margaret when Margaret was passing by the
demonstrators. Scene : 655
Time : 00:59:16,422 - 00:59:27,302
PROTESTORS: Out... Out... Out...Maggie... Maggie... Maggie.
Out...out... out. One of the protesters is shouting out these
words.
PROTESTOR 1: Youre supposed to be a mother Youre not a
mother, youre a monster Youre a monster
The very harm ful reaction happened when her party’s conference
was held at Grand Hotel in Brighton, 1984. Fortunately, no one died in this incident. Margaret and Denis were also saved. However, this incident
resulted in big materials losses. Based on all the reactions of people above, both internal reactions
and external reactions people could understand the reasons why Margaret Thatcher
generally known as “Iron Lady”.
Some of the reasons that affected on Margaret decisions were not only because her political ambition but also
because of her father Alfred Robert ideology. According to the theory of social reactions by Becker 1963, Margaret has shown as a primary deviance through
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her actions and policies. Primary deviance is an episode of deviant behavior that many people participate in. Margaret Thatcher became a ‘different woman’ at
that time because it was already forming in her family background, especially by her father.
In the very beginning of The Iron lady movie clearly told that Margaret was different from the others girl in her period of life. She did
not like to help her mother in the kitchen. She also did not like the activities and the way of dressing by other girls in her town. Instead of
fussing for dressing up like others girls, Margaret prefers to listen to her father’s speech as mayor of Grantham. Margaret greatly admired her
father. One of her father’s quotations that deeply inherent to Margaret is; “Never run with the crowds, Margaret.
Go your own way”
These words drive Margaret in her unshakeable decisions. She was really an unwavering leader. She was a true
“The Iron Lady”. However, the instrumental song of Ave Maria at the end of this movie is illustrated
that Margaret was a suffering mother and leader. She was a mother that was fighting and suffering at the same time. She was glorious but
abandoned also. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
