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system takes dominance. The last, the effect of capitalism which has already influenced the way people behave, and it can be seen directly in our surroundings.
Shortly, this topic is a representation of the problem that we are facing in real life. Therefore, I think it is worthy to be discussed furthermore, so that students can
learn something valuable from this movie. Finally, I would like to propose what the beauty really is, so that there will
not be discriminations in women’s life any longer.
1.3 Statements of the Problems
The problems that are discussed in this study can be seen as follows: a.
What are the verbal and non-verbal abuses to denigrate to women as revealed in the film?
b. How do the male characters see beauty in women?
c. What factors caused the men’s narrow-mindedness in seeing women’s
beauty as portrayed in this film?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The purpose or the objectives of the analysis entitled Men’s narrow- mindedness in Seeing Women’s Beauty in ‘Shallow Hal’ Movie that I want to
achieve in this study are systematically stated as follows: a.
To find out male’s negative comments and unpleasant treatments to women.
b. To find out how the male characters see women’s beauty.
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c. To find out the causes of the men’s narrow-mindedness in seeing
women’s beauty as portrayed in this film.
1.5 Significances of the Study
The result of the study hopefully would be useful and are expected to give contribution both practically and theoretically. For the practical level, it could be
specified as follows: a.
To give correct understanding and new perspective about the true beauty. b.
To motivate people to develop nice personality and behavior, so that discrimination and unpleasant treatment can be vanished.
c. To broaden our knowledge about women issues, feminism, and the effect
of capitalism.
1.6 Outline of the Study
This final project is divided into five chapters in which each chapter consists of some subchapters. The following are the explanation of the content of
the chapters, they are: Chapter I is about the introduction of the final project that consists of
background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statements of the problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study and the outline the
study. Chapter II is review of related literature. It explains about the feminism
approaches to literature, including the history of feminism, the definition, the
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specialization, the role, and the goal of feminism. It also explains about the capitalism which is specified into the history, the definition, and the influence of
the capitalism. In addition, it provides discussion about women which will be categorized into women and men characteristics, women and beauty related to
capitalism, men’s narrow-mindedness, women’s self development, and the last is the true of beauty.
Chapter III is about the method of investigation. It is divided into six subchapters, they are research design, object of the study, sources of the data,
types of the data, procedure of collecting data, and the last is technique of analyzing data.
Chapter IV is the result of the analysis. It presents the investigation of the object of the study. It consists of the synopsis of the movie, and the discussion of
the problems as mentioned in the previous chapter. Chapter V is conclusions and suggestions. Sit contains the conclusion of
the study and some suggestions.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW RERELATED LITERATURE
This chapter is discussing about the review related literature which consists of three subchapters, they are feminism, capitalism and women. This review is
underlying the topic of the study. Theories and references are used to support the investigation which is obtained from many deferent sources such as book, the
website, and other scientific materials.
2.1 Feminism
