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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the introduction of the whole study. This chapter is divided into four parts. It starts with the background of study, which discusses my
reason of choosing this topic. The second part of this chapter is the problem formulation that contains three questions that I would like to discuss. The
purposes of the study are stated in the objectives of the study as the third part of this chapter. The fourth part is the definition of terms.
A. Background of The Study
The number of population in the world is growing rapidly today. From year to year, the numbers of mother give birth their babies is increase. The
number of people will increase, but the place may not be larger. The IDB International Data Base estimates that the total of citizens in the world about
6.952.939.682 in this year 2011. It shows that a lot woman give birth everyday. This condition happened since long time ago.
The position of women was weak. In the traditional society, they only helped their husbands at home. They cooked meals in the kitchen, gave birth
many times, raised the children and deals with the household activities. It also happenned in our society. Javanese people said, “Wong wedok kuwi konco
wingking ” women can only do activities that related with household. Women
are weak, different from men who are strong and powerful.
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This condition is always written in many newspaper, books, poems, novels even in a song. In Indonesia, we have a song, the title is Sabda Alam written by
Ismail Marzuki, which describes the position of women.
“Diciptakan alam pria dan wanita dua makhluk dalam asuhan dewata
Ditakdirkan bahwa pria berkuasa adapun wanita lemah lembut manja”
“Man and women are created by nature, they are in God’s taking care. It is predestination that man are in authority, and the woman are weak.”
This song is an example how is weak women position in men’s view. Psychically women and men are different. However, in fact women are a needed
for men. Men are nothing without women. Especially in the family life, the role of women is very important. They can be a stockholding for their family. Women
organized the whole aspect in the family life, they are a smart people. Today, women realize their ability and their role in this life. Therefore,
there is women emancipation. Women emancipation need long process and it depends from the society. On the other side, many people still cannot accept
women emancipation. As a woman, I feel that women emancipation is very important to show that truly women have a power, ability and role in this life.
Actually, woman emancipation has been begun since long time ago. In Indonesia we have R.A. Kartini as a hero who struggle the women. In Athens, we
have Lysistrata also as a heroine in a war between Athena and Sparta.
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In this study, I bring this case by seeing feminism in Lysistrata Drama Script. The primary data of this study is taken from the Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
written by Dudley Fits in 1954. Why do I choose this script drama as my study? First of all, I am interesting in this story, because this story is famous drama and
have good story. Beside that the story also has strong character. It is seen in Lysistrata character. It is also expressed by her, she says that:
“Only we, women can save Greece” act 16, scene prologue . Her expression, above truly show that she believes women have a power, ability
and power in this life. Second, I live in Javanese culture, which believes that woman is under the men. This script drama also shows women’s problem in daily
life, and women’s love, that is my other reason. This story tells about a woman, Lysistrata. She was a smart and wise
person. When a war between Athena and Sparta happened in her country, she was very sad. She looked that women and child in her country suffered of that
condition. They could not gather with their family, because their husband went to the war. The children could not gather with their father, because of war,
sometimes men were die in the war. Lysistrata began to think how to end the war. Therefore, she invited some women from that country, Athena and Sparta, to
gather in high meeting. In the meeting, they tried to solve the war.
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B. Aims of The Study
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