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
War can cause many destructions and losses; that is why most people campaign and try to make an end of the existing war as soon as possible. Cold Mountain is a
movie which depicts the war conflicts among the white Americans during the American Civil War in 1864.
The writer chose Cold Mountain to be analyzed because of some reasons. Firstly, it has a historical background that the writer can learn. Secondly, it serves
as an analysis about the shift in women’s role during the American Civil War in 1864 as reflected in Cold Mountain. Then, the writer can learn how people,
especially women, were able to survive during the crisis time. To the readers, the writer hopes that this study will be beneficial as it
provides knowledge of how the shift in women’s role during the wartime was.
Besides, the writer wishes that the movie and the analysis can motivate the readers to learn more about literary works to broaden their knowledge.
1.6 Outline of the Report
In order that the readers more easily comprehend, this final project is systematized as follows:
Chapter I is an introduction. It consists of background of the study, reason for choosing the topic, statement of the problem, the objective of the study,
significance of the study, and outline of the study. Chapter II is review of related literature. In this chapter the writer presents
the elaborations of movie, the American Civil War, women’s role in 19
th
century, social problems, and feminism.
Chapter III presents the methods of investigation that contains object of the study, type of the study, source of the data, method of collecting data,
techniques of data analysis, and techniques of reporting the result of the analysis. Chapter IV reveals and discusses the Social Problems Faced by Women
and Shift in Women’s Role during the American Civil War in 1864 in Cold Mountain.
Chapter V consists of conclusion and suggestion. It presents the conclusion of the whole discussion and provides suggestions to facilitate in
learning this final project.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
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