The other study, which also related to this study, is the undergraduate thesis by Desy Pramusiwi from Sanata Dharma University in her undergraduate
thesis entitled “Revealing Consequences of Practicing Liberal Feminist Ideas as
Experienced by The Main Character Noe Ito in Harumi Setouchi’s Beauty in Disarray
”, she stated on her undergraduate thesis as seen in quotation below, Noe Ito was the courageous woman who devoted her life for the sake of
emancipation of woman, attempting to resolve social problems, struggling for women movement, and anarchist movement. As the culmination of all
of her actions, the consequence she had to bear was that those led her to the end of her life. Pramusiwi, 2005:82.
It means, the study is about to reveal the consequences that the main character had as the result of practicing feminist ideas.
Unlike the previous studies, this study does not only analyze the ideas of feminism but also the patriarchal practice reflected through the characters in the
play.
B. Review of Related Theories
Theories are needed as the tool to analyze the work or to become the basic thought of the analysis. There are two theories used in this undergraduate thesis,
the first is theory of characters in drama, the second is theory of feminism.
1. Theory of Character and Characterization
Character is one of the important parts in the play. Characters in fiction do the interacting like in the real life. They show specific character
’s traits from one to another in the story. Abrams stated in A Glossary of Literary Terms,
Characters are the persons in a dramatic or narrative work, endowed with moral and disposition qualities that are expressed in what they say i.e. the
dialogue, and what they do i.e. the action. The grounds in a character’s
temperament and moral nature for his speech and action constitute his motivation. Abrams, 1981:25
Abrams’s explanation is understandable; the persons who presented in a play or narrative work have moral and certain type of person. They express their
manner from their speech, their gesture in the play. Thus, the characters in play are alive through the way they act and converse to the other characters.
The main character is the most important character in the story but he or she cannot stand on his or her own character. He or she needs other characters to
deliver the message of the story. The writer supports the explanation by underlying
Roger B. Henkle’s statement in Reading a Novel, he describes characters as a major and secondary character. Major characters are the most
significant and important in a literary work, he states “the complexity of their characterization, the attention given certain figures and the personal intensity that
a character seems to transmit” Henkle, 1978:88. The major characters can express and dramatize the human issues of the literary work and it will determine
its effectiveness. On the other hand, secondary characters serve functions that are more restricted. It means, the characters usually appear in a certain setting and
may become the background of the major characters. The function of secondary characters is to place the world of the literary work. Thus, the roles of secondary
characters are less important than major characters Henkle, 1977:87-101. Christopher Russel Reaske in his book How to Analyze Drama stated there
are six devices of characterization 1966:46-48. They are, a.
The appearance of the character
