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Even when Polly grows up into an independent woman and also a good piano teacher, her good behavior never change at all. And also her natural shyness that
caused her frequent panic among so many strangers still never changes. But, from surveying people in the city, Polly already transformed from the gray grub into a
white butterfly. Then, she realizes that she loves Tom, she learned to love him one summer, when he made them a visit. That was before Trix, Tom’s fiancée, caught
him; and when she heard that piece of news, Polly couldn’t unlove him all at once, though she tried very hard, as was her duty. So she put her love away, and tried to
forget it, hoping it would either die, or have a right to live. Though now, Trix leaving him, Polly still loves Tom even though Tom is poor now. Polly still
accompanying the Shaw family till they become more success and finally Tom and Polly get married.
B. Approach of the Study
This study uses a feminist approach to analyze the work of literature.Feminist theory is used to complete the approach of this paper. Feminist theory is away in
determining women as the subject in social and political view revolving equality between women itself and men.
A focus on considering women as the subject of the analysis which may necessarily exclusive Beasley, 1999: 117. It means that women are considered as
the exclusive subject. This part shows that women are considered as exclusive subjects which can be analyzed.
Several typical debates – especially around whether feminism has or should have an abiding core, the degree of social change envisaged, and the extent to
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which feminism ‘belongs’ to women to the exclusion of men Beasley, 1999: 117. It means that women are considered as passive and the opposite of men.
An inclination to propose how things ought or ought not be, revolving around resistance to power and the privileging of men Beasley, 1999: 117. It means that
men have more power and privilege than women in the society. A feminist approach is used in this study to show women as the subject, reveal
that women ought not follow the society perspectives about ideal women, and explore the Polly’s character whether she will follow the perspective about ideal
woman or not. The main character in the novel is the center focus as the subject of feminism. In the story, the main character shows issues that are worth to discuss
in the feminist approach. The reflection of stereotypical idea about woman is exposed in the novel that can influence the main character. This stereotypical idea
about ideal woman affects the main character further.Literary work is an important object to unveil images of women. In order to do this, feminist
approach can be relevant to dispute and question about the images of women. Thus, the final discussion can affect society. Barry argues in his book Beginning
Theory :
This movement was, in important ways, literary from the start, in the sense that it realized the significance of the image of women promulgated by
literature, and saw it as vital to combat them and question their authority and their coherence. In this sense the women’s movement has always been
crucially concerned with books and literature, so that feminist criticism should not be seen as an off-shoot or spin-off from feminism which is remote from
the ultimate aims of the movements, but as one of its most practical ways of influencing everyday conduct and attitudes Barry, 2002: 121-122.
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C. Method of the Study
