25 Lady movie to colle
ct the data from Margaret Thatcher’s language and actions. The movie’s transcript consisted of 96 pages and was taken from
http:goodinaroom.comwp-contentuploadsIron-Lady-screenplay.pdf. The script that was found and the dialogue in the movie transcript were not
as much as the dialogue in the movie. That is why the researcher combined both the script and the movie
’s subtitle when gathering the data needed. However, most of the data were taken from the movie’s transcript.
The researcher selected the language of Margaret Thatcher that will be used to find out the answer of the first research question. However, for
the answer of the second research question, the researcher selected all the reactions of people around to her political decision; both in the form of
actions and words. Besides the used of human instrument and document, the researcher also used checklist and table in order to categorize the data
needed.
E. Data Analysis Technique
The data collected in this research were analyzed to answer the questions formulation. The first research question in this research was to
present the post- feminism’s ideology through Margaret Thatcher’s
interaction with another gender. The language used and the action done by the character will be classified based on Braithwait
e’s theory of post-
feminist characteristics. Those characteristics are; General rejection to
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the second wave feminism, female identity crisis, focus on the individual, and revival of traditional femininity.
The second research question was to present the factors that affect the social reaction to the Margaret Thatcher’s political decisions. The
language used and the action done by the character will be analyzed according to Howard Becker’s theory.
There were two tables made by the researcher to gain the data from the movie’s transcript. The first table is used to analyze the post-feminist
characteristics represent in the language used by Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady movie. The second table is used to analyze the social reaction
by the people around to her political decisions.
Table 3.1 Post- feminism Characteristics Applies in Margaret’s Languages
No Margaret’s
Language Setting
of Place Context
Post-feminism Characteristics General
Rejection of Second Wave
Feminism Female
Identity Crisis
Focus on the
Individual Revival of
Traditional Femininities
1 How much is
the milk? Shop
Old Margaret going out to buy
some milk
2 Too much.
Much too much butter.
Kitchen Old Margaret
having breakfast with her husband
3
Milk’s gone up.
4
49p a pint.
5 Eat your egg
6
No no no no. The grey
Bedroom Old Margaret is
standing in front of a wide
cupboard and Denis’ hand
reaches across, wavering between
jackets of brown tweed and grey
twill
7 Yes.
Definitely the grey.
TOTAL Occurrences
Occurrences Occurrences
Occurrences
