33 to be able to prove to the world around her that she could. In addition,
Margaret proved her capability in the real action she did during her lifetime as a Prime Minister. She did her duty in totality. All that she seeks
the most was the best thing for her lovingly country and her people. She wanted all people were happy with her party services.
Scene : 695 Time : 01:01:18,272 - 01:02:05,667
“Gentlemen, if we don’t cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes the medicine is harsh but the
patient requires it in order to live. Shall we withhold the medicine? No we are not wrong.
We didn’t seek election and win in order to manage the decline of a great nation.
The people of this country chose us because they believe we can restore the health of the
British economy and we will do just that Barring a failure of nerve
”. M
argaret’s bravery and ambition were equipped with her unwavering firmness. She holds the basic principle of her party tightly.
Her decisions were unshakeable. This can be seen in some of her controversial decisions. One of them is when the Falkland War happened
in 1982. One of her most trusted man, namely Geoffrey Howe asked her to think twice about the cost of sending 28,000 men and a hundred ships
twelve thousand miles, almost to Argentina. He said that it will be absolutely crippling. However, Margaret over unpredictable answer,
Scene : 795 Time : 01:10:24,614 - 01:10:28,173
“I dont think we should be worrying about money at this point, Geoffrey”.
34 In the same time, without any doubt, Margaret publicly announced
that; Scene : 799
Time : 01:10:37,744 - 01:10:47,294 “The government has now decided that the
large task force will sail, as soon as all preparation are complete
”. That quotation proved that Margaret Thatcher applied post-
feminism theory through the focus on the individual characteristic of the theory of Braithwaite 2004. Margaret never stops at the one point of
achievement. She is a woman that always focuses on the goal of her life.
2. Revival of Traditional Femininities
The Iron Lady movie begins with the elderly Margaret in a department store near to her house buying some milk. In the next scene,
she was having breakfast while having a warm conversation with her husband Denis. It seems that they live in a real life. In fact, Denis is alive
in her imagination only. However, in her elderly time, Margaret looks like ordinary women in general. The greatness of a Prime Minister that
admired by the people in the entire of the world disappeared in her simplicity of life. She took care of her family with love. She did
housework like every wife or mothers do. Those attitudes shown by the elderly Margaret were known as one
of the post-feminist characteristics. The characteristic was namely revival of traditional femininities. There were some aspects of the revival of
35 traditional femininities. Those aspects are motherhood and domesticity-
men, children, family, and life at home, which is not in the plot of feminism Faludi, 1992, p.287. This characteristic was also fighting for a
normal family life as it should be. On one side a mother could have a brilliant career outside the home, but on the other hand, she can also
become a brilliant mother and wife inside the home. Those aspects were
applied in Margaret language used in The Iron Lady movie. Almost the entire time of her elderly life was spent in fantasy. She
lived as an ordinary woman who went to the store to buy her own need. Doing everything for her husband, even to choose what clothes fit her
husband. The warm family’s conversation between Margaret and her
daughter were also proved her traditional femininities character. It can be seen on the scene when her daughter Carol came to visit Margaret. One of
her house assistances told Carol that Margaret went out herself to buy some milk. Carol told Margaret that if she needs something, she could ask
one of her assistance for help. However, Margaret told that she did not for the knackers yet, she can still do many things by herself.
Scene : 131 Time : 00:14:06,485 - 00:14:36,272
“If I can’t go out to buy a milk then what is the world coming to. Really Carol, please don’t
fush about it. You’ve always been like this, fuss fuss fuss. You must find something better to do
with your time. It’s most unattractive in a woman. When I was your age the last thing I
wanted to do was fuss around my mother”. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
36 Through this language, Margaret looks happy to live as a
traditional woman; wife and mother. She actually can just ask one of her family assistances to buy some milk for her, but she was happy to do it
herself. Besides, Margaret was also shown through The Iron Lady movie that her status as Prime Minister cannot be an obstacle for her to be a good
wife. This can be seen in the most touching words she said to Reece and Airey when they wanted Margaret to change some of her appearances.
They asked Margaret to let her hat go and also the pearls wear in her neck. Scene : 462
Time : 00:43:51,226 - 00:44:09,203 “Gentlemen, I am in your hands. I may be
persuaded to surrender the hat. But the pearls were a gift from my husband on the birth of our
twins and they are absolutely non-negotiable ”.
Through this language, Margaret proved to everybody that for her, the family was as important as the political career. Her motherly attitude
did not appear in her family only but also shown in her political decision. She felt that she was not only a mother of her own children; Carol and
Mark, but she was also a mother of every Britain’s citizens. This was
proved by her action to Falkland. She did not care about the thousands of miles distance from the mainland of Britain. She did not care also about
how many citizens were there in Falkland, even General Haig told her about the insignificant of Falkland both politically and economically. Her
cabinet also asked her to think of the peace negotiation. Scene : 809
Time : 01:11:20,874 - 01:11:49,056 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
