Background of the Study

literary theory, feminist is a womens movement that occurs almost worldwide. This movement was triggered by the realization that the rights of women equal to men. Diversity and difference objects with theories and methods are the hallmark of feminist studies. In relation to the literature, the relevant fields of study, including: female literary tradition, women authors, women readers, language characteristics of women, and women leaders. In relation to cultural studies, womens issues have more to do with gender equality. Feminist, particularly concerning women ‟s issue in general is associated with emancipation, womens movement demanding equal rights with men, both in politics and economics, as well as socio-cultural movements in general. In the literature, emancipation has been disputed since the 1920s, marked by the presence of novels from Balai Pustaka, by presenting the problems of forced marriage, which was followed in 1930s period that begins with Layar Terkembang by Sutan Alisjahbana. According Salden 1986: 130-131, there are five issues that commonly arise in relation to feminist theory, namely a biological problems, b experience, c discourse, d unconscious, and e socio-economic problems. The most important debates in feminist theory arise as a result of a problem because womens discourse actually pushed out through a discourse dominated by men. Basically feminist theory was brought to Indonesia by A. Teeuw. This fact was also proving that Western theories can be used to analyze the literature of Indonesia, with a note that the theory is a tool, not a goal. Feminist thought about gender equality has been widely accepted and supported by both the women themselves as well as by the male. Support is seen through community acceptance of women in areas previously dominated by men, through writing and media. This study was concerned about the feminism issue of Anne Elliot as the main character in Persuasion novel. The life of Anne Elliot can be interesting to be analyzed extrinsically and intrinsically because she faced conflicts with other characters which make the story interesting; and her appearance seen from three dimensions physiological, psychological and sociological aspect makes her more imagined.

1.2 Problems of the Study

Based on the background stated above, the problems mentioned in this study can be defined into the following questions: 1. How is the main character presented in terms of physiological, psychological and sociological aspect? 2. What sorts of conflicts are faced by the main character in the Persuasion? 3. How is feminism reflected in the main character in Persuasion?

1.3 Aims of Study

The purpose of this study is to get the answer for every questions stated above. There are three purposes of the study based on the problems, they are: 1. To analyze the main character in terms of physiological, psychological and sociological aspect. 2. To analyze the conflicts which faced by the main character in Persuasion. 3. To analyze the feminism reflected in the main character‟s life in Persuasion.

1.4 Scope of Discussion

This study is focused on the intrinsic aspects which are the character and conflict faced; and extrinsic of feminism aspect of the literary works by analyzing the main character of the story. It had been chosen that novel Persuasion by Jane Austen was analyzed in this study. There were three specific problems to be discussed: 1. The main character in terms of physiological, psychological and sociological aspect. 2. The external and internal conflicts faced by the main character in Persuasion. 3. The feminism reflected in the main character in Persuasion.

1.5 Research Method

Research method refers to the ways to get information in succeeding this study. The research was carried out through some aspects under concern, data sources, methods and techniques of data collection, and data analysis methods and techniques.