CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background of The Study
Recently, there have been many discussions dealing with the women’s rumor who want to be existence’s feminist or women’s right movement
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. In a board understanding, feminism can be challenging, which include women and
men acting, speaking and writing women’s issues, rights and identifying social injustice in the status quo. Feminism tells about a woman idea toward her rights,
equality, position and status between men and women in many life aspects, like social area, politics, education, and economics. Since the 1980s, some feminists
have argued that feminist movement should address as global issues and culturally specific issues. Other feminist have argued that gender roles are social
rather than biological phenomena
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. “Feminists always have insisted that a woman need for men more than the basic uncomplicated need for love, affection,
companionship, etc”.
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This situation in society is calls patriarchy society.
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Http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiHistory_of_feminism retrieved 28 May 2009.
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http:en.wikipedia.orgwikifeminism retrieved 28 May 2009
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Jean curthoys, Feminist Amnesia: The Wake of Women’s Liberation New York, NY 1997 P.26
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In fiction, several women agree with a woman’s characteristics. A woman has discriminated everything in the society for centuries. Here, Kamla
Bhasin’s and Night Said Khan’s opinion is the discrimination of inductivity happened for woman in family and society. It is considered with women who
make the difference in their life
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.
In 20
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century, woman writes about her problem to make on improvement in society. The writings explained about point of views of a woman,
which is untouchable in the patriarchy society. In Mary Wollstonecraft’s book entitled “Vindication the Right of Woman”, Mary refuses the Rousseau’s idea that
the differences between woman and man in ability, characteristics, and biological aspects will determine someone’s position in the society. The idea of feminism
does not only come from women, but it comes from men too, as John Stuart Mill in his book The Subjection of Woman. Mill criticized that the treatment in
domestic sector as irrational and emotional activity. Mill’s opinions that a woman emphasizes and eliminates all aspect that relates to domestic work can reach.
In this matter, the writer is interested in studying a film, which she tells
about a woman’s regrets of her decision and she has not married in the age of
forty. In analyzing Miss. Austen Regrets film, directed by Jeremy Lovering. Mr.
Harris Bigg wants to propose Miss Austen to be his wife. Miss Austen would
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Kamla Bhasin, Night Said Khan, Persoalan Pokok Mengenai Feminisme dan Relevasinya, Jakarta 1995. P. 5
accept it but her sister Cassandra, makes her doubt in decision. Her sister has influenced to refuse Mr. Harris Bigg’s proposal. Moreover, she chooses to be the
professional writers to present her stories in the novel.
The professional writers are keeping the commitment and consistency with their characters development.
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According to the writer that Miss Austen Regret’s film, represent as an honest strong woman with full of integrity who
makes a decision for writing instead of marrying without love. Her choices will fight the manner society and disappoint with her family, adding pressure and
stress in her life. Therefore, all of her family give full of supports what Miss Austen did as the writer. In her career, Miss Austen keeps her principles and
talents to be a professional writer and all of her family accepted her decision to be a writer. Miss Austen cannot marry in the top of her career because of her sister;
Cassandra pushes her to focus on her writing.
Miss Austen reached her career by launching the first novel released in
the 1811 entitled “Sense and Sensibility”. The next years, she also released “
Pride and Prejudice” in 1813, a film of romantic drama ever making. Moreover, the third novel released in 1814 entitled “Mansfield Park”. Moreover, the forth
novel released in 1815 entitled “Emma”. She wanted to make her family happy to
become a writer and her salary was given to her mother and sister.
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Triton P.B. Kiat Sukssees Menjadi Penulis, Yogyakarta, 2008. p. 174
Finally, Miss Austen decides to be alone because her sister, Cassandra. Her regrets not marry with Mr. Harris Bigg. However, Miss Austen is very happy
because her feeling for him does not change until the end. Finally, Miss Austen becomes the famous writer and unmarried woman. Moreover, the last words
before she dies, “this is given by God for me; I feel more happiness than what I have properly gets. Miss Austen felt happy for her life, cause of her decision
becoming a novelist without someone special in her life until she dies in her regrets. This reason, the writer analyzes the discrimination of Jane Austen as the
main character in “Miss. Austen Regrets” film using feminism liberal theory.
B. Focus of Study.
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