B. Scope and Limitation The drama of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare makes the
writer interested to focus a problem in analysis the character of Cleopatra who becomes the main woman character and correlate the analysis by using the theory
of existentialist feminism as the extrinsic element in a drama.
C. Statement of the Problem
Based on the plot of the drama Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare has given the real description that power, love, arrogance, hypocrisy, and despair
are problems of life that cannot be avoided by someone. Because of that, the writer is doing a character analysis of Cleopatra as the
main woman character that depicted clearly by William Shakespeare in the drama of Antony and Cleopatra
and correlate it with the existentialist feminism theory. Based on the problem above, then the several things to be research are:
1. What are the main characterizations of Cleopatra that are very dominant?
2. How does Cleopatra represent feminist seen from the existentialist feminism?
D. The Significance of the research
In this paper, the writer is expecting the benefit for the writer herself and also the reader of the drama of Antony and Cleopatra, to understand the drama and
improve the knowledge about feminism concept that presented, especially the existentialist feminism theory.
E. Organization of the Paper
This term paper consists of four chapters. The fist chapter divided into three parts, introduction, theoretical framework, and research methodology. Introduction
consists of background of the story, scope and limitation, statement of the problem, the significance of the research, and organization of the paper. Theoretical framework
consists of six parts, the historical background of feminism, the definition of feminism, the definition of existentialism, the definition of existentialism of Sartre,
the feminism existentialism by Simone de Beauvoir, and the definition of character and characterization. Research methodology consists of the objective of the research,
research instrument, the method of research, technique of data analysis, analysis unit, place and time.
The second chapter will explain about woman condition in Elizabethan era. It consists of biography of Elizabeth I, background and early life of Elizabeth, the
Elizabethan renaissance, Elizabethan daily life, Elizabethan family, and Elizabethan women’s life.
In the third chapter, the writer is analysis the intrinsic element to give the information about the drama of Antony and Cleopatra. For the main topic, the writer
analysis the character of Cleopatra as a main woman character based on the existentialist feminism theory. In this chapter, the writer will prove that there is a
feminism movement that has been performed by Cleopatra. In the fourth chapter or the last chapter, the writer was gives the conclusion
and suggestion based on the research result.
F. Theoretical Framework 1. The Definition of Feminism and Existentialist Feminism
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