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Mulan’s Struggle to Get Equality as Seen through
Her External Conflicts
In the Script of Mulan
PAPER
Submitted in the partial of the Requirements
for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra
Written by
VILLA ENO
392014512
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
2016
i
Copyright Statement
This paper contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright© 2016. Villa Eno and Ervin Suryaningsih, S.S., M.Hum
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University,
Salatiga.
Villa Eno: _________________
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Acknowledments
My greatest gratitude to My Greatest beloved God, Jesus Lord who always strengthen
me in faith and always pouring me with His eternal love, mercy and grace. Your love
has seen me through all my days, ups and downs in my life and only by Your grace I
am here. - Psalm 91I LOVE YOU!
To my incredible Dad and Mom, you always said “Miracles will happen for those
who believe it because with God nothing is impossible!” you are my Sunshine, my
Flashlight, you know that I Love you, I Miss you so Much. To my sisters and
brothers, my Big family – Eno’s family thank you for the love and warm hug that you
are all always gave me. This work I dedicate for you all.
I am deeply indebted to my supervisor Mrs. Ervin Suryaningsih whose stimulating
motivation and valuable ideas helped me to complete this work. May God bless you
Ma’m.
Thankyou so much to my examiner Mrs. Anna Sriastuti whose giving me such a great
advice and suggestion to make this work complete.
So many thanks to all my lectures and staffs in the college who are very helpful for
me during my study.
Special thanks to all my friends, my Cakadidies (Umi Dita and Teteh Berta) thank you
for the moral support and precious love, who were always standing by me in my
happy and hard times, for Neidy thank you for being my sister here. To Gladagan’s
Kece (Ka Rosina, Made Cika, Pade Irfan, Pucuk, Evani, Cindy Ainun), to Cungkup
Ceria (Ka Hany, Rein, Nelwan, Ryan) and My best community “Beyond Generation”
thank you for always cheer me up and courage me.
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Sorry, Thankyou, I Love you
To Eders friends, especially ELEVENERS thankyou for the crazy times we had, there
is nothing else more precious than our friendship.
Remember this “Sanggup ga Sanggup SANGGUPIN!!!”
Salatiga, 13th December 2015
Villa Eno
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ABSTRACT
This study discusses about Mulan’s struggle to get equality with men which the
object of this study is the script of Mulan. There are two problems that will be analyzed: first,
what the external conflicts faced by Mulan are and second, how does Mulan’s struggle to get
the equality. Related to this, the writer uses liberal feminism criticism to see Mulan’s struggle
through her external conflicts because this approach argues about women and men are equal.
To support the analysis the writer uses some quotations from the script. Then, the result of
this analysis proved that women are smart as men, strong as men, and brave as men so
women must has the same rights with men because they are equal.
Keywords : Struggle, equality, external conflict, women, Mulan.
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Abstrak
Penelitian ini membahas mengenai perjuangan Mulan untuk mendapat kesetaraan
dengan laki-laki dimana objek dari penelitian adalah skrip Mulan. Ada dua masalah yang
akan di bahas dalam analisa ini: pertama, konflik eksternal apa saja yang di hadapi Mulan dan
kedua, melihat perjuangan Mulan untuk mendapatkan kesetaraan dengan laki-laki.
Berhubungan dengan masalah ini, penulis menggunakan kritik liberal feminisme untuk
melihat perjuangan Mulan untuk mendapatkan kesetaraan dengan laki-laki melalui konflikkonflik eksternal. Penulis mengunakan beberapa kutipan dari skrip untuk mendukung analisa
ini. Kemudian, hasil dari analisa membuktikan bahwa perempuan juga pintar seperti laki-laki,
kuat seperti laki-laki, dan berani seperti laki-laki untuk itu perempuan juga harus
mendapatkan hak yang sama dengan laki-laki karena mereka adalah setara.
Kata kunci : Perjuangan, Kesetaraan, Konflik eksternal, Perempuan, Mulan.
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Table of Contents
Title page
Approval Page...................................................................................................i
Copyright Statement........................................................................................ii
Acknowledments ........................................................................................... iii
Abstract ..........................................................................................................v
Abstrak ...........................................................................................................vi
Table of contents ...........................................................................................vii
Chapter I
Introduction............................................................................................ 1
Chapter II
Review of Literature............................................................................... 3
2.1.
Conflict ................................................................................... 3
2.1.1
Definition of conflict.............................................................. .4
2.1.2
Types of conflict .....................................................................4
2.2.
Liberal feminism .....................................................................7
2.3.
Women in Chinese society ......................................................9
Chapter III
Discussion and Interpretation ..............................................................11
1. Mulan’s external conflict ...............................................................11
2. Mulan’s struggle to get equality ....................................................20
Chapter IV
Conclusion ..............................................................................................23
Refferences.......................................................................................................25
Appendix ..........................................................................................................26
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Her External Conflicts
In the Script of Mulan
PAPER
Submitted in the partial of the Requirements
for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra
Written by
VILLA ENO
392014512
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
2016
i
Copyright Statement
This paper contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright© 2016. Villa Eno and Ervin Suryaningsih, S.S., M.Hum
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University,
Salatiga.
Villa Eno: _________________
ii
Acknowledments
My greatest gratitude to My Greatest beloved God, Jesus Lord who always strengthen
me in faith and always pouring me with His eternal love, mercy and grace. Your love
has seen me through all my days, ups and downs in my life and only by Your grace I
am here. - Psalm 91I LOVE YOU!
To my incredible Dad and Mom, you always said “Miracles will happen for those
who believe it because with God nothing is impossible!” you are my Sunshine, my
Flashlight, you know that I Love you, I Miss you so Much. To my sisters and
brothers, my Big family – Eno’s family thank you for the love and warm hug that you
are all always gave me. This work I dedicate for you all.
I am deeply indebted to my supervisor Mrs. Ervin Suryaningsih whose stimulating
motivation and valuable ideas helped me to complete this work. May God bless you
Ma’m.
Thankyou so much to my examiner Mrs. Anna Sriastuti whose giving me such a great
advice and suggestion to make this work complete.
So many thanks to all my lectures and staffs in the college who are very helpful for
me during my study.
Special thanks to all my friends, my Cakadidies (Umi Dita and Teteh Berta) thank you
for the moral support and precious love, who were always standing by me in my
happy and hard times, for Neidy thank you for being my sister here. To Gladagan’s
Kece (Ka Rosina, Made Cika, Pade Irfan, Pucuk, Evani, Cindy Ainun), to Cungkup
Ceria (Ka Hany, Rein, Nelwan, Ryan) and My best community “Beyond Generation”
thank you for always cheer me up and courage me.
iii
Sorry, Thankyou, I Love you
To Eders friends, especially ELEVENERS thankyou for the crazy times we had, there
is nothing else more precious than our friendship.
Remember this “Sanggup ga Sanggup SANGGUPIN!!!”
Salatiga, 13th December 2015
Villa Eno
iv
ABSTRACT
This study discusses about Mulan’s struggle to get equality with men which the
object of this study is the script of Mulan. There are two problems that will be analyzed: first,
what the external conflicts faced by Mulan are and second, how does Mulan’s struggle to get
the equality. Related to this, the writer uses liberal feminism criticism to see Mulan’s struggle
through her external conflicts because this approach argues about women and men are equal.
To support the analysis the writer uses some quotations from the script. Then, the result of
this analysis proved that women are smart as men, strong as men, and brave as men so
women must has the same rights with men because they are equal.
Keywords : Struggle, equality, external conflict, women, Mulan.
v
Abstrak
Penelitian ini membahas mengenai perjuangan Mulan untuk mendapat kesetaraan
dengan laki-laki dimana objek dari penelitian adalah skrip Mulan. Ada dua masalah yang
akan di bahas dalam analisa ini: pertama, konflik eksternal apa saja yang di hadapi Mulan dan
kedua, melihat perjuangan Mulan untuk mendapatkan kesetaraan dengan laki-laki.
Berhubungan dengan masalah ini, penulis menggunakan kritik liberal feminisme untuk
melihat perjuangan Mulan untuk mendapatkan kesetaraan dengan laki-laki melalui konflikkonflik eksternal. Penulis mengunakan beberapa kutipan dari skrip untuk mendukung analisa
ini. Kemudian, hasil dari analisa membuktikan bahwa perempuan juga pintar seperti laki-laki,
kuat seperti laki-laki, dan berani seperti laki-laki untuk itu perempuan juga harus
mendapatkan hak yang sama dengan laki-laki karena mereka adalah setara.
Kata kunci : Perjuangan, Kesetaraan, Konflik eksternal, Perempuan, Mulan.
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Table of Contents
Title page
Approval Page...................................................................................................i
Copyright Statement........................................................................................ii
Acknowledments ........................................................................................... iii
Abstract ..........................................................................................................v
Abstrak ...........................................................................................................vi
Table of contents ...........................................................................................vii
Chapter I
Introduction............................................................................................ 1
Chapter II
Review of Literature............................................................................... 3
2.1.
Conflict ................................................................................... 3
2.1.1
Definition of conflict.............................................................. .4
2.1.2
Types of conflict .....................................................................4
2.2.
Liberal feminism .....................................................................7
2.3.
Women in Chinese society ......................................................9
Chapter III
Discussion and Interpretation ..............................................................11
1. Mulan’s external conflict ...............................................................11
2. Mulan’s struggle to get equality ....................................................20
Chapter IV
Conclusion ..............................................................................................23
Refferences.......................................................................................................25
Appendix ..........................................................................................................26
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