THE IMPACTS OF MATERIALISM ON ENGLISH SOCIETY IN EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY AS REFLECTED IN WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY'S VANITY FAIR.

TgE NDACTS OI MT{IERIATISM ON ENOLIS|E SOCTETY IN EARLY
NINE1EENTE CENT(JRY AS REFIICTED IN Vtr,IJAM MAKEPS-AC,

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FACULTTOFLE?TERS-ATIDALASTNTWILSITY

ABSTR,{K
sknFsi ini membahas t€nlms danpal bmk sifat materialisth tcrhadat
nrdyarakar lnegds pada awal abad kc-19 scpcfii ldg lcrembd dalm norel
/ari4 Fdlr karya Willim Malepcacc llackcny. Silar naknalislis ddalan saLn

satu dmpal ddi Revolusi lndush ddda rdjadi relidaksdihbdngd dnba kelas
atar d kelas bsvln sehinega mcmbul nerek, hdus berjuang unruk
menrlap&an kchidup ysB lebih laylk dan untuk nrenpenlnankan sblus sosial
mereka nnensai ndydalat. Berdasskan kondhj jnilah penulis nensflnjlisis
sjauh nma danpal sifat nalerialisLis nempensaruhi Lehidupd Dasyamlal
lnggris pada awal abad ke 19.
Dalmr menelnalisis novel ini. pe.ulis nenggunakln teon Reneksi yang
digaeas olch Ceory Luk&s. Unrul frenbedinstan apakJr keaddn yma
lergmbd ddm novel ini nempunyai pesmm dens fakta y g lerjadi pada
mlslaralat lngeris pada awal abad *e 19, penulis nenseualo peDdckatar
nimelik. Ddla yeg dlpenuks diperoleh ddi pcnclilid kcpstalM. Kcmudian
dara dijabarkar seclm desknpit

Dei hasil peneliti , penulis n€nemukan bahwa di dalam novel ini ada
b.bcdpa konflik y g limbul ,]riblt mdaleh sosial eko.omi yana
me.ggahbdkm kcadm nasytrakal llsrlis pada awal abad ke-19 *baeai
dmpak dan sisGfr hapilalisnc pada m rcvolusi indusli Ada beberapa dmpdl
sifat naleillistis yang tergmbd dalm nolel ini, dianktuya adalah
ketidauramoni$ dalam sbuln kelu.rsa tunbuturya sifat neDenth8km diri
sendin dd juea penakus y g tidak adil dilEn8an Dsyamkai. Pcnulis dapal

ncnyinpulkdr balw tenyara ordB yans beFsal ddi kel6 alas naupun kclas
baw.n nenpurai silal yde sma yaitu malcrialistis yeg netuFald salan saru
dmpat d{i sisreh kapnalisnc pada era Revolui lndustn lenulis jusa
Denyinpulku bahr€ nov€l ini ldaldh karra t/,srcsstrc. kam melalui nolel ini
Thackeny b&hasil nenskriiik sislen kapilalisme yans me.yebabke bebcmpa
Jm!,I buul di lnseris pada awal abad 19 sccm objcklit

CHAPTf,RI

l- l.

The

Brckemudolthe Res8rcb

The firn puaosc
they need food, cloth6,
Act dFr

na&nd


olhun

s life in

thk *orld k ro suaive. To sunive,

shelterondeon. which

n*snt

arc called marerial

n6esiry. T.

dcy musi hav€ money, b€caus money is a

r@1 used

by people for so.ds cxchange or economic rtivities. Ihe relationship brrween


sd

money

human

l*ing

is

lcry slrcng bfraus they ned noney

daily life. Without none, lhey

ould

ro

tulnll rheir


not do u)ahing lo suflive. 'ln Manist

5

idc{ cconoDy is $e inpotunl thinE in s@iel lile, Mnomy rs lne bas' dd
olhers

6

\up€Brructnre" (Sills- 1968:,ll)

11

Fre+hing $ar pcople do

rhs sNial syslem.
and il can iniuence

mear s rhar


ii

sciety b€cau$ olecononic

ideas lomulated

critiquc ol capilalism in industial revolurion.

lit.

One of

'rflecrion. Lukacs

Mu!

of

soci@noric


and Engcl as 4

ns a{ention on

eciG

lollowe6 is Garg Lukacs who uss thc tcm

believes that a

the lir.rary works as a

b, Maft

lt focu*s

literiry wo& ren*6 $d

lo.u$s on sonomic system. So her. M.dhr rhsry


amiF!

rhe basic in

thenlilc.

Madist theory is basdd on lhc

economic

the

etunoiy h

Ml

c.i cl*rly

Epernhrion ofsNiaLatibdei


and historical lactots.

df liae which
bc uscd ro

and ar a producr

Aed

on

$e shtemem ab.vc lhe wdts wans lo analrz

v",,4 F/t

by william Makep€ee Thackcfty b] using

Fzir h


ofThackemy\ rvorks thar wd wirlen in the

one

dd

llnglffd

French.

Englhh society

workine

clas

slhe
has

Mnist

ye

ctunbd

a novel

rheory. I/zm9

1315

md set in

ln lhis time, rhe imbaldce brNeen cla$6 happened on

&.t

impact ollndustiialrcvolution

to

slruggLe

Meanwhile. the upper cl6s

tied

,/z,it Fa' presns

mode lhe lower

cl$s or

to surive dd ger cquality in lnc

stuicty.

to ser

n.re noncy

aron rhc

l.bofs s.rk.

iwo youn8 gnh who come hom diLeEit s@ial

shtus. Rebh€a shaa is an orphan who lives in poverty. Iler molher is an op€F

girl who mnes ftom

French and her turher is an

dist. ln .onrdi.

hcr lricnd

ADelia Sedley k a mcrchanl's drughrer who lives in pmlperitl. Amelia is tne
only one *ho nak6 Fiend wid Bftky in the

Mis

Pinkenon s Academ) in

Chiswick Mall beaue she has no money and h6 bad atiilude. Aecky bas an
ohse$ion to bc a rich pe6o! and gels a place in
or lhe upper cLass livcs. She

Voily

silldo slahineto nake

ff *hoi
rcaching her drcam to becomo a rich one

ARer reading lhis novel. thc

he

money and

dd

livcs jn Ine

wirff dink

6al k nill inrere$inA

por€r. Moredverj
topic

lo

her dream comes

doe -or lo\e.

tnat

this ndvel bccaus in this novel she finds thar &ere

beous ol

Fan whe.e lhe rich pmple

she thinks

be dieussed roday.

rhar rhc conflics ecuned amons chadctrs

B(lq

Vdily

neler

lde

cven

rne

-p

Fair.

n is interceina ro anallze

d

many issles that

scur

rhlr economy is rhe object

Fron rhe research.

in rhis wo* is

she finds

causcd by thc

CHAPTIIR V
CONCI,USION

Afd
rhcrce

mdllzing ThackeBys

by applying reflectjon rheory,

sevenl similariries beNeen the $ories in thc nov.twiln ranslhh societ

in early ninctccnln
moncy

trr,/l ,qir

e.tury. At datlime.

ud *alln lt

dnves

dEn to

b€

rhe

pulpds ofpeoptc

narerialistic

I

liom monq' md daterial b.nelit. ln rhis cn, rhere aE
boulaeokie

dd pmlehial class.

s

tife is ro producc

ho vat ue and

ctas

in

w

enerhing

societl rhet

Borh ciases havc ro nnggte to Ber mdney ro

sudive, but in rhe end, thel, get,liEerenr ftsuh. ]]re rich ges richei qhitc

p6r pmrr b.€use

the poor peoplc arc

Morcover. thk novel presents
the

chmcrer oljohn Osbome

of L\en havo simibr

as a

are

so

rhe

oplr6s€d by lhe rich.
dif:senr eciot ctases. Ii can h€ s*n in

bou4coisie an'l Rebeaa as a prctehi.r. Boih

ohaBcter thar

h marialislic.

John Osb.rne

wd6

to

mainbin his weahh by meryine hh childEn !o pcople who come tom the smc
shlus

s

him. He also views people dound him based on Mnomic and power.

M*nNhile. Reb.cca h6 a

dltm

1o

live in Vaniry Fair She

respedable womm bydoin8 everyhing wirhoul thinking
her

lilerd

the p€ople aound

rhe wrlter finds that lor

rhings in

fien life.

abou

rers

he cffecr

ro be

a

rowad

herincludingho tamity. r;on bolh ofch@cle6.

tie .ich or p.or people. money ed wstth

So. ir dives rhem ro be margiatinic who

s@iety baed on msleriai vatus.

m

imponant

vicq rhe p€opte or

Abtnis. M. H.

The

Mitut

dkd th.

N.s Yo i Oxlord tjnircrsiry

Ldnp Ronantic

C Qualnatiz

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(ijticul Truditio

Prcss 1976

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