Male Apathetic vs. Female Sympathetic

However, the possibility of the different finding is widely open when this phenomenon is analyzed by deconstruction perspective because “deconstruction aims to give a strategy for reading that opens up a variety of new interpretations heretofore unseen by those who are bound by the restraints of Western Thought” Bressler, 1999: 126, in which it also often said in more simple word as “reading the text against itself, with the purpose of knowi ng the text as it cannot know itself” Barry, 2002: 71. As the explanation of the application of that theory which tells about the possibility of various interpretations, here Mrs. Hale’s words are taken as the example. These words are the same words that express the action of Mrs. Wright. MR. HENDERSON. cross to up left door facetiously Well, Henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. She was going to —what is it you call it, ladies? MRS. HALE. standing center below table facing front, her hand against her pocket We call it —knot it, Mr. Henderson. McQuade, 1999: 990 In this case, the discussion is concerned on the answer of Mrs. Hale that sounds as “She Mrs. Wright was going to tie the quilt”. This discussion demonstrates that the ambiguity in a text results the inconstant meaning in a text. It can be said that these words may be interpreted as the describing way to illustrate Mrs. Wright’s method to murder her husband, Mr. Wright. For example, these words can be interpreted as “She Mrs. Wright knots the rope around her husband’s neck when she chokes him”. Meanwhile, the similar case also occurs in the characteristics of the male and female characters. As already discussed, some of their characteristics are the outline PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI that controls the story in this play in order to reach the conflict or the climax. However, since these characteristics represent the binary opposition, they have and operational system that can be described as “the male characters who are featured with dominant characteristics intolerant, apathetic, careless, hard are superior in society, and the female characters who are featured with less dominant characteristics tolerant, sympathetic, incisive, sociable are regarded as inferior ”. However, that finding is opposed with this succeeding discussion.

2. The Rejection on the Textual Fact

It is already mentioned that the first step in Deconstruction method is to find the transcendental signified. Here, what is meant by transcendental signified is “an external point of reference on which people may build a concept. This transcendental signified also would provide the center of meaning allowing those who believe in them to structure their ideas of reality around them” Bressler, 1999: 124. In the application of this theory on the text of Trifles, it can be concluded that this transcendental signified is the finding of the presence of male and female character as a binary pair, in which “male is superior and female is inferior”. According to Deconstruction theory, the idea of logocentrism is defined as: “the belief that there is an ultimate reality or center of truth that can serve as the basis for all our thoughts and actions” Bressler, 1999: 124. In this case, the finding of “the male characters are superior and the female characters are inferior” also becomes the example of logocentrism since in this play; the image of this finding is the center