Womens effort to be independent from men domination in Anne Brontes the Tenant of Wildfell Hall

ABSTRACT

This literary analysis is viewed from the theory of feminist literary criticism. Literary work is the mirror of human life that reflects the kinds of human thoughts, feelings and behaviors. By literary work, people can interpret human creation into something that larger than life beyond imagination.

In this study, the writer analyzes the main character especially woman character in Anne Bronte’s novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall This analysis is viewed from the feminism point of view. The patriarchal culture becomes an issue in the analysis. In this analysis, the writer presents the problem of the women’s effort to be independent and men’s domination over the women. In accordance with the problems the writers uses feminist literary criticism as the theory in analyzing the novel. The study is aimed to answer the following questions: a) what does the main female character’s effort to be an independent woman in The Tenant of Wildfell Hain b) how does the main male character dominate the female character in The Tenant of Wildfell Hain

،The mind idea of feminist literary criticism is an effort to get an understanding of the position and the role of the women characters in the novel. The positions and the role of women characters become the focus of analysis. Moreover the analysis is also aimed to explore the patriarchal culture which places female as an inferior.

In his analysis, the writer tries to explore feminism idea is showed in the novel. This idea is portrayed by the woman character, which is represented by Helen. Beside that, the writer also analyzes man character; which is represented by Arthur Huntingdon to get more data to support his analysis. This analysis explores the relation between Helen and Arthur as a wife and a husband.

The writer finds that Helen delivers many ideas of feminism. She states that every woman has freedom to marry with someone whom she loves. In addition, she shows the rights of wife, mother and woman in family. On the other hand, Helen also shows her struggle to get her freedom from Arthur’s domination. She disagrees with Arthur’s ideas that woman should be placed in home waiting and serving her husband.

Finally, the writer hopes that this analysis gives benefits to next researchers as the references or the data supporting.