%0 Thesis
%9 S1
%A Uliantara, Lingga Pratama
%B Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
%D 2012
%F UNY:21168
%I Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
%K the awakening, struggle of edna pontellier
%T THE STRUGGLE OF EDNA PONTELLIER TO BREAK THE CREOLE`S PATRIARCHY SYSTEM IN KATE CHOPIN`S THE AWAKENING
%U http://eprints.uny.ac.id/21168/
%X This study aims at describing the Creole`s discrimination toward Creole women and Edna Pontellier. This is also to show the struggle of Edna Pontellier against the oppression from the Creole that does not give more space to express her ideas by breaking the Creole`s patriarchy system in Chopin`s The Awakening.  This study was a qualitative research with content analysis method. The objects of this study were Edna Pontellier and her struggle to achieve freedom and independence in Chopin`s The Awakening. The data taken were words, phrases, and sentences found in the novel. The researcher became the primary instrument in this study, while the secondary instruments were the data sheets. The data analysis of this study was based on the Creole`s discrimination toward Creole women and Edna Pontellier, and the actions taken by Edna to struggle against the Creole`s discrimination.  The researcher finds four discriminations toward Creole women: being considered weak, being force to obeying husband`s rules, being forced to keep silent, and not getting the same opportunity in job distribution. Moreover, the discriminations toward Edna are that the Creole do not give much space to Edna to explore her talent in art; they push Edna to spend her life to serve her husband and children; and they consider Edna as a property. The researcher finds Edna`s efforts to attack the Creole by breaking the norms: falling in love with Robert Lebrun, sending her children away to their grandmother and moving out from her husband`s house, having an affair with Alcee Arobin, and committing suicide. Finally, Edna`s struggles are fighting for her right, showing her existence, and confirming her identity to the Creole.