- THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FEMINIST STUDY TOWARD BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA

THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FEMINIST STUDY TOWARD BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA FOCUSED ON MINA MURRAY AND LUCY WESTENRA AS THE VICTIMS OF DRACULA’S PAST PRIVATE DISAPPOINTMENT


By
Rulis Ainun Jariyah
06304022

ABSTRACT

This thesis deals with Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This novel tells about Dracula’s past private disappointment that causes the death of Lucy Westenra and Minna Murray as two of Count Dracula’s all victims. The strong reasons for Dracula killing many victims and including Lucy Westenra and Minna Murray are relating to Count Dracula’ Transylvania history. Transylvania history is Count Dracula’s past life disappointment.

The character of the novel Dracula is divided into three; Dracula’s victims, the hunter, and Count Dracula. Dracula’s victims are many, but its focus are just Lucy Westenra and Minna Murray. The hunter is a band of men who lead by Prof. Van Helsing together with Dr. Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Morris chase and kill Count Dracula. Count Dracula is a boyar or nobleman of Transylvania called the master of the darkness who protect and defend his life by killing and sucking the living blood of human being. The end of the story of the novel Dracula, Lucy Westenra becomes a vampire. she is killed by cutting her head and driving a wooden stake on her heart. Meanwhile, Minna Murray is not dead however she has been infected by Count Dracula’s blood. Minna Murray helps and guides the hunter to go to Count Dracula’s castle. Minna Murray joins with the hunter to hunt and kill Count Dracula. Finally, the end of hunting, Jonathan Harker shrieks his great knife and shears through the throat, whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris’s bowie knife plunges into the heart. Count Dracula becomes dead forever. The objectives of this thesis are to know as follows; (1) the character of the novel Dracula, and (2) Lucy and Minna as Dracula’s victims in the perspective of the feminism theory and the theory of psychology

Type of the study is a library research that contents the novel Dracula as the primary data and all theory books that are taken from library as the secondary data. All sources are gathered from the library. The method which is used is the descriptive qualitative method. The method of collecting data is used the data cards. To analyze this thesis, the writer use theory of Sapiro (1986), theory of Allport (1948), theory of Subhan (2003), and the other supporting theories.

The results of the research are stated as follows: In the perspective of feminism theory, especially the radical feminism, the radicalists argue that Count Dracula has done a sexual violence. Count Dracula has forced Lucy Westenra and Minna Murray to serve Count Dracula’s interest. Count Dracula has terrorized, raped, and killed all victims. Count Dracula can be considered as the pure criminal who never apologize at the end of his life. In the theory of psychology, Count Dracula has undergone a psychological problem or internal problem of his disappointment of past life. Because of Count Dracula’s past life relating to Transylvania history, Count Dracula has an inferiority feeling. Count Dracula’s compensation of the past life relating Transylvania history, he declares to revenge his wife’s death by killing and sucking the living blood of human being.