Research Article
Handcuffs of the Beauty Myth in Maupassant’s The Necklace
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296680, author={Sri Nurhidayah and Apsari Fajar Prihantini}, title={Handcuffs of the Beauty Myth in Maupassant’s The Necklace}, proceedings={Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={BASA}, year={2020}, month={6}, keywords={beauty myth handcuff patriarchy the necklace woman}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296680} }- Sri Nurhidayah
Apsari Fajar Prihantini
Year: 2020
Handcuffs of the Beauty Myth in Maupassant’s The Necklace
BASA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296680
Abstract
Women are the easiest target of a capitalist society. They are easily made insecure and uncomfortable with their physical condition. Furthermore, the patriarchal system gives more pressure to them. This situation shackles them yearning to be labeled as a ‘beauty’ woman. Unfortunately, not all women have the ‘beauty’. Mathilde, as a representation of women live in a dramatic irony, shackled by the beauty myth. Thus, this research purposes to disclose the shackles of the beauty myth in Maupassant’s The Necklace. Theoretical framework of this research is Naomi Wolf’s the beauty myth. Mimetic approach is used to analyze and descriptive interpretative is the technique of analysis. The result shows that the myth definitely shackles woman. Thus, ‘beauty’ is the right place to maintain and strengthen the dominance of patriarchal views
