An Analysis of Liberal Feminism of the Main Character in Brave Film

Abstract

Liberal feminism has become a trending topic in articles and journals and has also been appointed as a theme in several novels and films. Some cases of liberal feminism were depicted by the main character in the film Brave, Merida. In Brave, the main character was talking about woman's liberation or the woman's movement, which fought for the right to get her freedom. This research aimed to find the types of liberal feminism and the characteristics of liberal feminism in the utterances and gestures of the main character in the film. From the gestures and utterances of Merida, the writer analyzed liberal feminism by using the descriptive qualitative method. Techniques of data collection were done by watching the film, selecting and noting down the data from the gestures and utterances which were related to the types of liberal feminism portrayed by the main character in the film Brave. The result of the study found 22 data on the liberal feminism of the main character in the film Brave. From the 22 data, there were 19 data that included individualist feminism, and three data were libertarian feminism. From those types, the writer also found the characteristics of liberal feminism; there was equal education, the right to vote, the mature and find women’s identity, and equal liberty (the freedom of speech and press). The study found the dominant characteristic was the right to vote, which means the main character in the film Brave mostly showed how she fought for her freedom to choose.