Abstract:
The aim of this study are to find out women’s rebellion against the
patriarchal system and to describe the impact of patriarchal system to society.
The data will be explained through a qualitative descriptive method and using the
existentialist of feminism theory by Simone de Beauvoir. Data is gathered from
novel Circe.
The result of this study showed the main character rebellion against
patriarchal system, the female lead categorized as a transcendence woman
because of the attempt to fight and free themselves to think creatively and pursue
their dreams. The impact to society due to patriarchal system were appealed
through acts of characters who lived and acted based on the norms and pressure
of society, to be an ideal in the society’s point of view, women would perform a
good manner and followed all the rules of society to be a good person even if it
was different with their principles.
