WOMEN’S REBELLION AGAINST THE PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM IN THE NOVEL CIRCE BY MADELINE MILLER

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.