Woman's Struggle Against Gender Inequality in 'Hamnet' by Maggie O'Farrell

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the struggle carried out by the main woman character to fight gender inequality in the novel Hamnet (2020) by Maggie O' Farrell. The writer chose this topic because until now, women still get a lot of violence both verbal and nonverbal, even not only happened to adult women, but also happened to underage children. The writer analyzes the problems of gender inequality faced by the main woman character in the novel Hamnet by Maggie O' Farrell. Furthermore, the writer analyzed the struggles she makes, and also the results of her struggles. This study used Simone de Beauvoir's feminist literary approach. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. Data collected in the form of sentences, actions and narratives closely with the factors that caused the main woman character against gender inequality. Furthermore, the received data is classified by categorizing the data according to their various subjects, analyzed using relevant topics, and analyzed depending on the writer's understanding. In this study, the writer discovered that the main woman character in Maggie O' Farrell's novel Hamnet faced: subordination, stereotypes, and violence. Second, the writer identified the struggles faced by the main woman characters: become intellectuals, freedom to be herself, freedom to actualize themselves.

Keyword: feminism, gender inequality, hamnet, woman’s struggle.