HEDDA’S STRUGGLES IN FIGHTING PATRIARCHAL IDEOLOGY AS REFLECTED IN IBSEN’S HEDDA GABLER (RADICAL FEMINISM ANALYSIS)

This research is a study on Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler based on the Radical Feminism approach. There are two objectives of the study. The first objective is to investigate the kinds of struggle committed by Hedda Gabler in fighting over patriarchal ideology as reflected in the play. The second objective is to investigate the kinds of obstacle faced by Hedda Gabler in fighting over the ideology. This research is qualitative study with content analysis method. The object of the study is the struggle of radical feminism ideology to fight patriarchal ideology in Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler. The data of the study are words, sentences and dialogues found in the play. The data analysis was conducted using radical feminism approach and other information which have close relationship to the issue of the objectives of this study. In order to get credibility and validity of the findings, the researcher applied triangulation and discussion technique. Further, in order to gain transferability, the researcher provided descriptive data as clear and efficient as possible within the form of data table. The researcher also reread the play to get dependability and consulted her research findings to his thesis consultants to achieve the conformability. There are two major important points as the results of the analysis. The first result is there are three kinds of struggle committed by Hedda as a female character here. They are (1) being an androgynous person, (2) freely experimenting with her own sexuality, and (3) rejecting biological motherhood. Meanwhile, the second result is there are three major obstacles faced by Hedda here, which unfortunately comes from the patriarchal ideology itself. The three obstacles are (1) gender discrimination, (2) sexual oppression, and (3) biological motherhood. In sum, although the strength of male’s world and its ideology of patriarchy seems stronger than any other enemy for every woman, it is undeniable duty for women to give their best struggle to fight it. The results of the struggle are not the main points, what is more important is the struggle itself