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Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing Ae IEC Jakarta Aulia Nanda Ardyani aulianandaardyani@gmail.
English Literature Department.
Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing Ae IEC Jakarta Mukhlasul Fasikh mukhlasul@stibaiecjakarta.
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Ardyani.
Fasikh, and Resmisari.
, .
An Analysis of Princess MeridaAos Masculinity and Femininity Character in The Movie of AuBraveAy.
Journal of English Language and literature, 10.
, 419-434.
37110/jell.
Received: 08-07-2025 Accepted: 15-08-2025 Published: 02-09-2025 Abstract: The former Disney Princess movies mostly represent women as the ones who are helpless and require men to save them.
The objectives of this study are to find out the masculinity and femininity characters and the reasons on why the main character has masculinity and femininity.
In this research, the writers used the method of qualitative research leads to theory Feminism by Mary Wollstonecraft.
The data were collected through the scenes and dialogue in the movie.
The data were collected through the scenes and dialogues in the movie.
The data were analyzed by sorting, classifying, interpreting and describe a conclusion which is suitable with the concept of Masculinity and Femininity character.
From this research, it is found that the main character of the movie has two traits in her behavior.
It is happened because of her environment and her parents.
The result of analysis showed that the main character has six traits, consist of: Adventurous.
Willing to Take a Risk.
Independent.
Brave.
Affection and Elegant.
The writers found in the movie analysis experienced by the main character include: Masculinity and Femininity.
The writers hoped the readers could learn and understand knowledge about the character of masculinity and femininity in literary works related to their characteristics and struggles in the story of a literary work.
Keywords: Masculine.
Feminism.
Masculinity and Femininity.
Characteristics.
Feminist
INTRODUCTION
The story of the movie can bring people to the world of dreams and take people away from Genre movie consists of fairy tale, drama, romance, action, and many other things that could also represent our life.
The fairy tale storyline is the choice of every child when imagining a beautiful life and happiness ever after.
handsome prince.
Then a similar pattern is also found in the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty .
Aurora is an obedient, beautiful and helpless princess when it comes to her destiny Berlianti .
She is depicted as a princess who despairs when she falls under a curse, and just like Snow White, the curse spell can only be destroyed when she gets a true loveAos kiss.
The reason why fairy tales become girls favorites is because the end of fairy tales usually ends with a happy ending and many moral messages are contained in each Fairy tales also have many versions or One of the writersAo favorite cartoon The life of every princess that girls want when they grow up, is one example of a fairy tale that can affect the perfect desire.
Cinderella .
and Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs .
are examples of a princess who will marry a Susari Nugraheni.
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Mukhlasul Fasikh & Diah Resmisari An Analysis of Princess MeridaAos Masculinity and Femininity Character in The Movie of AuBraveAy fairy tale movies is Brave.
Brave from a Pixar Animation Studio was released by Walt Disney Pictures on 2012.
June 10th.
Unlike other Disney Princesses that are based on and adapted from an existing fairy tale or story.
Merida in Brave movie is purely a new character.
The previous related research on masculinity and femininity has been carried out so The first previous related research conducted by Fatimah .
entitled AuThe Masculinity and Femininity Traits of Female Character in RothAos Insurgent NovelAy.
The result of this research conclude that prior characteristic as the main character in Insurgent is masculine women, prior proved that female is also able to have masculine traits in themselves.
What traits cannot be limited by gender and this is one of the important issues in a society where gender is not a benchmark for a personAos character.
Fatimah .
stated The masculine traits in the character of Beatrice Prior in Insurgent novel based on BemAos Sex Role inventory theory are athletic, masculine, ambitious, analytical, act as a leader, aggressive, assertive, competitive, defends own beliefs, dominant, forceful, has leadership abilities, independent, makes decision easily, self-reliant, strong personality, willing to take a stand and willing to take risks.
A princess in a general movie will behave feminine, gracefully, and obediently.
However, it is different from one of the Disney movie In the movie.
AuBraveAy Merida is the daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor from the Scottish kingdom of DunBroch also Merida has 3 younger twin brothers.
Merida is a brave, tough, stubborn, and rebellious daughter.
On her sixth birthday.
Merida received a bow and arrow from her father.
Since then archery has become one of MeridaAos favorite activities to do every day.
Another activity she likes is riding her horse.
Angus.
They explore the forest around where they live, throwing bows at every tree and the available point on each tree trunk.
Merida does not like being controlled by her mother.
Queen Elinor.
Merida is determined to find freedom and live her own life.
When Merida was sixteen years old.
Queen Elinor said that Merida must continue her ClanAos hereditary tradition, which is to marry the Prince from the other kingdoms.
Despite MeridaAos young age, she has not prepared herself for a partner at all.
In various ways, she tried to figure out how to get rid of matchmaking.
Merida bravely decided to choose the archery competition because Merida knew they would not be able to match her.
With full confidence, she shot until she split the arrow that had stuck right in the middle of the target.
The second was conducted by Denisa .
researcher used a descriptive analysis method whereas the technique used in this research is library research by using data to analyze the main character in the novel Moana.
The relationship between stereotype and masculinity is indeed interrelated which is can be seen from the action of MoanaAos father using subtle violence with the treatment of a father.
Although a lot of discrimination and opposition from her father made Moana have limited space.
Moana proved with her strong determination to bring out the masculinity of her body that she was capable of carrying out dangerous missions.
made Moana get the recognition that she was a strong and brave woman.
The result of the analysis shows the characteristics of masculinity reflected in the novel, such as being brave, strong, resilient, unyielding, and having the spirit of a leader.
After watching the movie AuBraveAy, the writers finds that there is masculinity and femininity in MeridaAos character.
From the scene where Merida can behave both masculine and This character can be analyzed to understand more how women can be masculine and feminine.
In female masculinity.
Sulistia .
Auit is crucial that masculinity does not belong to men and has not been produced by masculine womenAy.
From that statement.
Masculine characters are not only possessed by men but also by women.
Sulistia .
also stated Masculinity and femininity are images that are constructed by society not based on identity.
Merida can be described as a tomboyish woman who likes challenges.
Through this research, the writers finds out the reason why the main character of this movie can behave like a man.
The difference between this research to previous research is that the research focuses on analyzing gender equality why a character in a story can have masculinity and femininity, and where the reasons behind it lead to a description of masculine traits in a woman.
Men and women must have equal rights in all spheres of life, including family, education, politics, and the workplace, for there to be gender equality.
Gender equality is a fascinating topic to examine because, as we know many movies tell about gender JELL (Journal of English Language and literatur.
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Merida as the main character in this movie describes the masculine character in her when she does archery and rides her horse until she chooses an archery competition as a condition for the matchmaking that her parents did for her.
character through conversation, deeds, and so Meanwhile according to Hall .
character applies to any individual in a movie.
For purpose of analysis, characters in fiction are customarily described by their relationship to the plot, by the degree of development they are given by the author, and by whether or not they undergo significant character change.
The research questions are .
What are the traits of masculinity and femininity shown in the movie AuBraveAy? .
What makes Merida in the movie AuBraveAy have masculinity and femininity traits? The objectives of this research are to describe the traits of masculinity and femininity reflected in Merida in the movie AuBraveAy.
and to find out the reasons why MeridaAos character in the movie AuBraveAy has masculinity and femininity Kinds of Character Bernardo .
stated in her book, that there are at least eight kinds of characters.
These kinds of characters surely have a different definition.
The kinds of characters are in the following Protagonist Character The protagonist character is usually the main character around which the whole story revolves.
The decisions made by this character will be affected by a conflict from within or externally through another character, nature, technology, and society.
Antagonist Character Character A character is any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.
Characters are essential to a good story, and it is the main characters that have the greatest effect on the plot or are the most affected by the events of the story characters are used to perform the action and dialogue, moving the story along with a plot.
Characters can be shown as a protagonist or an antagonist that can perform and act to achieve the purpose of the story.
Most stories have multiple characters interacting with each other, with one of them as the antagonist, causing a conflict for the protagonist to start a storyline.
This character or group of characters causes conflict for the protagonist.
However, the antagonist could be the protagonist who is torn by a problem within.
Most of the time, something external is caused by the A group of people causing the conflict would be considered as a society, perhaps the members of a team, community, or institution.
Additionally, the antagonist could be a part of nature, such as an animal, the weather, a mountain, or a lake.
Round Character Henderson .
in her book wrote "Character refers to the people authors create to inhabit their stories.
The character should be believable and consistent.
Being believable means not that all characters be like people we have known but they are believable in the context of the Consistently requires not that the characters remain the same, but that any changes in character be sufficiently by what happens to them in the Ay A round character is a character who has a complex personality.
He or she is often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory Flat Character A flat character is the opposite of a round This literary personality is not able for one kind of personality trait or Foil Character Foil is a character .
sually the antagonist or an important supporting characte.
whose personal qualities are in contrast to another By providing this contrast we get to know more about the other character.
Gill .
stated that a character is someone in a literary work that has some sort of identity, it doesn't have to be strong, an identity that is made up of appearance, conversation, action, name, and possibly thoughts going in the head.
Thus, the character is someone who stays in the story even though his/her role just supporting the main People can disclose or know/her Susari Nugraheni.
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Mukhlasul Fasikh & Diah Resmisari An Analysis of Princess MeridaAos Masculinity and Femininity Character in The Movie of AuBraveAy Based on that statement above, it can be defined that masculinity has various meanings regarding matters related to men and continues to changes therefore masculinity has various definitions following the times.
The symbolic role of men, which is not based on biological characteristics, is referred to as masculinity.
Masculinity is a cultural construct and men did not have naturally masculinity.
Masculinity Danaher .
defines masculinity not as a type or essence of personality but as a place in social relations .
asculine positio.
, embodied practices .
mbodying masculinit.
, and a set of idealized value characteristics, which is called hegemonic masculinity.
According to Barker Chris .
, masculinity is a form of constructed masculinity for men.
Men are not born with the nature of masculinity.
Naturally, masculinity is formed by culture.
The nature of women and men is culturally Barker Chris .
added that.
Generally, traditional masculinity considers the values between power, courage, action, control, independence, self-satisfaction, male solidarity highly, and work.
Barker Chris .
stated Among those who are locked down are interpersonal relationships, abilities, verbal, domestic life, tenderness, communication, women, and children.
Bozkurt .
also stated that masculinity is a collection of meanings that are always on change about things related to men so it has different definitions for different individuals and times.
Feminism Menig .
The Vindication of the Rights of Woman, written by Mary Wollstonecraft in 1792, is regarded as the first wave.
The modern feminism movement which calls for the development of a rational side in which women can study in government schools and equality with Menig .
stated The second wave came marked by The Feminine Mystique, which was more centered on the development of rights in the first statement of feminism such as reproductive, sexual, parenting, and domestic issues that affected women's lives Gillis.
Menig .
also stated Feminism can be grouped into two groups, namely the first group of feminism tends to be The second group is more radical or And the third wave of feminism is much more developed in detail and focuses on post-feminism, namely post-modern feminism which pays more attention to womenAos rights to appear in public such as in the political field.
Meanwhile.
John .
defines that masculinity as Aufatherly men, rules in their family, and capable figures in leading women and making significant decisionsAy.
Connell.
W .
defines masculinity as a form of gender practice that constitutes a social construct.
Masculinity refers to the symbolic role of males not determined by biological traits.
According to Mcrobbie .
, feminine codes are part of the dominant ideology, which plays a role in defining the life of every woman, from the way they dress, the way they act to the way they talk to each other.
Denisa .
explained the masculine is formed by a culture that is closely stereotyped and attached to men, but its nature is very relative in every culture and also masculine characters can emerge with characteristics such as unyielding, strong, active competitive, brave confident, full of confidence, independent, adventurous, aggressive, decisive, and act as leader.
In the book entitled AuFeminist StylisticsAy.
Mills .
, says that characters are made of they are not representations of human beings they are simply words that the reader has learned to construct a set of ideological messages that draws in her knowledge of how the text was written and continues to be written and the views that circulate in society about how women and men were.
In line.
Fatimah .
stated that person who is willing to take risks has no afraid to engage with risk-taking activity or experience for him.
Risktaking is defined as any purposive activity or action that involves challenge or danger sufficient that can create worry to most people.
Meanwhile.
Garcia .
also stated competitive s a character belongs to person who has tendency to compare himself with others whether he is better or not from others.
Meanwhile MasAoud.
, & Mulyaningsih .
a movement by women to achieve autonomy or freedom to choose for themselves, as well as complete equality or equality of rights.
line with Ilyas .
Feminism tries to eliminate the conflict between a weak group and a group that is considered stronger.
Furthermore.
Feminism also criticizes the history of philosophy as a male422 JELL (Journal of English Language and literatur.
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succumbing, and weakness.
Krissetoningrum .
stated that, while masculinity, is shown by courage, rationality, dominant nature, disloyalty, and strength.
All these qualities can be obtained from all humans.
To a certain extent what is considered masculine in one culture can be considered feminine in another.
However, in society, there is a tendency to implicate feminine traits for women and masculine for men.
Masculinity in each culture is different.
Masculinity certainly indicates for men and femininity for women.
Many women are masculine or vice versa because they are triggered by the environment or the tendency to act like In Barbara BergAos.
The Remembered Gate:
Origins of American Feminism, she defines feminism as a AuBroad movement embracing numerous phases of womanAos emancipation.
Ay However, her emphasis is on women gaining greater individual freedom.
Expanding on the above definition.
Berg adds: AuIt is the freedom to decide her own destiny.
freedom sex determined freedom from societyAos oppressive freedom to express her thoughts fully and to convert them freely into action.
Feminism demands the acceptance of womanAos right to individual conscience and judgment.
It postulates that womanAos essential worth stems from her common humanity and does not depend on the other relationships of her life.
Ay Meanwhile.
Skerski .
stated that in the traditional gender roles, men and women have different expectations about how they should act following their duties-men should be masculine and women should be feminine.
The emergence of female masculinity and male femininity for some people is still considered taboo, people judge women and men who are not doing their traditional roles as a rebel.
The word rebel is commonly defined as the action of resistance to government regulations.
Skerski .
stated the term "rebel" refers to an activity that has the "audacity" to defy all preconceptions of what they ought to be.
They are not concerned with what other people think about the standards that should apply to them.
Based on the statement above, feminism can be grouped into two groups, namely, the first group of feminism tends to be liberal and the second group is more radical or rebellious.
The first wave shows the writing of Mary Wollstonecraft.
The second wave came marked by The Feminine Mystique Fredian, and the third wave of feminism is much more developed in detail and focuses on post-feminism.
Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity is usually closely related to parables for men and feminism is a term that is usually used for women.
Masculinity and femininity are the genders that describe the characteristics of men and women.
The truth is that men and women are not always identified as feminine or masculine, respectively.
Halberstam .
writings on his book Female Masculinity, femininity and masculinity are classified according to role personality, and other factors.
a result, either a male or a female may possess one or the other, depending on which role is more It can say that the phenomenon of female masculinity is one in which a female performs a masculine act on her tubular part.
Based on the statement above, masculinity and femininity are the genders that describe the characteristics of men and women.
Men and women are not always identified as femininity or masculinity, respectively.
Masculinity is usually closely related to parables for men and femininity is a term that is usually used for women.
Masculinity is shown by courage, rationality, dominant nature, disloyalty, and strength.
Masculinity in each culture is different and what is considered masculine in one culture can be considered feminine in another.
Many women are masculine or vice versa because they are triggered by the environment or the tendency to act like Manasova .
mentioned that how people perceive masculinity and femininity is based on a cultural gender belief system.
One of the most significant influences of the cultural gender belief system is the existence of gender stereotyping.
Manasova .
also stated The classification of femininity includes feelings of sensitivity.
METHOD In this study, the writers uses the qualitative method because it is appropriate for the researchersAo selected way of data analysis and all of the studyAos contents are likely to be near to narrative form.
According to (Creswell, 2.
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Mukhlasul Fasikh & Diah Resmisari An Analysis of Princess MeridaAos Masculinity and Femininity Character in The Movie of AuBraveAy writersAoperspective.
The processing is analysed through several stages, are:.
Watching the movie .
Sorting the data .
Classifying the data .
Interpreting the data .
Drawing conclusions.
Qualitative research is an inquiry process of understanding based on distinct methodological traditions of inquiry that explore a social or human Sugiyono .
stated that qualitative research methods are used to examine certain populations or samples, sampling techniques are generally carried out randomly, data collection uses research instruments, data analysis is qualitative or statistical with the aim of testing predetermined hypotheses.
The writers also uses the theory of feminism by Wollstonecraft .
to analyze the feminism theory is suitable for research conducted by the writers, since the topic of the research is about the masculinity and femininity traits in a character within a story in a movie as a part of literature work.
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
Findings The Masculinity and Femininity Traits of MeridaAos Character.
According to the analysis in this research, it is found that there are some masculinity traits in MeridaAos personality along the storyline in the The examples of masculinity traits particularly found in the AuBraveAy movie are listed The writers uses a descriptive technique to assess the facts when analyzing a movie.
analysis is conducted after acquiring the data.
The information was gathered from the movie's content by viewing it, comprehending it, and taking notes on all the details.
There are two data sources that are part of the writers' collection of As follows: Primary sources are facts that are directly relevant to the subject.
It acts as a unique source of knowledge.
To put it another way, the major source should provide important information about the researchAos main problem.
The AuBraveAy movie first released in 2012 serves as the primary source of information for this study.
Secondary sources are those that have been gathered and examined by another party.
Generalization, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the primary data are examples of secondary data.
The secondary source materials are available online as well as in printed books, electronic books, articles, journals, and websites.
Adventurous In several scenes in the movie, it is clear that Merida as the main character is playing both archery and horse riding at the same time.
She explored the forest with her beloved horse Angus.
Merida started shooting her bow at the trees she Examples of this issue are attached in the scenes below.
Figure Significance Figure 1.
Adventurous Scene Ae Figure 1.
(Scene: Merida riding her horse to go to the forest.
The writers describes the movie by watching and reading the script of the movie carefully and Then, identifying the traits of masculinity and femininity in the movie by choosing and taking notes, after that explaining how can they emerge in the main character's personality by proving it from dialogue and The writers begins to analyze data from choosing the movie, then watching and understanding the script from the movie to describe masculinity and femininity traits that occurred in the movie on the personality of the main character.
Adventurous Scene 20 Ae Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(Scene: While Merida riding a horse she threw her bow and hit the target.
The writers analyse and processes data by classifying, categorizing and coding themes.
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(Scene: Elinor tells to Merida about the betrothal.
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(Scene: When Merida fishes using her arrow to give her mother for breakfas.
Merida: Breakfast? Willing to Take a Risk Willing to Take a Risk, if seen from the viewpoint of masculinity, some scenes in the movie show Merida climbing the cliff without any protection at all.
Examples of this issue are attached in the scenes below.
Figure Figure 1.
(Scene:
Merida arranged by her mother.
Significance Figure 1.
(Scene: Merida shows that she tried to show her identity in the same time her existence was shown.
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Independent Scene 27 Ae Figure 1.
Independent Scene 30 Ae Willing to Take Risk Scene Independent Scene Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(Scene: Merida climbing the cliff without any protection at all.
Figure 1.
Independent Scene Independent Figure 1.
(Scene: Merida shows that she will shoot for her own hand and her mother warns Merida to not do that.
In the movie, it shows Elinor.
MeridaAos mother, giving the news that Merida would be betrothed to several clans she had chosen, but Merida gave a disapproving response.
Merida has her own goals in life, and if anyone is against her.
Merida will always try to achieve her goals.
Figure Significanc Figure 1.
Independent Scene 23 Ae Susari Nugraheni.
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(Scene:
When Merida follows the wisps.
Merida finds a building that has collapsed, while Merida is exploring the building, she is falling into a collapsed building and it turns out that inside the collapsed is a den of MorAodu bears.
Merida tries to escape before being pounced on by MorAodu.
Figure 1.
(Scene: in this scene it shows that Merida will fight for her right to choose her life goal so that her mother canAot manage it anymore.
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Independent Scene 20 Ae Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(Scene: Merida stopped the debate that existed between the clans who were arguing about who would continue the tradition and become MeridaAos husband.
Brave Figure Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(Scene: In this scene, when Merida sews the rug she has torn off and tries to break the curse, so that her mother and triplets can return to being Brave Scene 20 Ae According to the analysis in this research, it is found there are some femininity traits inside MeridaAos personality along the storyline in the The examples of femininity traits particularly found in the AuBraveAy movie are listed Affection Brave is great confidence in the face of danger and adversity.
In this scene.
Merida faces many challenges that endanger her.
When Merida tries to escape from the bear MorAodu and when Merida confronts her father who tries to kill her mother because her father, does not know that the queen is cursed, besides that Merida also dares to take responsibility for the mistakes she has made for turning her mother into a bear.
Figure 1.
(Scene: Merida tries to block her father when his father want to kill her mother who has been cursed to become a Brave Scene 12 Ae Merida has three younger brothers, whom she loves very much.
After coming home from the forest.
Merida entered the kitchen and brought a plate containing a lot of empire biscuits, which she gave to the younger siblings.
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(Scene: Merida brought a plate full of empire biscuits from the kitchen and brought it to the dining table.
Merida signaled to her younger brothers to take the biscuits which she would give through under the dining table.
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(Scene: Merida wears royal attire to welcoming the suitor clans.
Elinor dresses Merida in a horribly uncomfortable and tight formal dres.
Affection Scene 20 Ae Elegant Scene 45 Ae The Reason of What makes Merida has Masculinity and Femininity Traits.
According to the analysis in this research, it is found there are some reasons of what makes Merida has masculinity and femininity traits along the storyline in the movie as story goes.
The examples of the issues particularly found in AuBraveAy movie are listed below:
Figure 1.
Masculinity In some scenes in the movie, it is found that Merida as the main character of the movie has masculinity traits inherited from her father and also influences from her environment, which are mostly male.
, one of which Merida also has 3 younger brothers.
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(Scene: When Merida wants to take her mother who has become a bear away from the palace.
MeridaAos brothers help the escape when the clans try to chase her mother.
After Merida is able to escape through the kitchen.
Merida allows her brothers to take anything as a gift.
Affection Scene 00 Ae Figure 2.
(Scene: When MeridaAos 6th birthday.
King Fergus give her present is a little bow and King Fergus teach Merida how to use the bow and arrow.
Elegant is the basic nature of a princess, the beauty that radiates in beautiful work clothes is the main attraction for a princess.
In this scene.
Merida wears royal clothes that her mother help to wears and makes Merida look different from her usual daily life.
Figure Significance Figure 2.
Elegant Figure Significance Figure 2.
Masculinity Scene 55 Ae Masculinity Scene 10 Ae Susari Nugraheni.
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(Scene: The clan leaders along with the guards came to MeridaAos castle, in this scene it shows that MeridaAos environment is more male.
According to the findings, it can be seen the description of masculinity traits of Merida in the movie have characteristic such as adventurous, willing to take risk, independent and brave are very attached to Merida herself.
Adventurous Femininity Scene in figure 1.
1 and figure 1.
2 is taken when Merida riding her horse into the forest.
Merida began to shoot arrows at every point of the tree that Merida had passed.
When Merida passed the first tree.
Merida released her bow and hit the points until last trees.
Merida managed to release all the arrows and ended up hitting the targets as seen in figure 1.
3 and 1.
The feminine code is something princesses usually do to follow the rules of royal tradition.
Figure Significance Scene in figure 1.
5 and figure 1.
6 is taken when Merida hunts fish using an arrow to get fish as breakfast for her mother.
Merida caught some fish a then burned it and gave it to her mother.
She is adventurous while she likes doing something new and challenging.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
(Scene: The Queen gave a lesson to Merida on how to convey it to the people to make it look authoritative and also the Queen taught Merida about geography.
Femininity Scene 58 Ae This scene related to Denisa .
explained that The masculine is formed by a culture that is closely stereotyped and attached to men, but its nature is very relative in every culture and also masculine characters can emerge with characteristics such as unyielding, strong, active competitive, brave confident, full of confidence, independent, adventurous, aggressive, decisive, and act as leader.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
(Scene: The Queen teaches Merida to play the lyre instrument and the etiquette of eating a princess.
Femininity Scene 18 Ae Willing to Take Risk Scene in figure 1.
7 and figure 1.
8 is taken when Merida climbing the climbs the cliff to reach the waterfall without using any safety tools.
When Merida reach the waterfall.
Merida looked around her and shouted happily as seen in figure 1.
9 it is shows that Merida willing to take risk when she climbs the cliff without any safety tools at all.
Discussions This scene related to Fatimah .
stated that The masculine traits based on BemAos Sex Role inventory theory are athletic, masculine, ambitious, analytical, act as a leader, aggressive, assertive, competitive, defends own beliefs, dominant, forceful, has leadership abilities, independent, makes decision easily, self-reliant, strong personality, willing to take a stand and willing to take risks.
From all the findings above, it can be concluded that there are several masculinity and femininity traits in the movie that the writers found, such as adventurous, willing to take risk, independent, brave, affection and elegant.
Environmental influences and genetic factors are the reason why Merida as the main character of the movie has masculinity and femininity traits.
The following findings, such as figures and dialogues will be explained below.
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Merida said that her mother could not make Merida into what she wanted and Merida did not want to be like her mother.
Elinor judge that Merida had acted like a child and Merida was so upset that she tore the rug with a picture of Merida and her mother on it.
After Merida tore the rug.
Elinor tried to burn her arrow but after Elinor realize and she tried to save MeridaAos arrow.
From this scene Merida expresses her opinion about what Elinor has done to her.
Merida tries to fight for her rights for herself.
Independent Scene in figure 1.
10 and figure 1.
11 are taken when the moment Elinor tell that Merida will be an arranged marriage with several clans who had accepted ElinorAos an arranged marriage request as seen in dialogue 1.
The dialogue shows that Elinor wants to Merida follow her an arranged marriage that she already making.
Merida who knew that she would be betrothed immediately rejected her motherAos request, this shows that Merida has her own life choices as seen in figure The dialogue 1.
2 Merida strictly rejects this a arranged marriage by expressing the opinion what that her mother has done is only for her own self without thinking about MeridaAos opinion.
In figure 1.
20 and figure 1.
21 Merida try to stop the debate that existed between the clans.
Merida tells the clans about the ancient kingdom, the clans had heard of the lost kingdom tale and Merida explained that Aulegends are lessonsAy that means legends are lessons for their successors.
The dialogue 1.
6 their kingdom is still young and not yet a legend, clans that were once enemies, after the invaders came from the sea, the clans united to defend the land they occupied, in this scene Merida explains the beginning of peace between clans.
After that Merida expressed her opinion about the tradition and Merida is responsible for it.
Merida argues that she chooses to make her own choices, in this scene Merida decides that to do what is right and break existing According to Merida.
Elinor as The Queen feels in her heart.
Merida can make her choice and write her life story for herself by following her heart and finding love within The scene in figure 1.
22, figure 1.
and figure 1.
24 shows that the clan representative agrees with MeridaAos opinion, this betrothal tradition can be canceled because we can determine our own destiny according to Young Macintos.
Wee Dingwall also agrees with that opinion, why we do not choose our fate, and the last is Young MacGuffin also showed his agreement with each clanAos opinion.
Independent, courage and wisdom are shown by Merida when she breaks the traditions and to be free to write their own story.
Cordova .
Scene in figure 1.
13 and figure 1.
14 shows when Merida tried to show her identity in the same time her existence was shown.
The dialogue 1.
Merida introduce herself in front of the candidates and will dedicated the shoot arrow for her own From this scene it can be concluded that Merida want to show her existence and rejected the betrothal.
Scene in figure 1.
15 Merida start to shoot the arrow to the target while her mother trying to stop In this scene show that Merida ignoring her mother she still shooting the arrow until the last target, she managed shooting three target into the center mark.
In figure 1.
16 it shown that Elinor trying to stop Merida because her went against gender rules.
Scene in figure 1.
17 after Merida finish she looked at to her mother, she gives a face that clearly refuses to an arranged marriage.
The 4 shows that Elinor pressed her sentence to stop Merida from shooting arrows at the target.
Merida tore a very thigh dress to give herself space when she is about to throw an arrow into the center mark.
From the scene it can be concluded that Merida against this an arranged marriage because Merida has her own purpose in The scene in figure 1.
18 and figure 1.
19 are taken that Elinor argues with Merida who has tried to oppose this betrothal.
Elinor was of the opinion that Merida embarrassed the candidates for beating the candidates by a landslide and embarrassed her because Elinor could not control Merida who had acted out of bounds.
The 5 shows that Elinor could not believe what Merida had done in front of the candidates and peoples.
Merida felt that this situation was unfair because it only took place following the Brave The scenes in figure 1.
25 and figure 1.
26 are taken when Merida follows the wisps, she finds a building that has collapsed while Merida exploring the building, she is falling into a collapsed building and it can be seen in the figures she turns out that inside the collapsed is a den of Susari Nugraheni.
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Merida tries to escape before being pounced on by MorAodu.
Merida managed to escape from the MorAodu bear by jumping and grabbing her motherAos hand.
The dialogue 1.
7 described Merida after falling into the rubble of a building reassuring her mother that she is fine.
In this scene Merida bravely runs away from the MorAodu bear who is trying to chase her.
her father and the clans to lock them on the roof, then one of MeridaAos brothers guides their way out through the kitchen.
Figure 1.
33 and figure 1.
are shows when Merida made it to the kitchen and then she went out with her mother.
The dialogue 11 before she leaves.
Merida tells her brothers that they can get and eat everything as a gift from The triplets are very happy after Merida says They look around the kitchen until they see some cake on the table.
Courage, strength, affection discipline, (Wollstonecraft, 2.
Figure 1.
27 and figure 1.
28 are shown Merida gets in the way of her father trying to kill the bear.
Merida warns that she will not allow her father to kill a bear.
Merida says that the bear is his wife.
King Fergus who does not believe and does not listen to Merida asking her to get out of the way.
The dialogue 1.
8 Merida tell her father to stay away and asks if her mother is fine after the clans and his father have managed to tie her up and will kill her.
King Fergus asks if Merida has out of her mind defending the bear.
Merida says that she will not let her father and clans kill her mother.
In this scene show that Merida brave to die to protect her mother from her fatherAos desire to kill.
Elegant It can be seen from figure 1.
35 and figure 1.
before Merida meet with the candidates who will follow an arrange marriage, she wear a beautiful royal dress.
Dressed by Elinor.
Merida wear a corset and royal dress that made her an authoritative princess.
In this scenes are shows that Merida can be elegant when she wearing dresses a royal princess.
The dialogue 1.
12 when Elinor expressed her feelings, she saw a different Merida after dressing like a princess.
Elinor tries to hide her feeling how proud her to Merida.
Scene Figure 1.
29 is taken when Merida rides her horse along with the triplets to stop her father and the clans from trying to kill her mother.
Merida sews the rug while sheAos rides her horse, she has torn earlier and tries to break the spell that turned her mother and triplets brother into bears.
Dialogue 1.
9 it shown that Merida warns her horse.
Angus to calm down and asks Hubbert and Haris to help Hamish when he want to fall because Angus is running so fast.
In this scene Merida shown her responsibility to break the spell and make her family back.
The Reason of Why the Main Character has Masculinity and Femininity Traits.
There are some reasons how a person can have masculinity and femininity traits.
In the case of Merida, the issues that make her had masculinity and femininity traits are her parent habit and her Masculinity and femininity are genders that describe the characteristics of men and women.
Men and women are not always identified as masculinity and femininity is a term that is usually used for women.
Masculinity is shown by courage, rationality, dominant nature, disloyalty and strength.
Masculinity in each culture is different and it is considered masculine in one culture can be considered feminine in It can also make many women are masculine or vice versa because they are triggered by the environment or the tendency to act like Affection In figure 1.
30 after Merida doing archery and horse riding, she returned to the palace through the back door that connected the kitchen.
Merida quietly took a large plate full of empire biscuits and brought it to the dining table.
Figure 1.
31 and 32 are shown that Merida tells her triplets brother to receive a large plate full of empire The dialogue 1.
10 Merida gave a sign to triplets brother to going to under the table.
This scene shows that Merida had affection traits, to her brothers and she will give whatever her brothers Masculinity Barker .
masculinity is a form of constructed masculinity for men.
Men are not born with nature of masculinity.
Naturally, masculinity is formed by culture.
The nature of women and men is culturally constructed.
Generally, tradition masculinity considers the values between power, courage, action, control, independence, selfsatisfaction, male solidarity highly, and works.
In it scene figure 1.
32 Merida asks the triplets for help to escape from the palace with her mother.
The triplets make a plan to divert the clans and her father so that Merida and her mother can get out of the palace safely.
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The figure 2.
1 and figure 2 show King Fergus give an arrow to young Merida as birthday present.
King Fergus teach young Merida how to shoot arrow to the target.
Young Merida trying to shoot arrow but she did not yet ready and the arrow are missing the target.
The dialogue 2.
1 it can be seen from the figures and dialogue how excited young Merida when she has first bow and arrow.
CONCLUSIONS
The research has two main focuses: first to describe masculinity and femininity in Merida in the movie of AuBraveAy and second to find out the reasons why MeridaAos in the movie AuBraveAy has masculinity and femininity traits.
This research has answered and discussed all the research The questions are: What are the traits of masculinity and femininity shown in the movie AuBraveAy? and What makes Merida in the movie AuBraveAy has masculinity and femininity traits? The masculinity and femininity traits shown by Merida in the movie Brave include: adventurous, willing to take a risk, independent, brave, affection, and elegant.
Masculinity from her environment and femininity from her mother are the reasons why Merida has masculinity and femininity traits in the movie of AuBraveAy.
MeridaAos masculinity traits are shown in the movie when she gives an arrow to her father as a present on her birthday and when the clans are visiting MeridaAos house, it shows that her environment can affect her traits.
Femininity in MeridaAos traits is shows in the movie when her mother gives her many lessons to make her how to be an educated and authoritative princess.
MeridaAos masculinity is more dominant because this movie shows more of MeridaAos character, who tends to choose bold and challenging activities.
Merida has a strong personality that goes against the patriarchal idea of a weak, submissive young woman.
Masculinity and femininity characters cannot be limited by gender, and this is one of the important issues in a society where gender is not a benchmark for a personAos character.
Scenes in figure 2.
3 and figure 2.
4 are taken when the clans visiting MeridaAos castle.
The clans come to her palace to follow a betrothal that has been told before.
The three clans enter the castle which has been welcomed by King Fergus.
Queen.
Merida and the Triplets.
It is also shown that MeridaAos environment mostly men then Merida has masculinity traits.
The dialogue 2.
2 shows on how King Fergus welcomed the suitors coming to his palace.
Femininity According to McRobbie .
feminine codes are parts of the dominant ideology, which plays a role in defining the life of every woman, from the way they dress, the way they act to, the way talks to each other.
Figure 2.
5 and figure 2.
6 are taken when Elinor teach Merida to become a princess.
this scene Merida follows lessons given by her Merida follows geography lessons and how to give a good speech in front of the people with confidence and authority.
The dialogue 2.
Merida recited the sentence irregularly and then Elinor confirmed it, in a lesson on geography Elinor taught that every princess must have knowledge about her kingdom.
There are some benefits and suggestion for the next researched, it can be concluded as follows:
to students who are interested in conducting research on the same topic of study, the students should emphasize research on aspects of audience research on how they accept and respond to movie.
to the moviemaker to produce movie that can be learned from the movie.
Hopefully it will always provide a moral message that can educate and open the minds of movie lovers.
for movie lovers must be smart as audience.
The attitude from the movie audiences should have to be critical of the phenomena presented in the movie.
If this critical attitude is possessed, then the audience will not easily fall into what they have just seen, but it can also be studied with at least a better and more useful understanding.
the writers also suggest future researchers to analyze The scenes in figure 2.
7 and figure 2.
8 show another lesson that Elinor give to Merida are how to play lyre instrument and also teach how to have etiquette while eating.
Merida plays the instrument irregularly until Elinor tells the truth and when Merida eats she puts all the food in her mouth without chewing it slowly.
Elinor noticed it then she told Merida a princess doesnAot stuff her gob as seen in the dialogue 3.
In this scene, the lesson that Elinor given to Merida makes her have femininity traits.
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