ANALYSIS OF CINDERELLA COMPLEX OF

THE CHARACTERS IN LITTLE WOMEN

(2019)
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SUPERVISORS:
D R . FA I D A H Y U S U F, S . S . , M . P D .
SANDRA DEWI DAHLAN, S.PD., M.A.

EXAMINERS:
NASRUM, S.PD., M.PD.
M U H . TA U F I K , S . H U M . , M . H U M .
OUTLINE
Review of Related Methodology of the
Introduction
Literature Research

• Research Question • Previous Findings • Research Method

• Objective of The • Pertinent Ideas • Source of Data
Research • Procedures of Data
• Significance of The Analysis
Research
• Scope of The Research Findings and Conclusion and
discussion Suggestion

• Findings •Conclusion
• Discussion •suggestion
INTRODUCTION
 BACKGROUND

• What • How

• Why
RESEARCH QUESTION

What are the Cinderella Complex aspects and factors

represented by the characters in the Little Woman movie?
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

To describe the Cinderella Complex aspects and factors

represented by the characters in the Little Woman movie
RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE

Theoritical

Practical
RESEARCH SCOPE
The researcher will only focus on the representation of Cinderella
Complex aspects and factors by the characters in the movie.

Colette Dowling’s
Cinderella Complex
theory (1982)
REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE
PREVIOUS FINDINGS
Saha and Safri (2016) Cinderella Complex: Theoretical Roots to
Psychological Dependency Syndrome in Woman

Intan (2019) Cinderella Complex Dalam Eiffel I’m in Love Karya

Rahmania Arunita dan Fairish Karya Esti Kinasih

Xu, et al (2019) The Cinderella Complex: Word Embedding Reveal

Gender Stereotypes in Movies and Books
THEORITICAL BACKGROUND

Cinderella Complex
ASPECTS OF CINDERELLA COMPLEX

Expecting others' direction

Avoiding challenges and

competitions
External self-control

Rely on men
Low Self-Esteem

Fear of Losing Femininity

Passive in making decisions and
developing self
CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF CINDERELLA COMPLEX

Parenting style

Personal Maturity

Factors Self-Concept

Providing excessive help

women as second-class
SYMPTOMS OF THE CINDERELLA COMPLEX
METHODOLOGY OF
THE RESEARCH
RESEARCH METHOD

Descriptive Qualitative

Denzim, 1994: 11
DATA SOURCE
The Little Paris
Bookshop

Greta Gerwig

135 minutes

2019
INSTRUMENT OF THE RESEARCH

Note taking

Ray
(2005: 13)
PROCEDURE OF COLLECTING DATA

Discover and
Watch
Quote
DATA ANALYSIS METHOD

Data Reduction

Data Display

Drawing
Conclussion
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
FINDINGS
Cinderella Complex aspects and factors found in Little Women
movie.

Datum 1 (00:06:47)

Cinderella complex Aspect : Passive on making decision,

Cinderella complex Factor : Parenting style.

“I feel I should go back, but they all say, ‘stay’.”

“you can do nothing if you go back.”
Datum 2 (00:06:51)

• Cinderella complex Aspect : Rely on men

• Cinderella complex Factor : Parenting style.

“The girl is sick, not lonely. And you shouldn’t go home until you and Fred Vaughn are
properly engaged.”
Datum 8 (00:26:09)

• Cinderella complex Aspect : Fear of losing femininity

• Cinderella complex Factor : Parenting style

“I wish I had heaps of money and plenty of servants, so I never had to work again. “
Datum 11 (00:35:23)

• Cinderella complex Aspect : Rely on men

• Cinderella complex Factor : Parenting style

• “But I intend to make my way in the world. “

• “Oh, well. No. No one makes their own way. Not really. Least of all, woman. You’ll need
to marry well. “
DISCUSSION

The aspects and factors of Cinderella complex showed by

the female characters of Little Women movie.
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
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