relation: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/12065/ title: MASCULINE QUALITIES OF WOMAN IN FAMILY LIFE AS SEEN IN FRANZ KAFKA'S METAMORPHOSIS creator: RENI SUSILOWATI, NIM. 09150095 subject: Bahasa Inggris description: This research discusses the masculine traits and behaviors of women and the idea of feminism, which are found in Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis. This study focuses on the main female character Grete Samsa that changes herself become masculine in her characteristics and the idea feminism related to masculine characteristics. The method of research applied in this study is library research. The writer collects the data from books, journals, and internet that contain supporting the data. These are analyzed by the theory of Liberal Feminism that woman must be strong in mind and body (masculine); woman also must be independent that will tend to be observant daughters and affectionate sisters. The result of the analysis explains that the masculine characteristic of Grete Samsa is independent, intellectual, domination, autonomy, and feminine. This analysis is also correlated into the idea feminism of woman perspective, it is either man or women are born free and equal. The idea feminism is shown by Grete Samsa when she studied French gets shorthand and works outside the home to get money and helps her family’s financial. She dares to break the society paradigm that a woman is mostly weak, dependent, passive, and being servant. She shows that she is free to get equality in her life. Key words: Masculine Qualities, family life, women, feminism date: 2013-09-24 type: Thesis type: NonPeerReviewed format: text language: en identifier: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/12065/1/CHAPTER%20I%2C%20IV%2C%20REFERENCES.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/12065/2/CHAPTER%20II%2C%20III.pdf identifier: RENI SUSILOWATI, NIM. 09150095 (2013) MASCULINE QUALITIES OF WOMAN IN FAMILY LIFE AS SEEN IN FRANZ KAFKA'S METAMORPHOSIS. Skripsi thesis, UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA.