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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelWomen have been the victims of gender
discrimination, especially in the Victorian age, in
which their positions are very weak, that is beyond
men. However, Caroline, the Victorian woman has
attempted to get the equality to men's rights. This
thesis contains the reason of her attempts, what kinds
of equality that she wants, and the causes of her
failure. The thesis writer will prove that she
attempts to get equality because she is discontent to
her condition and the causes of her failure are the
society, social norms and herself. The scope of this
study will be about the analysis of Caroline's
character in order to gain proofs of her attempts to
get equality. Meanwhile, as for the limitation, the
thesis writer only will focus on Caroline as the main
female character who shows.the characteristic of a
Victorian woman who attempts to get equality. In this
study, the thesis writer will use the library research
to find and collect all the information about the
novel, Shirley. The thesis writer will use the
literary approach of characterization to analyze
Caroline and also the theory of the condition of women
in Victorian age to analyze the condition of Caroline
in that period. Caroline is bored with her condition,
so that she wants to get equality to men's rights, such
as, equal rights to be independent, equal opportunity,
and equal rights to choose a spouse. But, her
environment, the Victorian norms, and herself have led
her to failure. Finally, the thesis writer concludes
that Caroline's main reason for Caroline's failure is
because she is afraid of breaking the Victorian norms
as she is afraid of society's punishment; that is,
being isolated.