Rizky, Fira Audria (2026) THE REPRESENTATION OF VIVIAN WARD AS LOWER-CLASS STEREOTYPE THROUGH JUDGEMENT IN PRETTY WOMAN (1990). Undergraduate thesis, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.

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Abstract

The process of stereotyping regarding social class can be observed in the
judgements contained in what people say about individuals from a particular social
class, this is often reflected in various media and presented in a romanticised light.
This study focuses on the lead role of Vivian Ward in the film Pretty Woman
(1990), in which she is portrayed as a lower-class individual who enters an upperclass environment. Using Martin and White’s Appraisal Theory, particularly the
subsystem of judgement, and Stuart Hall’s concepts of representation and
stereotyping, this study attempts to examine how judgement expressions contribute
to the construction of stereotypes and social class representation in the film. Results
show that upper-class characters' evaluations of Vivian simplify her identity into
fixed and negative traits associated with her class background, reinforcing patterns
of otherness, exclusion, and social hierarchy.
Keywords: appraisal theory; judgement; social class; stereotyping

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