Lovina S, Justicia Khansa’ (2026) NEGOTIATING GENDER ROLES AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ELOISE BRIDGERTON IN JULIA QUINN’S TO SIR PHILLIP, WITH LOVE (2003). Undergraduate thesis, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.

	Text SE3885 Justicia Khansa’ Lovina S 13020122140131 OK_1.pdf Download (2MB)
	Text SE3885 Justicia Khansa’ Lovina S 13020122140131 OK_2.pdf Download (1MB)
	Text SE3885 Justicia Khansa’ Lovina S 13020122140131 OK_3.pdf Download (2MB)
	Text SE3885 Justicia Khansa’ Lovina S 13020122140131 OK_4.pdf Download (1MB)
	Text SE3885 Justicia Khansa’ Lovina S 13020122140131 OK.pdf Restricted to Repository staff only Download (1MB)

Abstract

This study examines how gender roles, internal conflict, and women’s
empowerment are represented through the character of Eloise Bridgerton in Julia
Quinn’s To Sir Phillip, With Love (2003). The study aims to analyze the gender
roles reflected in Eloise’s character, examine how her perception of marriage
generates internal conflict, and explore how her negotiation of traditional gender
norms represents women’s empowerment. This study employs a qualitative method
using feminist literary criticism, with close reading as the primary technique for
analyzing characterization, dialogue, narration, and significant events in the novel.
Alice Eagly’s Social Role Theory is applied to examine how socially constructed
gender expectations shape Eloise’s experiences and responses. The findings reveal
that gender roles are reflected through communal expectations, agentic responses,
and role negotiation. Eloise’s perception of marriage creates internal conflict
through marriage as a socially prescribed duty, the tension between autonomy and
social belonging, and the fear of identity erasure caused by role incongruity.
Furthermore, her negotiation of traditional gender norms represents women’s
empowerment through taking control of her own life, asserting intellectual agency,
and demanding equality in marriage. The study concludes that Eloise’s
empowerment is achieved not by rejecting the existing social system, but by
negotiating its constraints while preserving her autonomy, intellectual identity, and
equality within marriage.
Keywords: gender roles, internal conflict, women’s empowerment, Social Role
Theory, To Sir Phillip, With Love.

Actions (login required)

View Item