ABSTRAK Pada abad 21, jumlah penampilan tokoh wanita yang kuat atau tangguh di film-film Hollywood mengalamikenaikan. Terdapat sejumlah jalan cerita di mana tokoh wanita berperan sebagai pahlawan atau sosok yang kuatatau tangguh menghadapi tokoh-tokoh lainnya di film-film Hollywood. Menganalisa ?The Girl with the DragonTattoo? dan ?Gone Girl? karya David Fincher, jurnal ini menyampaikan argumen bahwa representasi tokoh wanitadi kedua film tersebut hanya sampai pada titik tertentu. Memberikan sejumlah analisis mengenai hubungan antarakarakter pria dan wanita di kedua film tersebut, jurnal ini menunjukkan bahwa representasi tokoh wanita kuat atautangguh di ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? dan ?Gone Girl? karya David Fincher sangat berkaitan denganterjadinya ketidakseimbangan kekuasaan atau power imbalance di dalam hubungan, dan hanya jatuh pada konsepbinary opposition, di mana tokoh wanita dilihat sebagai sosok yang kuat atau tangguh hanya di saat merekamengalami pembalikkan kekuasaan atau reversal of power di dalam hubungan.ABSTRACT In the 21st century, the number of appearances of strong female characters in Hollywood movies is increasing.There are a lot of circumstances in which female characters play as heroines or are powerful over other charactersin Hollywood movies. Examining David Fincher?s ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? and ?Gone Girl?, this paperargues that the portrayal of strong female characters in the two films is only to a particular extent. By presenting anumber of analyses of how relationships go between male and female characters in the two films, the paper showsthat the representation of strong female characters in David Fincher?s ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? and?Gone Girl? is strongly related with the occurrence of power imbalance in relationships yet only falls under theconcept of binary opposition, in which female characters are seen as strong or powerful only when they undergoreversal of power in relationships.;In the 21st century, the number of appearances of strong female characters in Hollywood movies is increasing.There are a lot of circumstances in which female characters play as heroines or are powerful over other charactersin Hollywood movies. Examining David Fincher?s ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? and ?Gone Girl?, this paperargues that the portrayal of strong female characters in the two films is only to a particular extent. By presenting anumber of analyses of how relationships go between male and female characters in the two films, the paper showsthat the representation of strong female characters in David Fincher?s ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? and?Gone Girl? is strongly related with the occurrence of power imbalance in relationships yet only falls under theconcept of binary opposition, in which female characters are seen as strong or powerful only when they undergoreversal of power in relationships.;In the 21st century, the number of appearances of strong female characters in Hollywood movies is increasing.There are a lot of circumstances in which female characters play as heroines or are powerful over other charactersin Hollywood movies. Examining David Fincher?s ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? and ?Gone Girl?, this paperargues that the portrayal of strong female characters in the two films is only to a particular extent. By presenting anumber of analyses of how relationships go between male and female characters in the two films, the paper showsthat the representation of strong female characters in David Fincher?s ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? and?Gone Girl? is strongly related with the occurrence of power imbalance in relationships yet only falls under theconcept of binary opposition, in which female characters are seen as strong or powerful only when they undergoreversal of power in relationships.;In the 21st century, the number of appearances of strong female characters in Hollywood movies is increasing.There are a lot of circumstances in which female characters play as heroines or are powerful over other charactersin Hollywood movies. Examining David Fincher?s ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? and ?Gone Girl?, this paperargues that the portrayal of strong female characters in the two films is only to a particular extent. By presenting anumber of analyses of how relationships go between male and female characters in the two films, the paper showsthat the representation of strong female characters in David Fincher?s ?The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? and?Gone Girl? is strongly related with the occurrence of power imbalance in relationships yet only falls under theconcept of binary opposition, in which female characters are seen as strong or powerful only when they undergoreversal of power in relationships. |