Social Issues During the Victorian Era Lead to the Formation of Nice Girl Syndrome in Gaskell’s Ruth

Madeline Yudith; Burhanuddin Arafah; Herawaty Abbas; Ahmat Jaelani; Franco Gabriel Sunyoto; Azhariah Nur B. Arafah

doi:10.17507/jltr.1503.15

Authors

Madeline Yudith Universitas Muslim Indonesia
Burhanuddin Arafah Hasanuddin University
Herawaty Abbas Hasanuddin University
Ahmat Jaelani Hasanuddin University
Franco Gabriel Sunyoto Hasanuddin University
Azhariah Nur B. Arafah Universitas Gunadarma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1503.15

Keywords:

Ruth, Nice Girl Syndrome, psychoanalysis

Abstract

This study aimed to elaborate on the relationship between social issues during the Victorian era and Nice Girl syndrome, as demonstrated in Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth. A qualitative descriptive method was employed to achieve this objective, incorporating Alfred Adler's Individual Personality approach and Beverly Engel's Nice Girl syndrome as the grand theory. Data on female characters' behaviour and thoughts in Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth were collected and analyzed using Adler's and Nice Girl syndrome theories, respectively. Furthermore, the dialogue and monologue of female characters were also considered. The results showed that social issues such as social class, Victorian family, Victorian ideal womanhood, and Victorian religion and morality related to Nice Girl syndrome during the Victorian era influenced and contributed to the formation of Ruth's female characters.

Author Biographies

Madeline Yudith, Universitas Muslim Indonesia

Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra

Burhanuddin Arafah, Hasanuddin University

English Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences

Herawaty Abbas, Hasanuddin University

English Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences

Ahmat Jaelani, Hasanuddin University

English Language Studies Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences

Franco Gabriel Sunyoto, Hasanuddin University

English Language Studies Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences

Azhariah Nur B. Arafah, Universitas Gunadarma

Faculty of Psychology

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