PAMELA: A REFLECTION OF A NEW 18TH CENTURY WOMAN 1 Galuh Parameswari2, Ekawati Marhaenny Dukut and B. Retang Wohangara3 Abstract: The 18'" century period is oftell cOllsidered as a period where womell had to live ill men's world. There were 1I0rms, values, and rules, which binded, tied and controlled women's movemellts in every part of life. Womell 'were forced' to be ollly as mell 's servallls and slaves who were obliged to be submissive alld servile. Through his 'IOvel, Pamela, Samuel Richardsoll introduces his maill character. Pamela. as a controversially differelll character. She changes the meaning of servitude, in which womell do 1I0t have to be men's properties for being servile. Unlike most womerr ill her cemury. she introduces herself as a beillg who ;s able to use her illlelligelice in defending her rights in frolll of men ill a patriarchal society while at the same time she still gives her respect to them. This article, which uses traditiollal, sociological. moral, and femillism approaches. is intended to analyze the new portrayal of the 18'" celltury female characte r by focusing on Sanruel Richardson's Pamela, as she showed new meanillgs of being a woman, a wife. mId a mother to her husband, friends and socief)~ Key words: servitude. feminism. patriarchal socief)'. This article is a development of the thesis defended at the Faculty of Letters. Socgijapranata Catholic University in July 2003. 2 Galuh Parameswari, s.s. is an alumnae of the Faculty of Letters Soegijapranata Catholic University 3 Dra. Ekawati Marhaenny Dukut, M.Hum. and B. Retang Wobangara, S.S., M.Hum. are lecturers of the Faculty of Letters. Soegijapranata Catholic University of Semarang G Prameswari, E.M. Dukut and B.R. Wohangara, Pamela 81 Pamela's efforts in preserving her own way to defend her rights, pride and dignity in giving service to men, have broken men's dominance over her. Her brilliant reasonable reasons, patience, and faithfulness toward people around her make nobody can look down upon her. By keeping her dreams and desires, Pamela can change the entire meaning of being servile and become a new portrayal of the ISlh century English female who is able to freely express her own wants and needs. BIBLIOGRAPHY Abrams. M.H. A Glossary 0/ Literature Terms 611l ed. United States: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1985. Chase. Perry et al. Western Civilization. Ideas. Politic and Society/rom 1600s. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1985. Davies. Stephen. Libertarian Feminism in Britain 1860- 1910. In http://www. capital. demon.co.ukILAipamphletsllib-fem.html. retrieved on 29 May 2003. Eagleton. Mary. F emi"ist Literary Theory. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd .• 1986 Freeman. Jo. (1971). The Women s Liberation Movemellt: Its Origin. Structures alld Ideas. 1971. In http://Scriptorium.Lib.duke.edulwlmlwomlib. retrieved 31 May 2003). Friedan. Betty. (1963). "The Feminine Mystique (Ch. 5): The Sexual Solipsism of Sigmund Freud" 1963. In http://www.Marxists.orglreferences/subjectl philosophy/works/usifriedan.Htm. retrieved 31 May 2(03). Plumb. J .H. England ill the Eighteenth Celllury ( 1714-1815). Great Britain: Penguin Books. ]957. Richardson. Samuel. Pamela. Volume I. London: Everyman's Library. 1969. __ . Pamela. Volume II. London: Everyman's Library. 1969. Sarup. Madan. An Introduction Guide to Post·Structuralism and Postmodemism. 2nd ed. United States: The University of Georgia Press Athens. ]993. Schorrenberg. Barbara B. Sophia: British Feminism in the Mid Eighteelllh Celllu,)'. In http://www.pinn.net!@sunshinelbiblio/Sophia2l.html. retrieved on 29 May 2003). logo: