Artikel Analysis Cinderella (Romantic Musical)

Cinderella (Romantic Music)

Cinderella is an orphan girl who lives with her stepmother and two stepsisters, she has three mice as friends and pets and cocoons. Cinderella has a dream to open her own boutique and become the first business girl of the era, but her stepmother doesn't like it and tells Cinderella to stop dreaming. Because women are considered unfit to run a business and only serve in the kitchen. Not only Cinderella, but the younger sister of Prince Robert also demands gender equality, who wants the king's seat and carries out the idea of reducing poverty in his kingdom. From the side of Vivian / Cinderella's stepmother, it was also explained how talented she was in the field of music, but because of her gender status, she couldn't achieve her dreams and turned into an old-fashioned person.

According to HT. Wilson, "gender equality is a basis for determining the differences between men and women in the culture and a collective life in which they become men and women."

Gender equality is the equality of conditions for men or women to obtain opportunities and their rights as human beings. Not only gender equality is brought into this story, but discrimination is also included in the story. According to the KBBI, "discrimination is the imposition of treatment against fellow citizens, based on; skin color, class, ethnicity, economy, religion, gender, and others.

(Identification of conflict) Cinderella who wants to realize her dream and princess Gwen who has many ideas for the advancement of her kingdom, and Prince Robert who does not want his father's throne. The problem is that the existing regulations don't let women do what they want. women have no say or right to decisions even when it comes to their private lives. When Cinderella brought clothes that were designed to the market for sale and offered to a rich woman, the woman insulted her and people laughed at her design which was considered stolen.

(Complications) Cinderella has to choose between a partner and a dream, while her stepmother has set her up with a rich merchant named Mr. Cecil. On the night when the party looking for a wife for the prince was taking place, Cinderella met a queen who liked her designs and intended to hire her as the queen's personal designer. That night, Cinderella agreed and agreed to the conditions that the queen offered to her. That night, Cinderella was surprised by her homemade dress worn by the royal princess and the man who bought her clothes at the market at that time was a prince.

(Climax) Cinderella loves prince Robert but she doesn't want to live as the wife of a king who can only wave her hand without doing anything, Cinderella chose her dream because she pursued her dream for a long time, but the arranged marriage of her stepmother gave her no other choice, he had to marry the rich merchant. Prince Robert asked her to marry him and told Cinderella to forget her dream and live at work with him. But Cinderella refused the invitation because she loved her dream more, she left the party at the clock ticking and left her shoes in the royal courtyard. Cinderella ran away when Mr. Cecil took him to the man's house. On her way, Cinderella met Prince Robert and said he would hand over his position to his sister.

(conclusion) The quarrel between the King and Queen did not last long because the king realized his fault quickly. He changed his way of thinking and gave his daughter a chance to lead the kingdom. Cinderella and Prince Robert chose to be travelers, went to various regions, and offered their designer clothes.