SOCIAL CLASS CLASSIFICATION OF THE MADAM AND NINETTE IN THE SHORT STORY MAGIC

Abstract

This study aims to analyze how the bourgeois and the proletariat are reflected in The Madam and Ninette in the short story Magic by Katherine Anne Porter. The short story Magic by Katherine Anne Porter is the primary data collected by the researcher to answer the research question above. This study used the descriptive qualitative method. The research data was analyzed using Marxism theory, an ideology by Karl Marx about the social class conflict that occurs in capitalist society. This study focuses on two characters, The Madam and Ninette to identify the bourgeois and the proletariat with their struggle as the lower class. The result of this study shows that the bourgeois is reflected in a character named The Madam because The Madam exploits the workers who have been working for her and minimizes the wage payment of workers. In addition, the proletariat is reflected in a character named Ninette who struggles when Ninette tries to free herself from The Madam as the bourgeois.