1. Kartini’s politeness strategies.
a. Negative politeness strategy Kartini have performed Negative politeness strategy for 22 times in this movie, the most frequent negative politeness strategy is question and hedge strategy with 13 times, second is impersonalize S and H, and minimize the imposition strategy with 3 times, third is be conventionally indirect strategy with 2 times, and last is be pesimistic and apologize strategy with only once.
1. Question and hedge strategy is frequently used by Kartini because in this movie, Kartini show a lot of dialogues or conversations which contain asking question, whether she ask a question to Kardinah, Roekmini or another characters.
2. Impersonalize S and H is used by Kartini to make impersonal, means show sadness, symphaty or other, for instance, when Kartini wanted to sleep with Ngasirah her mother, she asked by her mother to sleep in the front house, because she is Raden ayu, but Kartini neglect and crying. In this case, Kartini used …show more content…
Kartini only implemented this strategy in the situation when Mr. Baron and his wife come to their house and ask about Kartini’s condition, and Kartini’s father replied by saying she is still in Pingitan, but then Mr. Baron said to Raden Sosroningrat, did he locked his own daughter, Kartini come and said that her father is not fully locked her, because she is still allowed to read and play. Of course, the reason why suddenly Kartini come up is only to save her father’s face, she show that her father is not locked her and she indirectly stated to Mr. And Mrs. Baron she is interested with knowledge and education, she is trying to bulid Mrs. Baron curiosity, and will invite Kartini into her house, at the end she finally can escape from her