The Representation of Feminism in the Incredibles 2: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (Mmcda)

Abstract

The findings of this study show that the movie represents feminism. It can be seen in the relationship between linguistic and visual elements. The linguistic elements which represent feminism in The Incredibles 2 movie can be described and proven through the Transitivity and Mood analysis. The dominant process used by Helen is Material process where she appears as the Actor of the process. Additionally, in the visual element, Helen (Elastigirl) mostly appears on the center position which means that she is the nucleus of the information. Helen (Elastigirl) also appears mostly as the Salient participant who is the focus of the scenes. Thus, the movie proves that Elastigirl or Helen represented feminism idea. However, in some cases, the representation of feminism is not fully achieved because male domination still exists in the movie. Therefore, this movie does not completely succeed in representing feminism.