Restraints of The Labor’s Welfare in Lynn Nottage’s Play Sweat (2015)

Aidilla, Citra
Citra Aidilla, BA: Studied English Literature at Universitas Negeri Padang.

Job is an important thing for human to earn money and survive in life. Job can affect human position in the society. Society divided human being into two groups based on their job or the economic class, such as bourgeoisie and proletariat. Bourgeoisie is a term attached to the middle class, consists of educated and wealthy people. Meanwhile, proletariat known as lowest class or one of the lowest economic and social classes in a society. They also known as a laborer. The laborer often experienced injustice in the company. The company create regulations that disserve the laborer. This book, expose the issue about restraints of the labor's welfare which is done by the company in Reading, Pennsylvania and to know the contribution of the plot, setting, and character in revealing the restraints of the labor's welfare. This analysis is related to the concept alienation by Karl Marx that is supported by the text and context-based interpretation. The result of this analysis shows the company in Reading, Pennsylvania do many things to limiting, controlling, and stopping the labor's welfare to get much profit.