The objective of this research is to reveal and explain androgyny traits through Jo March character and to understand the struggle and the effect from Jo March as androgynous character break the limitation and fight for freedom. This research employs qualitative analysis method and applying the theory of character and characterization by Joseph M. Boggs and Dennis W. Petrie, gender stereotypes and androgyny under Liberal feminism by Rosemarie Tong. This theory has a purpose to analysis the gender issues which contained in this film. The result shows that the main character, Jo March has the characterization of self-sufficient, brave, and principled woman through Boggs and Petrie point of view. Moreover, the research discovered that Jo March adopts mixed traits which is both masculinity and femininity traits in woman’s body that made them include to androgyny. This mixed traits that possessed in Jo breaks the stereotype that female character constantly depicted inferior role, however in this research it demonstrates that Jo not only dominate by masculine traits, yet she balanced her feminine traits as well. In this context, it affects her thoughts and decision-making as she loves freedom but lives in patriarchal society made her behavior seen as a breakthrough to break the gender stereotypes that have been constructed from a long time ago.

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