The fall of the angel, the rise of the monster: A feminist reading of Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”

Abstract

The paper attempts to re-read Roald Dahls Lamb to the Slaughter from a feminist perspective. Patriarchal society tries to impose a binary of angel in the house and monster woman. In this paper, the binary of angel woman and monster woman is challenged and debunked. The research methodology includes close reading of the text.