A Feminist Gothic Reading of Comyns' The Vet's Daughter Through Gilbert and Gubar's Angel/Monster Dichotomy

Author(s)	Ms. Abhidnya Bhave
Country	India
Abstract	The Vet’s Daughter by Barbara Comyns is a gothic novel that explores female oppression using the elements of Voice, Body, and the ‘Uncanny’. Using Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar’s Angel/Monster Dichotomy from The Madwoman in the Attic as a framework, this paper analyses the text through a feminist gothic lens. Alice’s character, which neither conforms to the “angel” archetype nor surrenders to the “monster/madwoman” figure, but embodies both, becomes a symbol of rebellion against patriarchal authority. Alice’s death, which reworks the madwoman archetype into a critique of patriarchal violence, the novel, through subversion, complicates the angel/monster binary by presenting madness through horror elements as both threat and liberation.
Keywords	Keywords: Feminist Gothic, Angel/Monster Dichotomy, Patriarchal Authority, Resistance and Liberation.
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On	2025-08-24
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.54478
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9x342

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