Author(s): Ritobina Chakraborty

Abstract: The paper seeks to study the transition of connotations applied to women by taking into account, mythology, Victorian Poetry, Critical works of the 20th Century and examples from history, digital world and media in contemporary 21st Century. The construction of adjectives has been a Patriarchal tool. In this paper an evolution of the space of woman which led to idealizing the female sex at the cost of complete oppression is scrutinized. How deterring from the conception of the perfect woman, as formed by men, made it absolutely compulsory to eradicate the threat from society for preservation of the Patriarchal hierarchy. The terms have shifted from fear to revolution to intrigue by continuously being a threat through centuries. In the 21st Century the threat has become a statement to reinforce agency. The disparity between the ‘’angel’’ and the ‘’witch’’ is negated as an instrument to dismantle Patriarchy.

Keywords: Angel, Witch, Friedrich Engels, Victorian, Mythology.

Article Info: Received: 03 Nov 2020; Received in revised form: 05 Jan 2021; Accepted: 11 Jan 2021; Available online: 20 Jan 2021

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.61.10