Power, Gender and Subjdugation: A Feminist Re-Reading of Sidney Sheldons “Rage of Angels”

Abstract

This paper decodes and analyses Sidney Sheldon’s Rage of Angels through the feminist and subjugation theories. The paper critically analyzes the intersecting axes of gender, power, and moral conduct within capitalist and patriarchal structures. The study focuses on Sheldon’s narrative strategies about the image of the modern woman, implying Jennifer’s professional and emotional trauma within the frameworks of liberal, radical, Marxist, psychoanalytic, and postmodern feminism. The paper also projects the subjugation theories of Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Deniz Kandiyoti to reveal the control, performative patriarchy, and gender performativity. Drawing upon textual proof and intense reading, the study locates Sheldon’s popular fiction within contemporary feminist discourse, asserting that Rage of Angels withstands both a critique and a symptom of systemic ostracizing of female in modern capitalist society.