Linguistics and Literature Journal
Vol 3, No 2 (2022): Linguistics and Literature Journal

THE UNFULFILLED GENDER STEREOTYPE IN LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER BY ROALD DAHL

Anna Sriastuti (Satya Wacana Christian University)
Elisabeth Ngestirosa Endang Woro Kasih (Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2022

Abstract

As society is filled with diversity, such as differences in race, skin colour, culture, religion, andeconomy, it is common that each society has formed its own perception over things that happen around them. Stereotypes are among the most striking differences in perception. There may be perceptions regarding an unequal assessment of a community group based on attitudes and opinions, leading to wrong beliefs and losses for one party. Stereotypes are like masks put on individuals. Masks cover up individual characteristics and make the people wearing them look alike. The issue of stereotypes is very complicated, and it is sometimes hard because it changes how society views something, which sometimes is not the truth. Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl delivers a story of a housewife who kills her husband with a frozen lamb tight. What the husband and the wife do in this short story break the gender roles stereotypes labelled by the society. This article will analyse how the stereotypes are broken.Keywords: gender roles, society, stereotypes

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Journal Info

Abbrev

linguistics_and_literature

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Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Linguistics and Literature Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published in Indonesia by the Faculty of Arts and Education, Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia. This journal aims to facilitate and promote the dissemination of scholarly information on research and development in the field of linguistics, ...