Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,3, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: There are many books and articles dealing with the topic of feminism in Angela Carter’s fiction. Most of them argue that the central message of “The Lady of the House of Love” is the criticism on the patriarchal order, which is opposed on women. The paper focuses mainly on how Carter uses the characters of her story to emphasise her criticism on society.