Even though Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby is labeled as a psychological thriller and mystery novel, Levin pushes Rosemary to conform to picaresque genre convention of “damsel in distress” which legitimizes Rosemary’s Baby standing as a gothic literature. A fragile female protagonist has become an indispensable foundation in the gothic genre because “until men regard women as vocal desiring subjects as opposed to silenced objects of desire, America—and, more specifically, its domestic sphere—will remain a Gothic locale for women.” (Davison 67) Female protagonists remain a cherished choice of the authors as the readers would sympathize with the woman’s sufferings. As a consequence, the author ensures that readers would keep turning the pages until
