SEX, VIOLENCE, AND DEPLORABLE INSUBORDINATION: INCOMPREHENSIBLE CHARACTER OF ALIAS GRACE IN THE NOVEL BY MARGARET ATWOOD

Alias Grace, a novel by Margaret Atwood demonstrates the most sensational murder case of the mid nineteen in which two person lost their life and the rest two were alleged in killing. Alias Grace was one of the accused with McDermott murdering her master Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843. The novel fascinated me because of the complex nature of Grace and the multiple versions of the story she narrated in her defense. Alias Grace is a story about a character who has numerous secretes and placing them well as situation demands. Grace May be an outstanding story teller who is very good in the art of manipulative. Or, Grace may be regarded as an innocent young woman who has been falsely accused of murder. This paper will help reader to open some complex and hidden layers of this case