Atwood Critical Response
“I tuck my head down while I walk, keeping step with the rest, eyes lowered, silently two by two around the yard, inside the square made by the high stonewalls. My hands are clasped in front of me; they’re chapped, the knuckles reddened. I can’t remember a time when they were not like that. The toes of my shoes go in and out under the hem of my skirt, blue and white, blue and white, crunching on the pathway. These shoes fit me better than any I’ve ever had before” (Atwood 7).
After reading Alias Grace, I personally felt that Grace’s story was incomplete and I didn’t know if she was guilty or not. That said, I chose the above quotation to analyze and show how Grace depicted herself as a woman who followed the Victorian rules of society “I tuck my head down while I walk,” she talked about her social status as a maid, which can be reflected by her …show more content…
Also, Grace bowed her head in humility, and walked in silence mirroring her lower status as a woman in the Victorian society. Moreover, Grace accepted her social status in,
“These shoes fit me better than any I’ve ever had before.” At the time Grace mentioned that statement when she was a prisoner to the crime she allegedly committed. Also, during the Victorian era, most women were restrained and seen as prisoners of society. Women had specific roles in society to be the “good wife” or the “good daughter” for both
“I tuck my head down while I walk, keeping step with the rest, eyes lowered, silently two by two around the yard, inside the square made by the high stonewalls. My hands are clasped in front of me; they’re chapped, the knuckles reddened. I can’t remember a time when they were not like that. The toes of my shoes go in and out under the hem of my skirt, blue and white, blue and white, crunching on the pathway. These shoes fit me better than any I’ve ever had before” (Atwood 7).
After reading Alias Grace, I personally felt that Grace’s story was incomplete and I didn’t know if she was guilty or not. That said, I chose the above quotation to analyze and show how Grace depicted herself as a woman who followed the Victorian rules of society “I tuck my head down while I walk,” she talked about her social status as a maid, which can be reflected by her …show more content…
Also, Grace bowed her head in humility, and walked in silence mirroring her lower status as a woman in the Victorian society. Moreover, Grace accepted her social status in,
“These shoes fit me better than any I’ve ever had before.” At the time Grace mentioned that statement when she was a prisoner to the crime she allegedly committed. Also, during the Victorian era, most women were restrained and seen as prisoners of society. Women had specific roles in society to be the “good wife” or the “good daughter” for both