Did she really do it? That was the major conflict in the novel, Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood. The novel is based around 23 year old Grace Marks who has been in a penitentiary in Toronto since she was 16 years old for the murder of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery. Did she really do it commit the murders though as everyone believes she had? That’s the conflict that builds the tension in the novel.
According to Grace she did not commit the murders. It was the stable hand Mr. James McDermott. By Grace’s own testimony at the court she claims that she was unaware of what was going on until Mr. McDermott threatened her life if he did not accompany her. She stated this in the court room, “I did not see her strangled, I did not
According to Grace she did not commit the murders. It was the stable hand Mr. James McDermott. By Grace’s own testimony at the court she claims that she was unaware of what was going on until Mr. McDermott threatened her life if he did not accompany her. She stated this in the court room, “I did not see her strangled, I did not