Margaret Atwood’s alias grace includes two prominent uses of allusion: first, a pointed reference the aprocruphal tale of susannah and the elders (ch 25: 266-68); and secondly, to vincenzo Bellini’s.
Sonnambula (ch 37: 388-89). What do both stories have in common, and how might they be significant In the context of some of the novel’s broader them(s)?
