Illustrations

__**Section 1**__ **By: Rachel Lee** This picture is of Grace's dream, and in her dream Grace is working for Thomas Kinnear. While she is cleaning the kitchen, instead of Jeremiah the Peddler appearing at the door, there was a strange man with a hidden face trying to sell her a hand, which she refuses to buy.

I chose this scene to illustrate because I think it foreshadows what actually happened before the murder of Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery. In addition, because of the fact that this was Grace's //dream// and she chose not to tell Dr. Simon, it shows that this dream symbolizes something significant and holds a secret that only Grace can analyze and figure out (as well as the readers). There is also a possibility that Grace did not want to committ the murder (the man was trying to sell her the hand but she refused), or that she was forced to go along with the killing (man laughed evily and his face was hidden).

This picture relates to the text because it shows that while it was only a harmless dream, it could have a deeper menaing to it and could help and give hints to the reader about whether Grace was really involved in the murder of Thomas and Nancy.

**Imagery and Symbols** **The bloody hand** -This symbolizes the viscious and wicked murder. **Grace's hand signal** - This symbolizes that Grace did not want to be part of the murder. **The gleaming sun** - This symbolizes that this murder was very unexpected and surprising on such a nice, joyful day. **The hidden face and the peddler's evil laugh/grin** - These two images symbolize that the peddler (could possibily be James McDermott) was looking down on Grace and felt that he had power over her. It also symbolizes both evil and confusion.
 * The mop and bucket** - This symbolizes that Grace had just finished cleaning the kitchen and had not been planning the murder, and that she was just going through her regular routines.

__**Section 2**__ **By: Melina Thogersen** The picture I have chosen to draw is of Dr. Jordan’s dream. In his dream he is in the corridor of his childhood house. The maids lived up there, but he was not to explore there. He was wandering, trying to open the doors one by one, he could not, because they were all locked. The last door was open and a sea of water came out. As he grasped for a chair, he found some objects in the water that were his father’s.

I believe this is a significant part of book because it is a dream. Dreams seem to be a major theme in Alias Grace because it is dealing with the subconscious, a very interesting and complex topic. Dreaming and the subconscious could be the key to finding out whether Grace is innocent or guilty. If Grace’s mind is blocking out the important details of the murder, we can discover if Grace is innocent or not. Maybe she is guilty, but she just does not remember what really happened that day and finding out could mean using hypnosis. The chain of memory is hidden in dreams.

__**Section 3**__  **By: Kaitlyn Mullally**
 * Imagery and Symbols **
 * Water** – The water represents the sea of water in Dr. Jordan’s dream. Dr. Jordan believes the water could symbolize the Atlantic in Grace’s childhood.
 * Household items** – The objects that Dr. Jordan sees in his dream in the water are all his father’s items symbolizing Grace’s overbearing father. “One father leads to another.” The objects are resembled like an eel in the book because they are soft and scaly.
 * The broken chair** –Dr. Jordan is trying to cling onto something. There is something pulling him back, and he trying to fight the current and hold on, but it is broken. Like the household items being slippery and soft like an eel, it is like he trying to hold onto something slippery but it keeps getting away.
 * The doors** – In Dr. Jordan’s dream he must try to unlock many doors to finally open the last one. Maybe this symbolizes that he is trying to find an answer to Grace’s case but cannot find the right door yet. The last door he finds is the opened one, therefore it may take time for him to find an answer to his question. The great sea of water flowing out could represent that the answer Dr. Jordan receives is not what he wants.­



This illustration is of a dream that Grace has the night after she finds out that Mr. Kinnear and Nancy are sleeping together. There is a thunderstorm that night. Grace dreams that she gets out of bed and goes outside into the courtyard in her nightdress. The moon is shining brightly and the leaves on the trees look like silver feathers. Two arms come around her and begin caressing her. It's a man and he starts kissing her neck. She doesn't know who it is but then it turns into Jeremiah the peddler, and then James McDermott, and lastly Mr. Kinnear. She hears a horse as if it's the pale horse on the Day of Reckoning and the man grabbing her turns into Death. Then the sun comes up in a great blare of light. The feathers in the tree turn into white birds and then into angels. They're sitting in judgement over the house and Grace sees that they have no heads. When Grace wakes up she realizes that the bottom of her nightdress is wet as if she's been walking in the wet grass and when she goes outside she sees that the white washing has blown into the trees appearing as if they were angels. This shows that she wasn't only dreaming, she was sleepwalking as well.

I think this dream is important in this story because it shows that those three men she felt kissing her neck are men that are perhaps dangers to her and men that like her or want to be with her. It also gives a sign when she is being kissed by Death, that someone in the house will die soon and Grace feels that God will be looking down upon the house in judgement. Grace thinks to herself when she wakes up that she cannot "shake the feeling that there was a doom on the house, and that some within were fated to die."

** Imagery and Symbols ** **Angels** - These are symbols of God watching over Mr. Kinnear's house in judgement. Grace is afraid that something terrible will happen and that all present will be judged. The angels in the tree also show that Grace is sleepwalking so this is only partially a dream and partially reality. When Grace awakes and goes outside she sees that the white nightdresses have blown off the clothesline and are hanging in the tree, and previously in the book, Grace decided that white nightdresses hanging up to dry looked like angels. The fact that in Grace's dream the angels have no heads strengthens the evidence that she was sleepwalking and saw the nightdresses, which obviously have no heads. **The blaring sun** - After death has taken place, God will show up to judge as will happen on the Day of Reckoning. **The kiss/hug of Death** - There will soon be a death of someone in the house and which will take hold of Grace and capture her. **The horse** - The horse symbolizes one of the horses in the Bible, specifically in Revelation; the pale horse. This horse is the symbol of sickness and death and its own rider is Death himself. This horse also symbolizes the punishment for those who reject the gospel message and the four sore judgements of God. Grace is afraid that terrible judgement will come upon her after someone dies in the house. [|The Four Horses Symbolism] **Thunder and lightning** - Although these were not a part of Grace's dream, they still symbolize something. Lightning in ancient times symbolized punishment from the gods (for example Zeus) which is what Grace's dream is all about; punishment and judgement from God. It also symbolizes a terrible event. In this case, foreshadowing a terrible event. Thunder symbolizes the same thing but it also symbolizes great power. [|Lightning Symbolism] __Section 4__
 * The dew on the grass -** This symbolizes that everything was familiar and natural as Grace first steps outside. Along with the angels this also shows that Grace was sleep walking. When she wakes up she notices that the bottom of her nightdress is wet from the grass.

By: Elizabeth Kuenzel
The scene from the book that I chose to draw is when Grace is being hypnotized by Dr Jerome Du Pont. Dr Simon Jordan, Lydia and other guests the Governor's wife invited are gathered around Grace, though they are subtlely facing the door. Lydia is clutching Dr Jordan's hand out of fear, and wearing the pretty mauve dress Grace had sewn for her. Dr Jordan sits beside her, looking shocked and perplexed at what is happening before him. Dr Jerome Du Pont, also known as Jeremiah the peddler, stands in front of them, exhibiting Grace in her hypnotized state. Grace sits in her chair at the centre of the room, the maroon curtains behind her. Her face is expressionless, and her hair is framing her face. Upon her head a grey veil is placed, so the the viewers may not see the whites of her open eyes. A knocking can be heard coming from the door, which is said to be caused by "spirits", perhaps that of a dead baby. It is at this point that Mary Whitney's spirit takes over Grace's body and confesses to the murders of Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery.

I thought this scene was important because it is the climax of the novel. It is at this moment that we see that Grace has all along been innocent in the murders of Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery, and that the spirit of Mary Whitney possessed her all along. This is the turning point in which Dr Jordan makes sense of Grace’s story, and puts them together with the facts he already knows. It is during this scene that the mystery is finally solved. Furthermore, the title of “Alias Grace” finally makes sense to the reader, because we realize that just as Grace pretended to be Mary Whitney, Mary Whitney pretended to be Grace as an alias when she possessed her.


 * Imagery and Symbols **
 * The grey veil -** the grey veil placed upon Grace's head symbolizes the mystery of the murders, and the mystery of Grace herself. This may also be interpreted as a biblical reference. When Moses would meet God onMount Sinai, he wore a veil over his face when he came down because the people could not bear the brightness of it. After the death of Jesus apostles wrote that once the light of God was veiled, but now it must be shown to everyone. When the veil is placed upon Grace’s head, it symbolizes that previously the truth was concealed, but the veil would be lifted and everyone would know of her innocence.


 * The opened curtains** – In this scene of the book the curtains placed behind Grace are drawn shut, giving the room an atmosphere of mystery and allowing the possibility of the unknown. However, in my drawing I chose to show the curtains being open. This symbolizes that the mystery of Grace’s innocence has been solved, and that the people are no longer “in the dark” about the situation.


 * The brightly-lit lamp** – The author describes this scene to be a room that is very dimly lit, covered in almost complete darkness. However, when I drew my picture I decided to draw a very bright lamp that would be lighting up the entire room. I did this to symbolize that at that very moment light would be shed on Grace’s situation and that for this reason it was the most important part of the novel.