My thesis aims to explore dual consciousness and its connection to female sexuality in Margaret Atwood's novel Alias Grace (1996). By examining the protagonist Grace Marks' relationships with other female characters and with her doctor Simon Jordan, I argue that the psychic split in the novel is not a legal or a medical case study of murder or schizophrenia, but a socio-cultural reflection of the gender constructions and dynamics of the setting. It is my understanding that this duality is a result of a cultural and social othering, in which both Grace Marks and Dr. Jordan play a crucial part.