Giovanni’s use of the word “grace”

Giovanni, unlike Annabella, refuses to repent for his violations against Christianity. I am particularly interested in how he morphs Annabella into a godlike figure in this last image. He refers to her as being able to give “grace”–a particularly Christian idea referring to God’s forgiveness of people (5.6.104).  Here Annabella is able to give grace, rather than God, demonstrating Giovanni’s further lack of Christianity.

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