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A Question of Attribution Discuss how Alan Bennett uses art as a metaphor in Blunt's conversations with Chubb and the Queen. During the play "A Question of Attribution", written in the late 1960's, Alan Bennett uses the highly sophisticated technique of an extended metaphor throughout the entire play which makes the meaning of the play seem more powerful. Bennet uses art to convey Blunt's deceiving life as a spy for the KGB where he leaked important British intelligence to the Russians. Out of all the paintings I believe Bennett chose the Triple Portrait and An Allegory of Prudence because they piece together extremely well with Blunt's life. The Triple Portrait has an element of secrecy surrounding it; like Blunt's life. The portrait shows two men when it was first produced and prior to it being tampered with. However after the portrait was cleaned it distinctively shows an extra third man. This...

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