The murder of roger ackroyd in relation to auden’s “the guilty vicarage”
The ' false innocence' Auden writes about is likely the innocence the antagonist has before they commit the murder, but since they have the intent, it is false however, Sheppard has already committed a crime, blackmailing Mrs Ferrars to suicide, and although it is not revealed, Sheppard is still in this state of false innocence, →