> I think alluding to modern day problems The quoted part is not an allusion. Rather it's stating plainly that "rape is hard to prosecute", which is an opinion

> I think alluding to modern day problems The quoted part is not an allusion. Rather it's stating plainly that "rape is hard to prosecute", which is an opinion stated as fact, and it further opines that too many times the "onus of proof" falls on the victim of the alleged assault. > is an appropriate level of exposition. It's not exposition either. Rather than conveying information on the stated subject matter (a medieval practice), we are given opinions on something that had no bearing on it at all. The last two paragraphs are dedicated to circling back to the modern day. It's not exposition, not even just a comparison, it's the lesson the author wanted to teach.