Essay Archive - The Stone Angel: Hagar Shipley
The Stone Angel: Hagar Shipley
In Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel, the main character Hagar
Shipley refused to compromise which shaped the outcome of her life as well
as the lives of those around her. "Pride was my wilderness and the demon
that led me there was fear... [I was] never free, for I carried my chains
within me, and they spread out from me and shackled all I touched."
(Laurence, 292). Hagar's pride and stubbornness were the causes of her
failed relationships and lack of love in her life. Her excessive pride
destroyed her relationships with her father, brother and husband. It also
led to the death of her so....
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