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Essay Archive - A Report On: Laurence's The Stone Angel
A Report On: Laurence's The Stone Angel
The lees in wine are the dregs and sediment at the bottom, the part
that nobody drinks. In Laurence's The Stone Angel, Murray F. Lees is an
insurance salesman, who admits that those in his profession are considered
the dregs of society. Despite being the kind of person Hagar Shipley would
normally have dismissed as boring and annoying, he is actually a
representation of atonement. Hagar's atonement starts with developing an
understanding of religion and blame, and becomes obvious with purgation.
When Hagar is finished with her conversation with Mr. Lees she has atoned....
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