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Hagar Shipley Situational Irony
435 wordsIrony is the contrast between the way things seem and the way things are. There are three different types; verbal, situational and dramatic irony. Situational irony occurs throughout the novel. Hagar realizes her problems in her happiness on her deathbed and it is too late to do anything. She blames Bram for her faults, her favorite son abandons her and her neglected son ends up taking care of her. In Margaret Laurence's novel, The Stone Angel, irony plays a major role in Hagar Shipley's happine...
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Hagar Shipley Stone Angel
1,035 wordsThe Stone Angel is a compelling journey of flashbacks seen through the eyes of Hagar Shipley, a 90 -year-old woman nearing the end of her life. In the novel, Margaret Laurence, uses the stone angel to effectively symbolize the Currie family values and pride. In particular, the stone angel essentially represents the pride and cold personality traits of Hagar Shipley. Within the novel, Margaret Laurence uses the Stone Angel to symbolize the Currie family pride, Hagar's lack of compassion for her f...
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Positive And Negative Shows The Reader
1,146 wordsReligion was a very vital part of life during the time of Hagar Shipley in the novel, The Stone Angel. It comes as no surprise that there is a strong presence of religious imagery throughout the novel. Through the positive and negative views on the church and religion portrayed by the characters and the comparison between the story of Hagar Shipley and the biblical Hagar of Genesis, Margaret Laurence makes the religious imagery very clear. There are many similarities between the stories of the t...
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Hagar Shipley Stone Angel
871 wordsA symbol is a literary device used by the author to portray an idea to the reader. In Margaret Laurence's, The Stone Angel, the stone angel is a symbol used to heighten the reader's understanding of the characteristics of Hagar Shipley. First, the stone angel is used to show Hagar's pride in the Currie family name. She prizes the stone angel because it is expensive and imported from Italy to honour a mother Hagar never knew. Similarly, the stone angel is symbolic of Hagar's inability to show emo...
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Hagar Shipley Stone Angel
688 wordsIn The Stone Angel, Hagar Shipley, age ninety, tells the story of her life, and in doing so tries to come to terms with how her personal attributes deprived her of joy throughout her life. Raised with the stern virtues of her pioneer ancestors, bestowed upon her through her father, Hagar becomes a tragic hero through a life of uncompromising pride a pride which sustained her during a stormy marriage and which overpowered her ability to admit that she has made mistakes and ultimately contributing...
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Theme Of Death Hagar Shipley
1,554 wordsThe Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence is a heart-warming story of a ninety year old woman who is nearing death and who has very little to look back on with pride. Her life had been ruled by her concern of outward appearances and manners. Although she often felt love and happiness, she refused to show it fearing it may be viewed by others as a weakness. Hagar inherited this strong pride from her father, Jason Currie, along with other poor qualities. Throughout her life, Hagar is desperately trying...
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Middle Aged Man Place In Society
2,521 wordsFinding one? s place in society is a major dilemma many people face every day. Once people find their place in society they understand who they are, what is expected by them and what their roles are. Once a person has found their place in society they understand their life and which direction it is going. The main characters are portrayed as two different individuals with very different lives who have only one thing in common- their inability to find their proper place in society. Brian Moore, a...
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Hagar Shipley Stone Angel
1,580 wordsMargaret Laurence s novel, The Stone Angel is a compelling journey of flashbacks seen through the eyes of Hagar Shipley, a 90 year old woman nearing the end of her life. In the novel, Margaret Laurence, uses the stone angel to effectively symbolize fictional characters. The term symbolism in its broadest sense means the use of an object to stand for something other than itself. In The Stone Angel, Margaret Laurence uses the stone angel to symbolize the Currie family values and pride and in parti...
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