The Imagery of the Stone Angel :: Stone Angel

The Imagery of the pock Angel In her novel, The nether region Angel, Margaret Laurence successfully uses the statue of the stone angel to represent the Currie family self-respect, Hagars inability to relate and make out her emotions, and the blindness and ignorance that results from refusing to consider any other point of view than your own.             The Stone angel is attributeic of the Currie family pride because it does non seem to serve its purpose, which is to note Hagars mother who had died giving birth to her. Hagar describes Mrs. Currie to be a meek char and a feeble ghost, whereas she describes herself to be stubborn and practical. The statue was bought in Italy and brought to the Manawaka cemetery at a terrible expense . . . in pride to mark her bones and proclaim his Mr. Curries dynasty, as he fancied, forever and a day (p. 3). Mr. Currie bought the angel in pride rather than in ruefulness for someone he considdered his possesion, his dynasty. The stone angel is also a symbol of Hagars pride as she inherrited it from her father. It was this pride that kept her from speaking up and conflict for her brother when Mr. Currie sent her away to college to become more civilized. She knew flavorless deserved to go more than her, but she never stuck up for either him or herself. In an attempt at freedom, or maybe well(p) to spite her father, Hagar married Bram Shipley soon after she came back from school. From day one, Hagars spousal relationship to Bram was a complete embarrassment to her and her family When id listen to Bram spinning his cobwebs, then it would beat my stomach most of all, not what he said but that he made himself a laughingstock (p. 114). Upon hearing about their plans to wed, Hagars father disowns her. Bram was not a rich man by any means, he drank heavily, everlastingly spoke in slang, and caused a scene on a invariable basis. Hagar thought shed be able to change him and coa x him out of his unreasonable ways, but when he proved her wrong, she just accepted the fact that shed tolerate to live with it or lie about it to save face. When applies for a trouble to get away from Mananawka and her husband, she lies to her boss as to her real relationship with Bram.