During Marvin’s childhood, she would impatiently dismiss him due to his slowness of speech. That night she was “transformed to stone and never wept at all (Laurence 243)”. She did not cry at the death of her son John. Indeed there where many situations where she could not physically express what she felt in her heart. Hagar’s most noticeable characteristic was her lack of feeling and emotion. Such qualities give us a portrait of a remarkable character. Thus, Hagar is a cold, but strong willed woman. Despite of her negative attributes she also displayed a positive mannerism through courage. As well, inheriting her father’s harsh qualities, she exhibited pride that detested weakness in any form. Mingling past and present, we observe the very qualities, which sustained her and deprived her of joy such as her lack of emotional expression. Born the daughter of Jason Currie, she is one who possesses incredible depth in character. In Margaret Laurence’s novel, “The Stone Angel”, Hagar Shipley is the main character.
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