the stone angel

What is a Fortress Without a Well? Margaret Laurence’s novel The Stone Angel is a story which revolves around a ninety year old protagonist, Hagar Currie Shipley. Hagar lives with her son, Marvin, and daughter-in-law, Doris, both in their sixties. Because Hagar is now in need of professional care which Marvin and Doris cannot provide, they have decided to put her in an old age home. When Hagar learns of this decision, she runs …

…is letting their pride take over their lives. A punishment was served by both in watching those close to them die while they themselves must go on. The Hermit and Murray F. Lees are vessels through which the Mariner and Hagar repent and receive salvation, however temporary as it may be. Bibliography Laurence, Margaret. The Stone Angel. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1964 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Laurence’s: The Stone Angel.