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Margaret Laurence has referred to her literary works as "character novels", in which all aspects of her writing are secondary to the comprehensive and precise development of the character of the protagonist. The Stone Angel is an ideal representation of how Margaret Laurence succeeds in creating a character, Hagar Shipley, with a distinct disposition by utilizing the words and actions of the protagonist. Born the only daughter of Jason Currie, a proud, obstinate, "self-made man", Hagar, unlike her two brothers, inherited her father's callous virtues. " ‘You take after me,' he said as though that made everything clear. ‘You've got backbone, I'll give you that.' " (p.10). Like the stone angle statue that rests in the Manawaka cemetery intended to mark the grave of Hagar's mother, Hagar herself is ostensibly made of stone, bearing a frozen and cold exterior, presenting utterly no hint of emotion which dwells below the frosty surface. Hagar's excessive pride, her uncontrollably......

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