Face to Face with Death in Hagar

As Hagar and Hagar facing death face the influence of aging, she starts her annoying journey, one of her fate, not her own choice. She experienced various stages of rejection, anger, negotiation, frustration, and finally accepted the fact that death is coming, whether it is an invitation or not. Everyone faces death once, an invitation to young people terrible, or to patients and elderly. Death is interpreted as the end of existence, but for those who believe in the world after death, it is interpreted as an unknown new chapter.

At some point in life, everyone is facing the fact of terrible death. Death is the theme that everyone is afraid, because they associate death with their purpose, it is not a new beginning. Among the stone angels of Margaret Lawrence, Hagaru is no exception. When she faced the reality of the effects of aging, she faced a journey, one of her destinies, not her choice. Through her journey Hagar experienced five different stages of death: denial, anger, negotiation, frustration, and ultimate acceptance. This novel shows all the steps taken by Hagar along the way to the death of Tagall It is horrible and intimidating, but it can not be avoided.

Her first reaction was to refuse when Hagar first faced the fact that she was older and does not exist longer. Hagar could not believe this happened to her. In her view, she looks more or less as a terrible nightmares as death, she will eventually wake up, everything will be a dream, and life will return to normal. When she explains herself, you can see the denial of Hagar: "I do not forget to do this, I do not remember not doing ... I am confused" (Lawrence , 30). The biggest difficulty for Hagar was that her memory disappointed her and that was frustrating her, but it also gave her the illusion that everything is going well. Hagar thinks that this is impossible.

The story of Margaret Lawrence novel Stone Angel is a character with incredible depth. Hagar is an old lad who never loses her spirit and free will. Hagar is still facing obstacles that must be overcome. Because Hagar is incomplete personality, the audience can contact her. Through his struggle and his understanding of his own faults, tragic heroes reveal the essence of man or essential aristocracy.