Comparing the Bible and Margaret Laurences The Stone Angel: An Examin

Comparing the Bible and Margaret Laurences The rock-and-roll Angel An Examination of prototypal ReferencesOften times great novels and plays allude to religion, to mythology, or to other literary works for dramatic purposes. Shakespearean plays are perfect examples. Allusions help the lector or spectator better understand, through visualization, a character or an event in a novel. In some cases, the characters, the events, or a series of events are structured according to the people and the action in other stories, whether the stories be religious, mythological, classical, or historical. The character or the event, therefore, becomes a precedent of the character or event alluded to. A prototypical character in a novel is usually referred to as an archetype. The stone Angel, a fib of Hagar Shipleys life, purposely or coincidentally parallels the scriptural story of Hagar, the Egyptian bondwoman, from the script of Genesis thus, Hagar Shipley is an archetype of the Biblical Hagar . In fact, many of the events and people in The Stone Angel are similar to the events and people from the book of Genesis. The almost important archetypal reference, however, is Hagar herself, for many of the things she does, says, and represents are indicative of the things the Biblical Hagar does, says, and represents. excursus from sharing the same name, to what extent does Hagar Shipley resemble the Egyptian Hagar, and, to what extent does The Stone Angel resemble the book of Genesis? Although both stories are real similar, they are also very different. These similarities and these differences become apparent upon examination of Hagar, John, Marvin, Bram, and the Biblical characters they parallel. As earlier stated, Hagar Shipleys character is v... ...l archetypes in The Stone Angel should contain and examine several aspects before delving into their work. As a tip, before paper anything, ask yourself to what extent, in your own view, does Hagar and all other characters ma tch their archetypes, if at all? Are the two stories similar enough that their resemblance is, in no way, accidental? These questions will help strengthen your arguments. Bibliography and Works Cited Blewett, D.. The wizard of the Manawaka Cycle. The World of the Novel A Students Guide to Margaret Laurences The Stone Angel. Ed. Lillian Perigoe and Beverly Copping. Scarborough Prentice pressure group Inc., 1983. 36. Laurence, Margaret. The Stone Angel. Toronto McClelland &Stewart Inc., 1988. Thomas, Dylan. Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night. The Stone Angel. Margaret Laurence. Toronto McClelland & Stewart Inc.,1988. Prologue.