realization has come very late in her life, she tries to do away with this pretentiousness. At one point Hagar takes off her hat which was "a prim domestic hat sprouting cultivated flowers" (pg. 193) and replaced the hat with dead June bugs, in an effort to be natural.There is other imagery (such as mirror imagery) which also helps to develop Margaret Laurence's story; however, it wasn't personally seen as powerful as the ones discussed. All the imagery throughout the novel helps the themes, characters, or plot to be more effective. The biblical imagery aids the development of Hagar's character and the plot. The water imagery helps to establish the theme of death and to attempt the impossible - escape from death. The flower imagery showed the way Hagar lived her life and the way she should have lived her life. Margaret Laurence is brilliant in her use of imagery to further propel the strength of her story. Without this outstanding application of imagery, the novel The Stone Angel would not be nearly as powerful as portrayed....
