n Shipley, but by doing so, she cuts the lines of communication between herself and her brother Matt. Later on in life, she also manages to escape her husband Brampton, for whom she became a housekeeper after their marriage. As Brampton Shipley began to drink more and more alcohol, he was providing less to his wife and children. So, Hagar was obliged to go to work selling eggs door to door in order to make extra money to support her family. One day, while selling eggs, she ended up at Lottie Drieser’s doorsteps. Because she always felt superior to Lottie, this incident was one of the first to cause Hagar to see herself as the person that she had become and so her pride took a hard beating. Now that her image was ruined, she was forced to leave Bram and move away because it was the only way to maintain some sort of pride and dignity. She didn’t want to be seen by the others in a state of misery.Throughout her life, Hagar’s pride gets in the way of many things, such as her quest to be free and to discover her true self. Near her death, Hagar has little to look back on with pride. Her life had been ruled by superficial elements, so her biggest concerns were towards appearances and manners. She lived a life of constant chaos because of her arrogance and her endless worry of everybody’s opinion. Even in her final minutes of her life, her pride won’t allow herself to accept any help from her daughter in law or even the nurse at the hospital. So, we could say that Hagar led a life of stubborn pride. So, after she realizes the irony that a woman of her qualities had become a maid, Hagar feels trapped. This shows us that Hagar is imprisoned of her own emotions and her pride; “I was alone, never anything else, and never free, for I carried my chains within me,” (Laurence, 292). Secondly, she tries to escape from her own poor qualities to which she is captive; attempting to fill the emptiness withi...
