Laurence's use of Lilacs to foreshadow Bad Events in The Stone Angel They often say if you want to gain something you need to lose something in return. Hagar Shipley did this by purchasing a dress that she liked if she knew that she would have to sacrifice her independence that purchase would have never happened. In the novel The Stone Angel Margaret Laurence uses the first person narrative to describe Hagar Shipley's life the …showed first 75 words of 852 total…

…showed last 75 words of 852 total…to have ability to live where she wants. The last occurrence leads to the loss of her freedom of choice and the loss of her freedom as a person. She is incapable to even take of herself and is forced to leaveher house. The silk lilac dress foreshadows the events of from freedom of choice to not being able to take care of herself. She gained a dress but lost her capability to be indeopendent.