Stone Angel
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Laurence's use of Lilacs to foreshadow Bad Events in The 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 happe ....
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.... 29). She mentions that her feet are hurting and how she is tired. She likes the dress mainly because it is silk material. Doris on the other hand does not think that it is real silk and not worth buying. Inspite of what Doris thinks she buys the dress anyway. Going against her wishes is what started all the bad occurrences related to the lilac silk dress.
The first occurrence in the novel is when she wears the lilac silk dress at the dinner table with Marvin and Doris. Are living with H ....
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Word count: 857
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
