Part one of term paper
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 happened. In the novel The Margaret Laurence uses ...

Part two of term paper
... novel. The lilac dress is first introduced on the day that Hagar purcdhases the dress. She refers to the past and reminisces on the day she bought the dress with the Doris, her daughter in law. "I wear my lilac silk because the day seems Sunday… How annoyed she was with me when I bought this dress" (Laurence 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 n ...