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Self-deception in Margaret Laurence’s The Stone Angel
Ahmed, Asmaa Awad1, Hashaad, Nelly Atef2.
This research paper attempts to underscore the growth of the Canadian personality reflected in
The Stone Angel. The Canadians’ psychological sufferings are largely caused by their country’s
subordinate position under the imperial power of America. In Canada, the citizen who is trapped
between the American technological superpower with its spiritual poverty on the one hand and
his own psychological unrest on the other fails to establish a workable balance between his
needs and interests and the society’s values and expectations. This "colonial mentality" prevents
the Canadians from valuing themselves. They withdraw from reality into their inner world and
cannot act because they see themselves as acted upon. Consequently, they accept to play the
passive role which is extended by their self-conceit. The Canadian citizen who is victimized by
different visible and invisible forces is psychologically disturbed, insecure and frustrated. In The
Stone Angel, Margaret Laurence tries to diagnose and analyze the Canadian characters' psychic
conflicts within their social and political framework. Furthermore, she investigates in the
consciousness of the characters’ personal life to study their relations to each other and to
examine their potentiality. Laurence tries to help Canadians create a more positive identity, for
she strongly disapproves of the negative destructive self-image created by the Canadians
themselves and tries to rediscover their authentic selves.
Affiliation:
- University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Al-Menofeya University, Egypt
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