The Stone Angel Study Guide

The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence begins by describing the cemetery monument that used to stand over the protagonist's mother's grave. The monument is a stone angel brought at great price from Italy. The heroine of the story wonders if the angel is still there, and notes with wry irony that the angel was "doubly blind," not only made of stone, but also carved without eyeballs, yet stands in the cemetery to guide the townspeople to heaven. (read more)