Pride, what is it? According to Hagar Shipley, it includes her stubbornness, her rebelliousness and her refusal to respond naturally to her own feeling. Due to her stubbornness, Hagar doesn’t find true love. Instead, when she tells her father that she is going to marry Brampton Shipley, her father expresses angrily that she will not marry such a man, and to spite him, she does exactly the opposite thing, not knowing that her choice would be a meaningless one. Hagar’s rebellious ways find her rebelling against her rigid, stern father; her unknowing, abrasive husband; her caring, concerned older son, all to discover her true, independent self. Hagar’s excessive pride, keeps her from showing love or emotion to those around her. She finds that
