story Cathedral by Raymond Carter‚ the narrator is jealous of a blind man that has been touching his wife’s face. He seems to not understand his needs with his situation and with his background of not liking his job or the way his relationship is with his wife he becomes more insecure. As they begin bonding in some way Robert asks the narrator to explain to him what a cathedral is in order for him to visualize it. However‚ he wants it done through a drawing. With this the narrator begins to get uncomfortable
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St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is the seat of the Bishop of London and a major London landmark. It is located on Ludgate Hill in the financial district known as the City of London. The present St. Paul’s Cathedral‚ which was built between 1675 and 1710‚ is the fourth cathedral to occupy the site‚ which was sacred even before Christianity arrived. The cathedral’s immediate predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The cathedral enjoyed by visitors today was designed by
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issues‚ Renwick decided on wood masked to look like stone. The cathedral itself is mostly marble‚ except for the ceiling. One main room opens at the center‚ surrounded by multiple recesses on all sides. The cathedral design does not allow for much daylight to enter through the stain glass windows. Light comes from small lamps suspended from the ceiling‚ which also lights the recesses. Some of the recesses along the side of the cathedral contain steps leading to private chapels or sculptures of saints
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Blind Men of Carver’s Cathedral A person’s ability to see is often taken for granted. This is certainly the case for the narrator in "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver‚ for surely only someone who did not take sight for granted‚ would feel so strongly about those who are sightless. But sometimes blind doesn’t just mean without sight. Sometimes blind can be a metaphor; an indication of a far more serious weakness. Although the title suggests that the story is about a cathedral‚ it is really about two
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On the evening of Dec 7‚ 2017‚ Leaving a Mark and La Raza Clubs premiered their annual pastorela play “El Portal de Nopaltepec”‚ a comedic play on the Nativity Scene and in Spanish. The play showcased for four nights‚ Dec 7-10 at Lynwood High School’s Performing Art Center. On the premiere night‚ the theatre was filled with adults and children of all ages and enjoyed this production for the Christmas spirit. This play interacted with the audience making it fun for the whole family. The play takes
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“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is set in 1983 in the narrator’s house somewhere In New York. The story starts with the narrator telling us about his wife’s old friend that was blind. The narrator tells us about how the blind man’s wife had died. The blind man then contacted the narrator’s wife. Arrangements were made and then the blind man was coming to spend the night at the narrators house. He would come to New York from his in laws in Connecticut by a 5-hour train ride. The blind and the wife always
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While all three cathedrals had their own sets of special circumstances that affected their final physical appearance‚ one cannot deny that all three cathedrals were built during the Gothic Architectural Period at around the same time and because of such‚ it is inevitable that some resemblance shall bear mark between the three cathedrals within their physique‚ for one reason or another. The reason as to why the Cathedral of Toledo and in general‚ Spanish Gothic Architecture‚ are in some ways similar
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The narrator of the story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver has never met someone who was blind until Robert came to visit. Robert has been a friend of the narrator ’s wife for the past ten years and is spending the night because he has not seen her for such a long time‚ but this bothers the narrator. He does not regard a blind man as a normal person with whom he can relate with‚ and is extremely uncomfortable with the idea of having to socialize with one for an entire evening. The narrator is stereotypical
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Poetic Drama /Verse Drama of Modern age Poetic Drama Eliot’s plays attempt to revitalize verse drama and usually treat the same themes as in his poetry. They include Murder in the Cathedral (1935)‚ dealing with the final hours of Thomas à Becket; The Family Reunion (1939); The Cocktail Party (1950); The Confidential Clerk (1954); and The Elder Statesman (1959)..(1) Indeed‚ Eliot hoped that the study and critical reception of early modern verse drama would shape the production of modernist
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Examine character development as exhibited in one story The narrator in Carver’s "Cathedral" changes his point of viewat the end of the story. In the story‚ the man is seen with his wife‚ but has some arguments between each other. The following paragraphs will include the original thinking of the narrator‚ what is the key point for him to change‚ and how does he change at the end of the story. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator has his own ideas about things and will not attempt to see his
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