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    Cathedrals During the medieval time period‚ peasants were affected by Gothic art‚ architecture‚ and music‚ because many peasants were illiterate. They could only learn about God’s word by symbols and hearing music. Also‚ during the medieval time period‚ peasants were not allowed to own a Bible‚ so they couldn’t learn by reading the bible even if they knew how to read. Cathedrals during this time period had many symbols that showed Christ through the symbols. Some ways were through music‚ architecture

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    The cathedral is of great technological advancement because of all the logistic and tools that were needed to make them possible‚ especially gothic cathedrals. The gothic cathedral revolutionized architecture of the time; church officials wanted their cathedral to be better than the surrounding cities so a competition of a kind started up. This competition helped to improve the structures and reach heights unheard of the time. One of the amazing thing about the new gothic churches is that as they

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    Comparison and Contrast of Two Gothic Cathedrals Gothic Style is some of the most beautiful works of art that man have ever made. It originated with the Romanesque style of building which lasted for about one hundred years before it was replaced by Gothic styles. The founder of the Gothic style was a man by the name of Abbot Suger. Notre Dame de Chartres cathedral was built in France between 1145 and 1513 and is Gothic architecture. Another Gothic architecture is the Bourges and it is

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    The Cathedral

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    Harveen Soni Professor Rosner Eng. 102 Cathedral A persons ability to see is often taken for granted as it is in the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver. Although the title hints that the story is about a cathedral‚ it is really about two men who are blind. one of the men is Robert‚ the blind friend of the narrators wife. The other is the narrator‚ the husband himself; he is psychologically blind. through the husbands words and actions when he is

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    Understanding the Darkness “Cathedral” teaches a closed minded man that you don’t have to see things to understand them. The narrator is the man in the story that has this life changing experience that opened him up to a whole new world of understanding. This helps the reader to go inside the main characters mind and see his point of view. The overwhelming theme of this story is the conversion of the narrator from a man who sees the world in a basic way to a man who understands the deeper meaning

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    transformed into the Gothic style during the Middle Ages. This happened for many reasons. The Romanesque period was a time of trial and error while the Gothic period was a time of advancements in inventions. Religion was an important factor in the shift between Romanesque and Gothic. The locations of the two types of cathedrals also contributed toward the change between Romanesque and Gothic‚ as well as the power of the relics and the community to raise funds for the Gothic cathedrals. There are several

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    Cathedral There are many themes in the short story “Cathedral‚” some of them include the Cathedral itself and the difference between looking at something and really seeing something. Throughout the short story you see how people have different personalities and see how fast a person can change. The Cathedral and the audiotapes mean much more to both main characters than just an object or a building. In the beginning of the story the narrator is completely disgusted at the thought of a blind

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    Cathedral

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    hemes The Difference between Looking and Seeing In “Cathedral‚” the act of looking is related to physical vision‚ but the act of seeing requires a deeper level of engagement. The narrator shows that he is fully capable of looking. He looks at his house and wife‚ and he looks at Robert when he arrives. The narrator is not blind and immediately assumes that he’s therefore superior to Robert. Robert’s blindness‚ the narrator reasons‚ makes him unable to make a woman happy‚ let alone have any kind

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    rebirth of his own personality after he meets Robert. At first‚ the husband seems to lack sensitivity‚ and at times is egotistic. As the story progresses‚ the narrators attitude changes and is redeemed at the end of the story. In Raymond Carver’s "Cathedral"‚ even though Robert is physically blind‚ it is really the narrator who cannot see clearly about relationships; however‚ the husband finds redemption in regards to putting himself into the blinds man’s shoes. Both men’s relationship with the narrator’s

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    Reims Cathedral

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    Reims cathedral the viewer can tell it has a striking similarity to its contemporary the Amiens Cathedral. The construction of the Reims and Amiens Cathedral building commenced around the same time starting from about 1225 to 1290 a total of a span of 65 years. The similarities do not stop there they both were constructed in the High Gothic style and consist of three portals‚ a rose window‚ king’s gallery‚ and flanking towers; but where the Amiens Cathedral fall short the Reims Cathedral succeeds

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