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Topic:  Cathedral By Raymond Carver


 

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Type of paper: Essay
Subject area: English Literature
Academic level: College
Style: MLA
Size: 30.0 kB
Word count:
1040 words/4 pages
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Author: Carie Cummings
Date submitted: 2008-11-21 20:12:08
Rating/Votes count:
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Cathedral by Raymond Carver
Cathedral by Raymond Carver
The short story ``Cathedral ' written by Raymond Carver first appeared
in the ``Atlantic Monthly ' in March , 1981 . The story tells about a
marriage couple from Seattle and their complicated family relationship .
Thesis The theme of complicated family relations and misunderstanding
between the husband and wife is described through symbolism and
emotional tension dominated in the story .
Tension is caused by emotional blindness and egoism of the husband ruins
happy family life and hopes of both spouses . Carver portrays that
marriage life does not meet expectations of the wife and the husband and
it seems impossible to live any longer suppressed by misunderstanding
and egoism . Complicated family relationship between the husband and the
wife are caused by psychological problems of the husband . The
``Cathedral ' stands that the marriage union , which exists without love ,
is near to ruin . It should be noted that the husband pays a particular
attention to his wife , but the readers feel that it is not love . Cravens
depicts the situation typical for many families where the duty of the
wives is to cook and please their husband , but the husbands do nothing
to help their spouses , except get dead drunk . On the other hand , it is
possible to say that this situation is caused by absence of love between
the spouses , where both of them are trying to find a relief in isolation
and drinking , or suicide . For instance , when the wife is cooking her
husband says that 'if you love me ' she said 'you can do this for me .
If you don 't love me , OK (Carver 2 . It is evident that the wife is
unsure whether her husband loves her or not . Carver underlines that the
wife and husband live in different worlds .
The minor theme of alcoholism adds emotional tension to the story . The
main problem is that the narrator of the story drinks too much and
unable to communicate with his wife adequately . Cravens depicts that
alcoholism of the husband ruins warm and friendly family relations and
results in isolation of both spouses . Describing this situation the
author uncovers the reality of life stated that marriage cannot be happy
without mutual communication and understanding . The psychological
problems caused by alcoholism are isolation and inability to understand
others (the blind man , and even feel sympathy to a dear person (his
wife . For instance , Cravens depicts that when the wife has tried to
commit suicide her husband could not say more than "But instead of
dying , she got sick . She threw up (Carver 2 . This remark shows his
emotional paralysis and apathy towards his wife . It is evident that
there is no close connection between them , as the marriage couples
should have , and this very distance feels through the whole story . The
theme of loneliness and isolation in the ``Cathedral ' explained by the
status of the marriage people coming from different backgrounds . The
husband prefers to distance himself from his wife story , which shows
that he doesn...

 

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