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This paper looks at how the outdoor labyrinth at the Grace Cathedral mimics the design of the archetypal 13th century labyrinth at the Chartres Cathedral in France. The author points out that the terrazzo in the Grace Cathedral provides a cold, hard and unyielding counterpart to the otherwise rosaceous, curvilinear, forgiving labyrinthine pattern and the open-air setting suggests nature worship, inviting visitors to contemplate spiritual truths outside of the confines of a religious building. The paper concludes that the Grace labyrinth exemplifies the interfaces between nature and art, between decoration and art and between structural and artistic forms.

From the Paper
"The space in which the Grace Cathedral labyrinth is contained is expansive yet it is also contained within a definite boundary. On the property of the Church, the labyrinth is nevertheless accessible at all hours of the day. Open hours mirror the open setting and open air. Because the labyrinth is on terrazzo, it feels distinctly man-made. It doesn't feel natural at all; it has no connection with the feeling of running through the woods or hiking. Having to remain in the lines and only go forward is one of the labyrinth's paradoxes: it is curvilinear and seemingly loose but it is also tight and restrictive."

Tags:chartres, terrazzo, accessible, path, gardens

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This paper depicts the building of the Grace Cathedral and the spiritual meaning that it has for the people who visit it.

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The paper is on the history and design of St. Etienne Cathedral in Bourges, France, which is a good example of gothic church architecture. The constuction of the cathedral is examined and the paper discusses typical French Gothic style.

From the Paper
"St. Etienne Cathedral in Bourges, France is a good example of gothic church architecture. This edifice, along with Cathedral Chartres, is the first cathedral of the high-Gothic era and was the starting point for the typical French Gothic style. Construction on the cathedral began in 1195, and the choir was completed in 1214, the nave between 1225-1250, and the west facade sometime in the 1270's. The north tower fell in 1505 and was rebuilt in 1542 ("Cathedral, Bourges No. 1" paras. 1-2). The plan of the cathedral is simple and was derived from the plan for Notre-Dame de Paris. At least, the exterior is so derived, while the interior is quite different from that more famous cathedral. The basic structure involves double-sided aisles, and it is double ambulatory and has no transept. The volume of the nave is the same as the cathedral at Chartres, with a width of 15 meters and a height of 37.."

Tags:cathedral, design, history

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The paper shows how the first person narratives of "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver and "Stones" by Timothy Findley are significant in that they offer internal and external views of the worlds that are represented. The paper discusses how for Carver, the division between the husband's internal fears of understanding the blind are eventually externalized as he successfully helps the blind mind understand what a cathedral is through drawing.

Tags:carver, findley, cathedral

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A study of the Chartres Cathedral in France which creates a ideal depiction of the gothic form of architecture and is shown in reference to the same.

Tags:chartres, gothic, cathedral

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The paper looks at how, in Raymond Carver's short story, "Cathedral", there are three revealing moments which establish and emphasize his theme that human insecurities and prejudices are in fact forms of blindness which inflict much more harm and impose far more limitations than physical blindness. The paper discusses the first of these moments when the narrator's wife tells him a blind friend of hers is coming over to visit, the second moment when the narrator ponders the basis of his wife's relationship with her blind friend, and the third moment when the narrator is transformed by his discovery that sincere communication is such a fundamental and rewarding human experience.

Tags:raymond, carver, cathedral

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In this paper, the author compares how the theme of love is represented in two stories, "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, and "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason. One story describes how love builds between two spouses while the other shows how love can fall apart. The author cites additional sources to describe the theme in the two works. The paper concludes by stating that both stories show the incredible epiphanies associated with love, and the destructive force of emotional pain.

From the Paper
"In his article in "eThoughts.com," Travis Gibbs asks the question, "Is love some absolute, a fact of the universe that can be discovered and copied onto and into human lives? (Gibbs). The two stories, "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, and "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason, illustrate that love is constructed in dissimilar ways. Carver constructs love as a positive manifestation of growth and understanding in an unlikely setting, while Mason shows us love destroys itself, as manifested between two people who fit into a normal "construct," that is, being man and wife."

Tags:Cathedral, Raymond, Carver, Shiloh, Bobbie, Ann, Mason, love, literary, themes

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This paper examines Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" and focuses on the function of the narrator and of the blind man. It analyzes the narrator's realization of his own emotional and intellectual blindness.

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"Raymond Carver's short story Cathedral is narrated by a man who finds it all but impossible to be in the presence of Robert, a blind friend of his wife's. This unnamed narrator, a man in middle life married to a woman who has ..."

Tags:Raymond, Carver, Cathedral, Narrator

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In reference to the novel, 'Alias Grace' this essay explores examples of historic inequities for women in Victorian society and how one women Grace Marks may have survived by utilizing the penal system as an unlikely refuge. According to the paper, on the surface, the novel 'Alias Grace' is a unique present-day exploration of a Victorian murder mystery. The novel is the story of Grace Marks who was convicted of murdering her employer and his housekeeper.

From the Paper
"Alias Grace is Margaret Atwood's fictionalized biography of the infamous murderer Grace Marks, who, in 1843 was convicted of a double murder in Kingston and served her sentence at Kingston penitentiary and the Lunatic Asylum in Toronto. On the surface, the novel, Alias Grace is a unique present-day retelling of a true crime story complete with dramatized news headlines, sex, violence, a bias judicial system and duplicitous Victorian morals. On a deeper level, this novel tells the story of how one woman may have exploited the very society that oppressed her in order to survive systemic bias and gender inequities. "

Tags:alias, grace, gender

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This paper review's author Jonathan Kozol's book "Amazing Grace." Kozol is well known for writing on issues of education and the way minorities are excluded from meaningful education and marginalized in American society. In his book "Amazing Grace" he continues this criticism with an image of the neighborhoods minorities live in, the neighborhoods around the schools that are not working.

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"Author Jonathan Kozol (1996) is well known for writing on issues of education and more and more on the way minorities are excluded from meaningful education and marginalized in American society. In his book Amazing Grace he continues this criticism with an image of the neighborhoods minorities live in, the neighborhoods around the schools that are not working. Kozol describes an area of the South Bronx called Mott Haven, in the poorest congressional district in the city. He presents this area through stories of some of the people who live there, notably..."

Tags:kozol, amazing, grace