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Cathedral??Raymond?Carver???大教堂????雷蒙德．卡佛?文章中英文分析? 《大教堂》是他最著名的短篇之一。主人公的妻子多年来与一位盲人朋友保持联系。一次，盲人朋友终于要来拜访这对夫妇，妻子兴致勃勃，主人公却非但不激动，反而竭力克制自己毫无理由的敌意和鄙夷。和其他一些故事一样，主人公对生活这种无所谓和厌弃相混合的态度，始终是个没有提示的谜题。除了从卡佛自己的生活经历入手，恐怕很难找到别的解释。《大教堂》结尾，主人公在闭着眼睛和盲人一起画画的过程中，绷紧的神经终于放松下来。不是四两拨千斤，而是花大量篇幅在天平一端放了过多郁闷之后，在另一端放一茶匙淡淡的欢欣意思意思。然而，这便是雷蒙德·卡佛。??? Cathedral?Summary? Cathedral?opens?with?the?narrator?telling?the?reader?in?a?conversational?tone?that?a?blind?friend?of?his?wifes?is?coming?to?visit?them.?The?narrator?is?clearly?unhappy?about?the?upcoming?visit.?He?then?flashes?back?to?the?story?of?how?his?wife?met?the?blind?man?when?she?worked?for?him?as?a?reader.?At?the?time,?she?was?engaged?to?marry?an?officer?in?the?Air?Force.?When?she?tells?the?blind?man?goodbye,?he?asks?if?he?can?touch?her?face.?The?touch?of?his?fingers?on?her?face?is?a?pivotal?moment?in?her?life,?something?the?narrator?does?not?understand.? Although?his?wife?has?maintained?contact?with?the?blind?man?for?ten?years,?this?will?be?the?first?time?she?has?seen?him?since?her?marriage,?subsequent?divorce,?and?remarriage.?Robert,?the?blind?man,?has?just?lost?his?wife?and?will?be?traveling?to?Connecticut?to?visit?with?her?family.?Along?the?way?he?will?spend?the?night?at?the?home?of?the?narrator?and?his?wife.?His?wife?tells?the?narrator?that?Robert?and?his?wife,?Beulah,?were?inseparable.? Themes? Alienation?and?Loneliness? Like?the?characters?in?many?of?Carvers?works,?the?main?characters?experience,?or?have?experienced,?alienation?and?loneliness.?The?narrator?is?unhappy?in?his?work,?jealous?of?his?wife,?and?unconnected?to?other?human?beings.?In?addition?to?not?being?connected?to?others?himself,?he?seems?to?resent?his?wifes?connections?to?other?people?as?well.?When?he?speaks?of?the?impending?visit?by?the?blind?man?he?states,?I?wasn?t?enthusiastic?about?his?visit?...?A?blind?man?in?my?house?was?not?something?I?looked?forward?to.’’?Further,?once?Robert?arrives...? The?narrator?is?not?an?articulate?man;?consequently,?the?narration?is?filled?with?g