The nameless wife in the short story “Cathedral” written by Raymond Carver is portrayed as a round and static character. Although the wife in this story lacks a name, a lot of information and understanding can be extracted through further explication. One example includes how the wife is very satisfied around Robert as opposed to the man she married. When the wife is around Robert she would “wear a smile”(Carver, 361). However, when the wife carried any conversation with her husband or even looked at her husband she “didn’t like what she saw”(Carver, 362). Furthermore, the wife maintained a strong connection with Robert even after marrying her husband. “Over these years, [the wife] put all kinds of stuff on tapes and sent the tapes off lickety-split”(Carver,
