Blind Harry

members of the army as a result of bribery lead the Scots to fail. From there, William is able to escape with the help of Robert the Bruce as well as Isabella for confidential information that helps him to continue to take down smaller enemies that have betrayed him or have helped the King. Wallace eventually reaches demise after being set up by Robert’s father in capture and is eventually set to be hung, drawn, and quartered after denying fault and yelling “Freedom!” as his parting words. The movie ends with Robert leading the Scots into battle against England in commemoration of William Wallace. This movie covers the Scottish myth of a man named William Wallace, and more specifically through the description of him through Blind Harry’s epic poem. Blind Harry’s poem is an “epic verse of 11,861 lines in eleven books and is thought to have been written between 1474 and 1479”, where although William Wallace did exist as a person, there are only parts of the movie that holds true in terms of the events that actually occurred (Morton 1998, 224). This poem was extremely well known to the Scottish to this point where they held it as the complete truth, even though the section about William had been written almost “two centuries after [his] death” (Morton, 229). The event that made Wallace so important that shaped Scotland’s view of him happened around the end of the 12th century where he was seen as a focal point of “the resistance in the South” after he committed “the brutal…

child all for the sake of the rest of the town. An exchange for the happiness and prosperity of the town one much suffer for the sake of the town. This causes many of the people in the town to not try and do anything to help the child, even if they want to. The expectation is placed upon everyone's shoulders that if one person is to forsake a rule and demise the town, they are not to help the child in the closet. They are not to comfort or be kind to the child for it will doom the town. So the…

In the story Cathedral, the narrator's mood changes from being jealous in a way to feeling connected with the blind man. In the beginning when he talks about the blind man he speaks in short sentences and avoids certain topics. Throughout the story he likes talking about his relationship with his wife and all of their good times. He likes to make jokes about the blind man saying things like "maybe I can take him bowling" and things of the sort. Gradually through the movie the narrator becomes…

by his wife’s blind friend. Originally the blind man has come to see the woman his friend who he hasn’t seen in years, however in this story the narrator is the one who benefits most from the presence of the blind man. Although the narrator is her husband the blind man seems to know more about the woman than him, the wife and the blind man have been communicating by sending tapes with recorded messages and poems to each other through mail since before the woman married her now husband, when the…

Critical Reading: “The Blind Man” We live in a society where people are solely judged by their appearance. We allow the media and the internet to develop our opinions. Most of us no longer take the time to get to know each other and it's rather unfortunate. The short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is very relatable and is a great example because it deals with the idea of looking versus actually seeing. One might think that those two words are interchangeable but Carver shows that…

1) What does the cathedral symbolize in the story? I believe the cathedral symbolizes a few things from forgiveness and acceptance . At the beginning of the story the narrator who is also the husband was very skeptical about having Robert the blind man into his home. His excuse was “ I have no blind friends” to his wife. However, that did not stop his wife from inviting Robert in with open arms regardless of what her husband thought. The narrator at first was keeping his distance, but towards…

In the story the “Cathedral,” by Raymond Carver this is a story of a blind man named Robert gets invited to the narrator’s house. The narrator didn’t like that Robert was coming to his house, but he didn’t have a choice. The narrator didn’t want Robert in his house because he was blind. The narrator’s wife helped Robert in the summertime by reading reports. She is particularly kind toward Robert, more so than she is to her husband, which makes the narrator jealous. One night, Robert went to the…

feels pity and sadness. At the beginning of the story, the narrator seems hesitant of the visiting blind man. He describes the old man the way he has seen blind people in movies; “the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes led by seeing-eye dogs” (94). Immediately, it can be seen in his personality that he thinks in a very stereotypical way. He has never actually talked to or been around a blind person he is just going off the way they are depicted in movies. This behavior also…

In the short story “Cathedral” the point of view isn't hard to figure out. Through the first person narrative, the reader is able to see the transformation that is undergone by the main character in a single night. One of the first things the narrator describes is his wife's relationship with Robert. From what the husband describes, the reader is left with the impression that he doesn't think very highly of blind people. The reader is also left with the sense that he distrusts blind people,…

The theme of Cat Person seemed to be about relationships and dating, and I can definitely say that it succeeds at presenting how complicated these things are. Margot’s view of Robert changes multiple times throughout her date with him. One moment, she thinks he’s going to murder her, in another she sees him as a nice and sensitive man, and later she’s disgusted by him. This scenario is normal, though, because the two mostly communicated through texts. Margot’s impression of him mainly stemmed…