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Abstract Hemingway, a famous writer, is always considered to pay more attention to the male characters. Many people think Hemingway doesn’t know how to create female characters or even discriminates women. So they think there is no need to analyze the heroines in Hemingway’s novels. As a result, few critics have analyzed the characters of Catherine in A Farewell to Arms. However, Catherine’s love story with Henry is an important clue in the novel and her dystocia in giving birth to a child at the end of the novel moved so many readers that they wrote to Hemingway to change the ending. This shows that Catherine is an important figure in the novel. 35208
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Taking all into consideration, this thesis will analyze the characters of the heroine, Catherine from three angles: her attitudes towards love, her attitudes towards her past and future life and her attitudes towards war and death. In the aspect of her attitudes towards love, she is loyal to her lover, tender and kind to her lover, dependent on and humorous to her lover. In the aspect of her attitudes towards life, she wants to escape from past but she is clear about future. In the aspect of her attitudes towards war and death, she is hateful to the war and she is brave to face death. Although Hemingway depicted Catherine as a traditional obedient female figure, the wisdom and courage in Catherine reflected Hemingway’s changing attitudes towards women.
Key words: Earnest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms Catherine Tradition Characteristics
摘 要著名作家海明威一直被认为是更关注于男性角色的描写。在很多人看来，海明威不知道如何塑造女性角色甚至是歧视女性。所以他们认为没有必要去分析海明威小说中的女性人物。因此，很少有评论家去分析《永别了，武器》中凯瑟琳的形象。然而凯瑟琳与亨利的爱情故事是小说发展的重要线索，并且在小说的结尾处，凯瑟琳因难产而死打动了众多的读者以至于他们写信给海明威请求他改变小说的结局。这足以说明凯瑟琳是小说中的重要人物。
综合考虑，本文将从以下三个角度来分析女主人公凯瑟琳的性格：她对爱情的态度，她对过去以及未来生活的态度和她对战争、死亡的态度。就她对爱情的态度而言，她忠诚于爱人，对待爱人温柔善良，她依赖爱人，并且对爱人很幽默。在她的人生态度方面，她想要逃离过去却又能看清未来。在她对战争与死亡的态度方面，她痛恨战争且不惧死亡。尽管海明威笔下的凯瑟琳是一个传统顺从的女性形象，但凯瑟琳身上所体现的智慧和勇气折射出海明威对女性态度的改变。
毕业论文关键词：欧内斯特•海明威 永别了，武器 凯瑟琳 传统 性格
Contents
Abstract i
摘 要 ii
Contents iii
Introduction 1
Chapter One Catherine’s Attitudes towards Love 4
1.1 Loyal to Her Lover 4
1.2 Tender and Kind to Her Lover 5
1.3 Dependent on Her Lover 6
1.4 Humorous to Her Lover 7
Chapter Two Catherine’s Attitudes towards Past and Future 8
2.1 Escaping from Past 8
2.2 Clear about Future 9
Chapter Three Catherine's Attitudes towards War and Death 11
3.1 Hateful to the War 11
3.2 Brave to Face Death 12