Stereotypical Representation of Women in Ernest Hemingway'sA Farewell to Arms

Abstract

The study of A Farewell to Armsunveils the picture of women in patriarchal society under the title “stereotypical representation of women in Ernest Hemingway’sA Farewell to Arms”. Seductive appearance of Catherine Barkleyand her subservient role as the obedient beloved, caretaker and child bearer put her in a position of traditional female. While presenting the atrocities of war, male character like Frederic Henry represents the war-trodden psychology of soldiers. Alcoholand women at brothels become the means to appease their dislike towardswar, where women have to represent her as the object to satisfy male hatred to war. Catherine, though the wife of Henry, feels herself as the female of whorehouse which show show the behavior of male makes female feel themselves as a creature who are victim of sexual domination. The present work has been divided into four chapters. The first chapter gives the introduction of the work. The second chapter makes the theoretical study offeminism. The third chapter analyze the text and the forth chapter is the conclusion of the work.