John Stubbs' "Love And Role Playing In A Farewell To Arms"

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handling of human beings trying to come to terms with their
vulnerability."

As far as Stubbs is concerned, Hemingway is quite blatant in letting us know
that role-playing is what is occurring. He tells that the role-playing begins
during Henry and Catherine's third encounter, when Catherine directly dictates
what is spoken by Henry. After this meeting the two become increasingly
comfortable with their roles and easily adopt them whenever the other is nearby.
This is apparent also in that they can only successfully play their roles when
they are in private and any disturbance causes the "game" to be disrupted. The
intrusion of the outside world in any form makes their role-playing impossible,
as evidenced at the race track in Milan, where they must be alone. The people
surrounding them make Catherine feel uncomfortable and Henry has to take her
away from the crowd. He goes on to describe how it is impossible for them to
play the roles when they are apart and how they therefore ...

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