Catherine Barkley

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Catherine Barkley is a central character in Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms," known as a British nurse whose tragic love affair with an American ambulance driver unfolds against the backdrop of World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn A Farewell to Arms
appearsInMedium novel
associatedWithTheme loss
love in wartime
sacrifice
the fragility of happiness
basedOn nurses Hemingway encountered in World War I
characterTrait devoted
romantic
self-sacrificing
countryOfFictionalService Italy
createdBy Ernest Hemingway
deathCause childbirth complications
diesIn A Farewell to Arms
emotionalBackground grieving former fiancé killed in war
fictionalUniverse World War I setting of A Farewell to Arms
genreContext romantic tragedy
war novel
hairColor blonde
hasAdaptation film adaptations of A Farewell to Arms
hasRomanticRelationshipWith Frederic Henry
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementContext modernism
loveInterestOf Frederic Henry
narrativeFunction love interest of the protagonist
tragic heroine
nationality British
occupation nurse
portrayedInFilmBy Helen Hayes
Jennifer Jones
pregnantWith child of Frederic Henry
relationshipStatus unmarried partner of Frederic Henry
roleInWork deuteragonist of A Farewell to Arms
servesAs nurse in the British Voluntary Aid Detachment
settingPeriod World War I
symbolizes idealized romantic love
the cost of war on personal lives

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A Farewell to Arms mainCharacter Catherine Barkley
Frederic Henry loveInterest Catherine Barkley
Rinaldi appearsAlongside Catherine Barkley