1. Hemingway's Style and Journalistic Influences
Hemingway's style appealed to the newspaper writer because it was the same type of writing he was used to using - short, sharp and functional. ... In Act II, Scene II of Hamlet, while delivering a report to the king and queen, Polonius delivers the following: "This business is well ended. ... (Hemingway, Short 192) Kathleen Morgan tells it plainly: "Hemingway ruthlessly pares unnecessary words from his sentences...Hemingway avoids the lengthy simile...Hemingway's working vocabulary is colloquial and economical...Hemingway limits himself for the most part to words that are simple,...
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- Approx Pages: 21
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate