How do you percive the duality of the meaning of the title

title of A Farwell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway?

Answer: In the novel, Frederic Henry says farewell both to war and the woman he loves.

Explanation:

A Farewell to Arms is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway. It tells the story of Frederic Henry, an American that ends up serving as a lieutenant in the Italian Army.

The title is believed to have been borrowed from a poem composed by George Peele. There are actually two possible interpretations of the title, which is a result of the dual meaning of the word 'arm'. Arm can refer to a war weapon, which Henry says goodbye to when he deserts army. The same word can also refer to a hand of a person, that is, a hand of Henry's beloved Catherine. She dies and Henry is forced to say farewell to her, too.