Curley's wife
Curley's wife Curley's wife
Only woman in the plot.
Wears too much makeup – red fingernails and red shoes with ostrich feathers.
Symbolic of women everywhere who are repressed by male centred societies.
Utterly alone on the ranch, her husband has seen to it that no one will talk to her without fearing a beating from him.
Steinbeck's initial portrayal of her is mean and seductive.
Pretty.
Young.
Flirtatious.
Seductive. Others perceive her to be promiscuous.
Always hangs around the bunk house, in a façade of looking for Curley – although she is really looking for Curley.
Wears attractive clothes to gain attention.
Newly married to Curley for two weeks.
Curley does not seem to be interested in her.
Naïve.
Does not like Curley – only married him when the letter didn't come.
May be afraid of Curley as when she asks Slim if he has seen Curley, he replies and says that Curley is looking for her. 'She was suddenly apprehensive.' This could mean that she is frightened of him because she rushed away im mediately. Lonely but she attempts to overcome her loneliness in the wrong way.
Lennie and George
George, realising Lennie's fascination with her,“...she's purty...”, warns him to stay away from her.
George and Candy call her names such as
'jail bait' and 'tart.
Whilst alive, she is connected to Eve, in the garden of Eden – bringing evil into men’s lives by tempting them in ways they cannot resist. Eventually, she brings and end to the garden of Eden – the little farm where George and Lennie can live of the fatta the lan. Her death at Lennie's hands mean the end of Lennie and
George's companionship and their dream.
Lack of name
No name to reflect her complete lack of indi viduality and is simply presented as a posses sion of Curley's.
The lack of name demotes Curley's wife to an
Only woman in the plot.
Wears too much makeup – red fingernails and red shoes with ostrich feathers.
Symbolic of women everywhere who are repressed by male centred societies.
Utterly alone on the ranch, her husband has seen to it that no one will talk to her without fearing a beating from him.
Steinbeck's initial portrayal of her is mean and seductive.
Pretty.
Young.
Flirtatious.
Seductive. Others perceive her to be promiscuous.
Always hangs around the bunk house, in a façade of looking for Curley – although she is really looking for Curley.
Wears attractive clothes to gain attention.
Newly married to Curley for two weeks.
Curley does not seem to be interested in her.
Naïve.
Does not like Curley – only married him when the letter didn't come.
May be afraid of Curley as when she asks Slim if he has seen Curley, he replies and says that Curley is looking for her. 'She was suddenly apprehensive.' This could mean that she is frightened of him because she rushed away im mediately. Lonely but she attempts to overcome her loneliness in the wrong way.
Lennie and George
George, realising Lennie's fascination with her,“...she's purty...”, warns him to stay away from her.
George and Candy call her names such as
'jail bait' and 'tart.
Whilst alive, she is connected to Eve, in the garden of Eden – bringing evil into men’s lives by tempting them in ways they cannot resist. Eventually, she brings and end to the garden of Eden – the little farm where George and Lennie can live of the fatta the lan. Her death at Lennie's hands mean the end of Lennie and
George's companionship and their dream.
Lack of name
No name to reflect her complete lack of indi viduality and is simply presented as a posses sion of Curley's.
The lack of name demotes Curley's wife to an