Curleys wife
Curley’s Wife’s first appearance in the novel is significant to her character as we see a description of her which gives hints to her very complex and interesting personality. Her physical appearance of ‘full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made- up’, as well as ‘fingernail painted red’ and elaborate hair, build on our thoughts of her from what was said by Candy earlier in the book. The colour red is prominent in how she looks. It is a colour symbolising danger which is also a key theme throughout the book.Candy’s description of Curley’s Wife seems accurate after her first appearance in the novel.
On the other hand, Curley’s Wife’s appearance could be seen as naivety and simply youthful desire to be found attractive. Red is a primary colour therefore children are attracted to it, it is a colour children want to wear because it is bright and has an element of happiness in it. Therefore Curley’s Wife wearing the colour red may symbolise a child’s attraction to bright colours portraying her as youthful. Her naivety is also shown through her appearance. Recent science studies suggest wide spaced eyes are a sign of telling is someone is naive or not. Steinbeck may have portrayed Curley’s Wife with wide eyes to illustrate her as naive character. In addition, another connotation of the colour red is danger. A reason for Steinbeck portraying her as an associate of the colour red may be to foreshadowing the blood that was to be shed.
Curley’s Wife’s first appearance in the novel is significant to her character as we see a description of her which gives hints to her very complex and interesting personality. Her physical appearance of ‘full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made- up’, as well as ‘fingernail painted red’ and elaborate hair, build on our thoughts of her from what was said by Candy earlier in the book. The colour red is prominent in how she looks. It is a colour symbolising danger which is also a key theme throughout the book.Candy’s
On the other hand, Curley’s Wife’s appearance could be seen as naivety and simply youthful desire to be found attractive. Red is a primary colour therefore children are attracted to it, it is a colour children want to wear because it is bright and has an element of happiness in it. Therefore Curley’s Wife wearing the colour red may symbolise a child’s attraction to bright colours portraying her as youthful. Her naivety is also shown through her appearance. Recent science studies suggest wide spaced eyes are a sign of telling is someone is naive or not. Steinbeck may have portrayed Curley’s Wife with wide eyes to illustrate her as naive character. In addition, another connotation of the colour red is danger. A reason for Steinbeck portraying her as an associate of the colour red may be to foreshadowing the blood that was to be shed.
Curley’s Wife’s first appearance in the novel is significant to her character as we see a description of her which gives hints to her very complex and interesting personality. Her physical appearance of ‘full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made- up’, as well as ‘fingernail painted red’ and elaborate hair, build on our thoughts of her from what was said by Candy earlier in the book. The colour red is prominent in how she looks. It is a colour symbolising danger which is also a key theme throughout the book.Candy’s