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In ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’ both authors indirectly show their beliefs and opinions towards women and the way they are treated by society. In the time both texts were set- 1912 and the 1930’s- women were generally seen as a lesser class than men and due to their sexuality, they were not treated fairly. Steinbeck and Priestley show this at many points in their texts.
Both Eva Smith and Curley’s wife are victims of their class as Eva is victimised by each member of the Birling Family, who each make her life harder and each of them are ultimately partially responsible for her death. Inspector Goole also makes it clear to the reader and the Birling family that Eva is the victim when he says ‘A pretty lively sort of girl that never did anybody any harm.’ The character of Eva also conveys how hard life was for many young women in 1912 who had no family and was unemployed which meant she had no income to provide for herself. Eva was also a lonely character, much like Steinbeck’s character ‘Curley’s wife’ who was longing for not only male attention, but any attention as Curley did not give her the attention she wanted. Curley’s wife is also a victim of her class as she has little, if any, power over anyone else on the ranch and is practically at the bottom, despite being the daughter-in-law of the ranch owner. This makes the reader sympathise with Eva Smith and Curley’s Wife.
They are both objectified by men. You could say this is suggested by someone implying they 'own' one of the characters, they all call Curley's Wife 'Curley's Wife' instead of by her actual name, this suggests she belongs to him and is not seen as an object, Curley’s wife, has a name, but they called her Curley’s wife, because as to them, she was like an item that belonged to Curley. Eva and Curley’s wife were both described as ‘Pretty’.
They are both victims of their class, in Eva smith’s case it is Upper, and Curley’s wife is lower. The audience is invited to dwell on their