1. In the novel Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife to be flirtatious, ‘Her voice had a nasal, brittle quality.’ The word ‘brittle’ shows that her voice is obviously quite delicate and that her tone of voice is probably in a flirty manner. Furthermore Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in the novel to give an insight to the reader what could happen later on, ‘she had full, rouged lips’. The adjective ‘rouged’ or known more commonly as red tells the reader that she is either dangerous or ‘George looked away from her, then back’ clearly shows that he likes Curley’s wife so therefore that could result in something bad later on in the novel hence the ‘rouged lips’ .
2. Steinbeck uses Curley’s wife to show