Compare how Shakespeare and Steinbeck present villains and victims in ‘Othello’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’. By Bushra Begum Both ‘Othello’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’ are tragedies about society’s villains and victims and how their pursuit of love‚ hopes and dreams leads them to death and destruction. William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ (1603) is based on a Greek tragedy; the setting is in Venice and then Cyprus‚ which reflects Othello transforming into a powerful and dominant hero to a ‘Monstrous’ devil. Briefly
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’ Steinbeck uses quite descriptive vocabulary to describe Curley as an individual and links this to the way other characters react to him. Furthermore‚ he says “His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious”. This is a strong indicator in suggesting that Curley is quite an aggressive character as he describes him as pugnacious. The word ‘pugnacious’ itself is quite unusual and yet it solidifies the suspicions of what the audience think of Curley (him being a character always wanting a fight)
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Men by John Steinbeck‚ I came to realize that most of the characters had something that we could sympathize with. For George‚ it was how he always had to run away from jobs because of something Lennie did‚ for Crooks‚ it was the fact that he was treated so poorly for having a different skin colour. However‚ Lennie seems to have it the worst. He has the mental capacity of a child‚ ends up killing a woman on the ranch‚ and his best friend has to kill him by the end of the book. Lennie was born with
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How does Steinbeck present the theme of loneliness in ’Of Mice and Men’? ’Of Mice and Men’ is written by John Steinbeck‚ published in 1937. The novel is set in the 1930s during the great depression in California. The two protagonist characters‚ George and Lennie are farm workers who have a dream of one-day owning their own ranch. They find work in a ranch near Soledad‚ after escaping from Weed because of George’s incident. They are met by different characters on the farm that all have a dream. To
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Steinbeck uses the fact that Curley’s wife is the only female of the ranch to post her as a threat to the male ranch workers. When she is first introduced it isn’t pleasant. Candy starts of by saying ‘I seen her give slim the eye’ this instantly gives the reader an idea she is a bit flirtatious. He then continues to say ‘Well‚ I think Curley’s married…a tart.’ This gives the reader a view of her characteristics and we are put off by them. When we finally meet Curley’s wife for the first time she
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Steinbeck creates sympathy in Of Mice and Men. Discuss in relation to one character Of Mice and Men is a novella set on a ranch in the Northern western state of California written by Californian novelist John Steinbeck and then published in the late 1930’s. Set in the time of The Great Depression and The nationwide effective Wall Street Crash the book features characters all around who have depressing lives but focusing in on two paradoxical characters that are always juxtaposed to one another
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John Steinbeck illustrates the lonely life of working on a ranch in the early 1930’s through his novel Of Mice And Men. He depicted the various characters’ feelings of loneliness and isolation in different ways. Curley’s wife tried desperately at times to interact with the other ranch hands while George and Lennie’s relationship is interesting because most ranch helpers travel alone after working for a short time. Candy and Crooks were lonely people due to their physicalities: Crooks is an African
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friends are liars and sometimes they are great friends‚ but they use you to their advantage. I remember one time I made a friend that only hung out with me because I always had money and it wasn’t long till I figured out she was using me‚ but I didn’t have many friends so I continued to hang out with her. One day her father died and before he died‚ I visited him at the hospital. He made me promise to take care of her and I still do to this day. He was an honest man who always spoke with candor and
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differences‚ they’re dependent on each other. Lennie is the far by best worker in between George and him he’s also mentally handicapped and also has a desire to pet/ touch soft things(animals). These traits‚ combined with his uncontrollable strength‚ set the stage for disaster. In mice of men the story explains the depth of George and Lennie’s relationship and how they faced many difficulties together‚ also shows all the difficulties that both of them face and how they still keep each other dependent on
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"The Job Experience" And the cycle goes again... Typical story of A good man‚ Giving God glory. He’s a God fearing man‚ Perfect husband‚ Excellent pops and he finally received that raise... Cash in the bank! Yeah‚ they were saving up. He and his wifey been fussing‚ It’s time for making up. The recessions been digging in you‚ It’s been really rough‚ But he believes his change is here to stay. It was a Thursday night‚ April first. He’s sitting there in traffic on his way home from work
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