John Steinbeck portrays Curley‟s wife as being a floozy but also a nice girl. She is a natural flirt as throughout the novel she continues to talk to all the other men‚ but when she dies‚ we see her as an innocent young girl. I am writing this essay to discuss my views and whether I agree with John Steinbeck when he says she is a nice girl. Curley‟s wife gives off the impression she is a floozy throughout the novel. When we first see her‚ her body language is deliberately provocative when
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Curleys’ Wife Curleys’ wife is a complex character with multiple layers in the novella “Of Mice and Men.” Through the story our perception of Curlers’ Wife changes without her actually changing. She is portrayed as both a villain and a victim. Through the story a more vunerable and sweeter side of her starts to show‚ which contradicts the first side we are shown of her. Curlers’ wife is presented in numerous ways. Mediums by which she is presented to the reader by Steinbeck is by how she is described
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How Does Steinbeck Present the Character of Curley’s Wife? In this essay I am going to discuss how Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s Wife. We learn that Curley’s Wife is presented as both a dangerous character but also a lonely character. She is both innocent and guilty. The reader is left with the impression that the men have pre judged her to be a seductive ‘tart’‚ when in fact she is simply a victim of her own loneliness. Steinbeck pre-warns the reader by having Candy warn George
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just need to view one essay so blah blah blah hhehehehehehe fjsfjsopfjg the end. English Essay Plan I am going to be doing my essay on Curley’s wife from the novel of mice and men. HEROIC VILLAN Mental strength racists confident Talks about Curley Lonely Inappropriate rude John Steinbeck at the beginning of the novel creates dislike towards Curley’s wife. However by the end of the novel we feel sympathy for her. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such
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Curley’s wife before she even enters the section. Candy mentions that she‚ "got the eye" explaining that she is flirtatious and immoral in that wea re hit with the fact that she flirts with other men immediately after it is stated thatshe is married to Curley. Already‚ the reader is introduced to the idea that Curley’s wife is an immoral "tart" which is strengthened upon her first appearance‚ which She is first seen in the doorway of the bunkhouse ‚ asking about the location of her husband‚ which is
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more power than the other 3 outcasts however she is just as much as an outcast as the other 3 as she is the only woman on the farm and she isn’t capable of working with the others. She only has more mental power over the farm as she is married to Curley so she is the boss’s son’s wife so she can get anyone fired on the farm if she feels threatened by them. However she is not treated any better by anyone on the farm as she is a woman. Appearance: - “She had full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes
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Controlled Assessment – Curley’s Wife Women in 1930s America were treated as ‘2nd class’ to the men. They were in charge of household duties‚ especially when the men went to war. Women did not have the rights the men had‚ such as: voting and working. A traditional 1930 American woman would usually be owned by their father and passed on to their husband when married. This relates to Curley’s wife because she had no name throughout the novel. This name ‘Curley’s Wife ‘suggest that she was Curley’s
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to sell and she knew it.” This further enforces that women were only used for sex. Steinbeck may have portrayed woman in this way to allows readers to recognise the inferior role of women during the Great Depression. Before we even get to meet Curleys wife‚ she is presented as a no good “tart” out to seek attention and cause trouble through the dialogue of Candy the ranch house sweeper. When George and Lennie arrive at the ranch‚ Candy explains to them that she is a troublemaker in soledad: “Ever’one
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as the possession of her husband. She is also a good-looking lady who wears quite a bit of makeup‚ form-fitting dresses‚ and ostrich feathered-high heels. As the only woman on the ranch‚ Curley’s wife is lonely and sad – something her marriage to Curley only makes worse. She reveals throughout the course of the story that she is unhappy in her marriage because her husband seems to care little for her‚ and is really more interested in talking about himself than anything else. Further‚ she laments
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on the farm and she doesn’t know them. She pretends to be looking for her husband and when told that he is not there Steinbeck writes “If he ain’t‚ I guess I better look some place else" she said playfully.‟ This shows her boredom in marriage with Curley and that she just want attention from the men on the farm. Curley’s Wife is first presented to us through the dialogue of ranch-hand Candy‚ when he describes her to George. Candy’s opinion is very sexist towards Curley’s wife‚ you only hear the
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