‘THE PIANO’ MONOLOGUE – STRUCTURE Year 11 English 1) Introduction • Establish your identity – through your use of language‚ your tone‚ your physical appearance & gestures‚ etc • Capture your character’s voice – how does he/she speak? Will you‚ for example: - use figurative language and metaphor - speak in short‚ sharp sentences - speak in fragmented or rambling sentences - use lots of imperatives or commands and modal verbs (eg. She must
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Curley In the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ the author explores the character Curley. Curley is the boss’s son and he is not really liked by everyone else on the ranch. The author tells how Curley acts towards his wife‚ the other men working on the ranch‚ and most importantly Lennie and George. He also gives the idea that Curley is sometimes lonely during the story. Throughout the story‚ Curley shows us that he is skillful‚ daring‚ yet he was also known as a being a bully towards other
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Curley’s wife plays an important role in much of the action in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Select a Scene in which Curley’s Wife Appears. Analyse Closely how Steinbeck Presents this Character at this point‚ and Consider Briefly this Character’s Role in this Novel as a whole. Curley’s wife plays an important role in much of the action in Steinbeck’s "Of Mice and Men." The only woman on the ranch and married to the boss’s son‚ she is presented mainly through the eyes of the men. We
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others on the farm they live on. Crooks‚ a disabled black stable buck‚ and Curley’s wife‚ the wife of the farm owner’s son. Both characters seem equally lonely on the farm‚ but when you look deeper you can see that Curley’s wife is more lonesome than Crooks. Curley’s wife is always looking for Curley‚ as he is the only person she is supposed to talk to. She repeatedly asks the men‚ “Any of you boys seen Curley?” (Steinbeck 76). While on one hand she is looking for her husband to talk to‚ she is
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Curley’s Wife‚ throughout this essay I will be writing about him and his characteristics. Curley’s Wife is first presented to us through the dialogue of Candy when he describes her to George. She is perceived by Candy as a trouble maker‚ he says: ‘You got no call foolin’ aroun’ with other guys‚ causin’ trouble.’ He uses expressions such as ‘she got the eye’ and then describes her as looking at other men‚ before eventually calling her a ‘tart’. Through Candy‚ we get an idea of Curley’s Wife as flirtatious
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Men’‚ the characters of Slim and Curley are created to have a strong influence on the other workers’ lives. While both the characters make an impact with the way they are presented‚ Steinbeck portrays them both very differently. He does this by giving the reader different impressions when each of the characters are introduced‚ the idiosyncrasies the author has given them‚ the way they treat others‚ how the rest of the characters react to the characteristics of Curley and Slim and why they influence
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Steinbeck is showing how Curley’s wife emerges as a complex and interesting character. Although her purpose is rather simple in the book’s openings‚ she is been called “tramp‚” “tart‚” and “bitch”. These nasty comments are made by the people that dislike her and her appearances; this makes the reader feel sympathy for her. Later in the book Steinbeck become more complex. She is first introduced through rumours means that the reader already has a biased opinion of Curley ’s wife before she even enters the
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My Dramatic Monologue – Crooks – Life is really hard at the moment. I was ‘aving the time of me life on Saturday night wiv that big bindlestick whats his name? ( scratch back‚ stroke chin‚ sigh) Ahhhh Lennie thats it. Well anyway we was just sittin’ and talkin’ and talkin’ and sittin’ ‘bout this amazing place that George and Lennie was going to hav’. It gave me hope it did to get out this bloody place‚ start a fresh life and maybe just maybe be treated like a real guy for a change. (imagine it
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is as ‘a huge man‚ shapeless in face’ whereas Curley is much smaller and weaker‚ Steinbeck describes him as ‘a thin young man with a brown face’. Therefore you would think that Lennie being the stronger man would be the most aggressive but in fact both Lennie and Curley are very aggressive‚ this becomes clear when they both have a fight in bunker house and Lennie ends up crushing Curley’s hand. The power of Lennie is shown when Steinbeck says‚ ‘Curley was white and shrunken by now‚ and his struggling
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Introduction section of Curley’s wife She is newly married to Curley. Curley’s has no name on this novel because she wants recognition‚ attention‚ her own identity‚ and her own life. To emphasise how she has none of these things‚ Steinbeck doesn’t even give her a name. She is just someone’s “wife”. This shows that there is no identity of her own. Without him she would be nothing. She is young‚ pretty‚ wears attractive clothes and locks her hair. She seems flirtatious and is always hanging around
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