How does Steinbeck use language and structure to portray curleys wife? Firstly‚ her first description is in chapter two just after George and lennie have arrived on the ranch. When we first read her description we realise she is all dressed in red‚ she wore “red mules”‚ “red ostrich feathers” and her “finger nails were red”. The author uses this symbolic language technique to help us understand that red is associated with danger in the book. This suggests that she is someone to be avoided. The
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the character of Curley’s wife. Refer closely to the text in your answers to support your views. Of Men and Mice is not kind in its portrayal of women. In fact‚ women are treated with contempt throughout the course of the book. Steinbeck generally depicts women as troublemakers who bring ruin to men and drive them mad. Curley’s wife‚ who walks the ranch as a temptress seems to be a prime example of the destructive tendency. Despite the author’s rendering‚ Curley’s wife emerges as a relatively complex
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Of Mice and Men: In a letter .John Steinbeck Wrote of Curley wife: She is a nice girl and not a floozy. Discuss and explain your own impression of Curleys wife. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck describes Curley wife as a character of many contradictions she is shown as both a nice girl and a floozy; lonely yet vindictive; Motherly but also seductive. In this essay I will try to discuss both of her sides. Throughout the novel Curley wife acts and dresses as a floozy; in the very beginning when
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nfl 1. First appearance When Curleys’ wife first appears in the book Lennie was fascinated by her looks and thinks that she is very pretty. You know this because he looks at her from top to bottom. These facts are true because in the book it says “Lennie’s eyes moved down her body.” To show that Lennie was fascinated by her looks it says “Lennie watched her‚ fascinated”. Another way that we know that Lennie thought that she was pretty is that after she leaves the bunk house Lennie then says “she
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Of mice and men Notes curley’s wife She is never given a name. She is given no real identity. She has only been married to Curley for a few weeks. She is lonely. There are no other women to talk to on the ranch. The men on the ranch like to think that she is after them. She is married to the sons of the owner of the ranch so why would she be after the workers who have nothing. When whit is playing cards he comments to George about Curley’s wife .”ain’t she a loo loo?” he also
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characters is Curley’s wife. By becoming familiar with her‚ we come to an understanding of the tragedy of life. We see many perspectives of her‚ some negative and some positive. We feel ourselves orbiting this character. But we see ourselves evolving as the character also does. She could be interpreted as a ‘miss-fitting’ character in the novel‚ as no one relaters to her. So how does Steinbeck present and develop Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men? Throughout the book‚ Curley’s Wife is often portrayed
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negative response‚ "She’s perty‚" for which George hastily reprimands her. George fears that she will get them into trouble and calls her "jailbait": he has seen too many women like her‚ married women who seduce men and get them into trouble. Curley’s wife is aware of the power of her attractiveness and aims to use it to her advantage: she always dresses in "red" and is "heavily made out". We might interpret this unflatteringly and as evidence of her promiscuous status‚ as she has no reason to be so
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Curley’s wife presented in the novel as a whole and what does this show you about society in the 1930’s? In of mice and men‚ Curley’s wife lives in a society where women have no rights and are discriminated against‚ men have all power. Curley’s wife has such a little effect on society that Steinbeck feels she’s not even worth being a named character. As a victim of this lack of authority‚ she finds someone to bully and is presented as a very powerful and intimidating person. Curley’s wife intimidates
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Curley’s Wife‚ the ranch owners’ daughter-in-law‚ is trying to find someone to give her attention. Curley’s Wife gets characterized through her appearance‚ dialogues with other characters‚ and what other characters say about her. Curley’s Wife appearance and actions around the boys show her to be trampy. Lennie and George are in the bunkhouse when Curley’s Wife comes in. She is all made up‚ has a red cotton house dress on‚ and red slippers sporting ostrich feathers. Curley’s Wife asks about
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Curley’s wife has no name and seem to not be givien no importantance. As the only woman on the ranch‚ Curley’s wife is lonely and sad. In the novel they don’t portray women in the best matters. They treat women with despite in the whole novel. Women seem to drive them mad and only bring trouble towards them. In curley’s wife case she seem to be all those charactierisctics. She reminices of unhappiness in her marriage because her husband seems to care little for her‚ and is really more interested
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