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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People spend hours in court trying to find the guilty person. So‚ how would you explain the death of Curley’s wife? Who was irresponsible? In our time people like Lennie are put to death similar acts. Argue who is responsible and explain how events took such a tragic turn. "As you would blame others‚ blame yourself; as you would forgive yourself‚ forgive others." - Chinese Proverb. This quote accurately depicts an ideal situation involving blaming others and forgiving others. When things go wrong
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Curley’s wife and I will be discussing the ways Steinbeck presents her appearance‚ personality‚ dreams and the ranch worker’s views her. Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife as a flirtatious woman and attention seeking towards other men. This is shown on (page 53) “She wore a cotton house dress and red mules‚ on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers roughed lips‚ wide spaced eyes‚ with red fingernails”. This quote foreshadows and signifies that Curley’s wife will have
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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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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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The Wife of Bath’s Tale History of Classic English Literature Canterbury Tales Paper In the tale of Wife of Bath‚ Chaucer has well depicted the role of women in the middle age period. This poem was instructive and pleasing because although most women were viewed and treated as objects rather than being respected by men‚ Chaucer shows another viewpoint through the Wife of Bath‚ a feminist view that was seldom seen during the time. The Wife of Bath is unlike any other female character during
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Curley’s wife is the main women character in Steinbeck’s novel of mice and men. In this piece of writing I will be discussing the good and bad about Curley’s wife. Firstly Steinbeck uses colour to give a description on Curley’s wife. ‘She has rouged lips and red fingernails; her mules are red and are covered with red ostrich feathers’. The first opinion of her that comes to mind is that she is a dangerous women and she uses her sexuality to gain male attention. The colour red suggests love and
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characters personality and profession. It can be safe to argue that the Wife of Bath is the only person on the journey that is suited to tell her tale. The Wife and the character in her tale both show concern about age. Also‚ the Wife is very good conniving‚ as is the old woman in her tale. Finally‚ the Wife and the old woman have controlling personalities‚ as they both play on the mentality of men. In her prologue‚ the Wife of Bath told the story of her troubled marital life. Married five times
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away with sheep‚ so his wife‚ four children and a dog‚ Alligator‚ were left at their isolated wooden house in the bush‚ alone. One day‚ one of the children saw a snake while playing around the house. He shouted and called out to his mother. Both mother and the eldest son‚ Tommy‚ tried to hit the snake. The dog too tried to catch it. However‚ it was not successful. The snake disappeared into the cracks in the floor. While the children were waiting outside‚ the drover’s wife tried to lure the snake
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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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