When Curley’s wife is first introduced in the novella‚ the audience is presented with her rigid personality. Very soon the reader learns how Curley’s wife is not the least bit respected by anyone on the ranch including her own husband‚ Curley. Candy mentions‚ “‘Curley says he’s keepin’ that hand soft for his wife’ ” (Steinbeck 27). Evidently‚ Curley does not love his wife nor does he respect her because if he did‚ he would not be advertising their personal lives in this manner. As a result‚ Curley’s
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the character Curley’s wife. One of her defining characteristics is the way she acts towards the men on the ranch. Jail bait is a word Georg uses when he tells Lennie to stay away from Curley’s wife. The slang “jail bait” is used to describe a person who can have you go to jail if you mess with him/her. For example‚ Curley’s wife can say something like Lennie attempted to rape her‚ and many people would believe her. This would make Lennie go to jail or worse. Curley’s wife is often demeaned by the
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fairs and festivals. As different communities belonging to different religions live here‚ therefore many festivals are celebrated regularly every year. Among these festivals‚ some are religious; some are based on seasons while some are of national importance. All the festivals are celebrated with great enthusiasm in a colourful atmosphere. Diwali‚ Dussehra‚ Raksha Bandhan‚ Id-ul-Fitr‚ Id-ul-Zuha‚ Christmas‚ Mahavir Jayanti‚ Gurunanak Jayanti‚ Ganesh Chaturhi etc. are the religious festivals of India
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she said darkly‚ “Maybe I will yet.” These were the last words of Curley’s wife until she met her unfortunate end. Although she appeared in a limited number of scenes and does not have a real name‚ Curley’s wife makes a large impact in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Like all the characters in the story‚ she is subject to power. The men have power over here merely because of her gender and role in society. Curley’s wife exercises her own power by purposely flirting with the ranch hands‚ using her
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John introduced us to a character called Curley’s wife‚ she plays a complex and misfit character as she got so many different sides to her‚ as sometimes the reader feels sympathetic and unsympathetic about her. John Steinbeck’s novel of Mice and Men is an example of how the reader’s perception of a character can change without the character actually changing. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as colour imagery‚ appearance‚ metaphors and similes in the early
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Curley’s Wife: Victim or Floozy? Curley’s Wife is a character in the novel Of Mice and Men. She represents several themes in the novel‚ the American dream‚ loneliness and friendship. Her dream is to become a Hollywood actress but like most dreams it does not come true which has made her hard and mean. Curley‚ her husband‚ gives her no emotional support and treats her like a sex object rather than his wife which leads her to seek attention from other men and gives her a flirtatious air. She befriends
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B Exam Questions Zeinab Dafalla I HAVE USED MY NOTES TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Part A) What methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife? In the passage the first words that Steinbeck uses are that “Both men glanced up‚” and through this we are introduced to Curley’s wife through her effect on men and not through any notion of herself‚ which Steinbeck does to show us she is only worthy for the use of men. Not so long after in the sentence we are told
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this is cool‚lie: In a way you’re sort of testing yourself by coming here? Lewis: …She hates talk about love. She thinks its icky. ‘Love is the last gasp of the bourgeois romanticism’ she says. She hates me doing an opera about love and fidelity while thousands of Vietnamese are being killed by America troops. Julie: I don’t like men’s double standards‚ I guess. Men want women to deceive them because it’ll prove their worst thoughts about women… Julie: My parents had me committed. They think its sort of like a holiday
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got to admit‚ Lennie did a huge favour for me and beat up Curley. I remember that day they tried to lie to me by saying Curley got his hand caught up in a machine. Do they think i’m a kid? I knew exactly what was going on but they didn’t know the fact that i was glad. On the bright side‚ when Curley’s not there with me‚ I get to have some fun playin’ around with some men. I come into the bunkhouse and say that I’m lookin’ for Curley. No one can blame a person for lookin’. Slim is an attractive
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Why is Curley’s wife never given a personal name? Names have been an important facet of society for as long as Homo sapiens have existed. A name is defined as “a word or symbol used in logic to designate an entity.” In Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck teaches a lesson about the nature of human existence and shows how grim and isolated people become without hope. Steinbeck neglects to address Curley’s wife’s character by name in order to emphasize her position as a literary element and provide commentary
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