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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Critical Evalution Is Shylock a Villain or Victim? A victim is someone who has been singled out for cruelor unfair treatment. A villain is a wicked person or a criminal. The question is does Shakespare portray Shylock‚ the Jewish moneylender as more of a villain than a victim in "The Merchant of Venice" The first scene is one of the main scences in which Shylock could be seen more as a victim. In this scence Bassanio goes to Antonio‚ a merchant of Venice and his good friend. Bassianio
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Heathcliff: From Sympathetic Victim to Diabolical Villain Revenge is formally defined as the desire for vengeance. Many people have felt this way‚ mainly towards people who have made them suffer any time in their lives. A recurring theme in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is revenge. Heathcliff‚ the main character‚ felt this way throughout the majority of the novel. His reasons for his villainous behavior were‚ in some instances‚ a way a victim could get back at his past oppressor‚ and at other
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Curley’s wife is also presented as a victim through the conversation between Candy‚ Lenny and George as Lenny and George completely assume Curley’s wife is ‘a tart’ before they have even met her! Steinbeck has presented her in this way through the words of candy‚ this shows that she was looked down upon by the men of the ranch and was victimised. I feel that Steinbeck has presented Curley’s wife in this way to represent how woman in the 1930’s were victimised and treated. Steinbeck presents Curley’s
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ranch‚ Curley’s wife was referred to as a so called “tart” by the men. A tart is an offensive term referring to the idea of a temptress. In the novel‚ Curley’s wife is viewed as a tart by the way she is portrayed. Due to the clothes she wears and the actions she makes‚ many people come to this untrue conclusion. Therefore‚ because of this idea and her kindness‚ she is blamed for the death of her friend‚ Lennie‚ at the end of the novel. However‚ it is clearly perceptible that Curley’s wife is not a temptress
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V Shylock Victim or Villain? The main or at least one of the main characters is a Jewish money-lender called Shylock living in Venice. The Jews in that time were segregated and abused by Christians. Between them the Jews and the Christians there has been a long‚ ancient grudge. Shakespeare puts the play in at the time where the ancient grudge is still strong. Shylock is a very controversial character as he in cases is a villain in some cases a victim and even in some cases both. As we are focusing
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character of Curley’s wife and how she reacts to others? In Of Mice and Men‚ we see various different sides of Curley’s wife. We are first introduced to her near the beginning of the book and she plays a big role towards the conclusion of the book. Her flirtatious character leads to her being killed by Lennie‚ in a confused state. Candy‚ the old swamper‚ introduces us to Curley’s wife during his first discussion with George and Lennie. Candy tells them that Curley’s wife is a “tart”. The fact
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Curley’s wife in Chapter 4 1. What does Curley’s wife mean when she says‚ ‘They left all the weak ones here’? 2. State the three things that you think are most significant about Curley’s wife’s character‚ situation or behaviour in this chapter. 3. Find and copy down the quotations which show how Crooks reacts to the threats of Curley’s wife. What exactly is she threatening‚ and why does Crooks react in the way he does? 4. What is Candy referring to when he says that Curley’s wife ‘can move
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In John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” Curly wife is shown as a person with very little power and she is shown to have no control. She uses her beauty as a strength. This situation foreshadows her death because of her flirtatious sense of personality; she was purposely flirting with Lennie and he was not stable enough to handle this. Her mother makes the situation worse by telling her that she couldn’t be an actress this brings down her self-esteem making her believe that she could never amount
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