centre of the novella‚ Steinbeck causes the reader to feel dislike for Curley as he is portrayed as a violent‚ aggressive man. An example of his nature is during section 3 when Curley is quick to pick a fight with Lennie for no reason. It may be clear to the reader that Steinbeck chose Lennie to be the target as there is an intimate sense of sympathy towards him due to his disability causing the reader to feel further dislike for Curley. Steinbeck uses this scene to give the reader an initial opinion on
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Curley’s wife is a complex‚ main character in John Steinbeck’s novella‚ "Of Mice and Men" She is introduced at the beginning and ultimately causes the end of the novella‚ her naivity and flirtatiousness leading to her inevitable death at the hand of Lennie‚ confused and scared by her forwardness and eventual unrest. She is first introduced by Candy‚ the swamper‚ who describes her from his perpsective to George and Lennie. The fact that Curley’s wife is introduced through rumours means that the
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Exam Practice – C.A.T On Curley’s Wife. In this essay‚ I will explain the character of Curley’s wife having looked at‚ we can see John Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as being a ‘tart’ but also a nice woman. She is a natural flirt as throughout the novel she continues to talk to all the other men on the farm‚ but when she dies‚ we see her as an innocent woman. 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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end. English Essay Plan I am going to be doing my essay on Curley’s wife from the novel of mice and men. HEROIC VILLAN Mental strength racists confident Talks about Curley Lonely Inappropriate rude John Steinbeck at the beginning of the novel creates dislike towards Curley’s wife. However by the end of the novel we feel sympathy for her. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as… Colour imagery Appearance Metaphors Similes Dialogue Foreshadowing
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The novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ written by John Steinbeck was set in the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was difficult for everyone‚ especially women who were treated by contempt by men. One of the main characters of the novella is a woman who is referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’. She is a misinterpreted woman who craves attention and this eventually leads to her death. Curley’s wife is important in this novella because as this character develops‚ we find that she is a complex character with more than
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Controlled Assessment – Curley’s Wife Women in 1930s America were treated as ‘2nd class’ to the men. They were in charge of household duties‚ especially when the men went to war. Women did not have the rights the men had‚ such as: voting and working. A traditional 1930 American woman would usually be owned by their father and passed on to their husband when married. This relates to Curley’s wife because she had no name throughout the novel. This name ‘Curley’s Wife ‘suggest that she was Curley’s possession
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Curley’s wife has no name and is initially seen as the possession of her husband. She is also a good-looking lady who wears quite a bit of makeup‚ form-fitting dresses‚ and ostrich feathered-high heels. As the only woman on the ranch‚ Curley’s wife is lonely and sad – something her marriage to Curley only makes worse. She reveals throughout the course of the story that she is unhappy in her marriage because her husband seems to care little for her‚ and is really more interested in talking about himself
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the other 3 outcasts however she is just as much as an outcast as the other 3 as she is the only woman on the farm and she isn’t capable of working with the others. She only has more mental power over the farm as she is married to Curley so she is the boss’s son’s wife so she can get anyone fired on the farm if she feels threatened by them. However she is not treated any better by anyone on the farm as she is a woman. Appearance: - “She had full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made
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In the Novella‚ “Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck is introduces Curly’s wife as a flirtatious character which is leading to his death by the way that she is behaving towards the individual character throughout the story. In the novella‚ she’s first introduced by Candy‚ the swapper‚ who describes her from his perspectives to George and Lennie .The evidence showing this when Candy says that she‚ “got the eye” in chapter three. This suggests us that she wants to have attention of people in the ranch by just
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Task âOf Mice and Menâ: In a letter .John Steinbeck Wrote of Curleyâs wife: âSheâs a nice girl and not a floozy.â Discuss and explain your own impression of Curleyâs wife. In âOf Mice and Menâ John Steinbeck describes Curleyâs 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 Curleyâs wife acts and dresses as a floozy;
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