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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To begin with‚ in the novel Of Mice and Men‚ Curley’s wife is a disadvantaged character who relates to the themes dreams and loneliness. She is important in the novel because she portrays the stereotypical 1930’s women in America and she is the only women in the novel. Steinbeck presents her negatively but by the end of the novel the reader feels sympathetic towards her. Curley’s wife is first introduced in section two; ‘both men glanced up‚ for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut
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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 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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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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Curleys’ Wife Curleys’ wife is a complex character with multiple layers in the novella “Of Mice and Men.” Through the story our perception of Curlers’ Wife changes without her actually changing. She is portrayed as both a villain and a victim. Through the story a more vunerable and sweeter side of her starts to show‚ which contradicts the first side we are shown of her. Curlers’ wife is presented in numerous ways. Mediums by which she is presented to the reader by Steinbeck is by how she is described
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Curley’s wife is the only woman from the novel of mice and men written by John Steinbeck. She is the wife of the boss’s son Curley. She has no friends besides Curley as the live on a ranch with all of the workers who are all men. She tries to speak to men throughout the novel but none of them want anything to do with her. She is lonely and bored because of this. She is a very pretty and young woman‚ when she is first mentioned in the novel when talking to George and Lennie in the bunk house ‘she
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2.How Does Steinbeck Present Curley? Steinbeck presents the character of Curley as a symbol of his theme of fate. Curley is a character who is disliked by all in the novella - even his wife who confides to a docile Lennie "I don’t like Curley". Indeed‚ Curley’s actions throughout the novella are aggressive‚ confrontational and judgemental: he is the archetypal villain of the piece. However‚ despite his lack of positive attributes‚ Curley has a position of authority on the ranch - as the ranch owner’s
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John Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife at the start of the story as an irrelevant character because she has no relation with George and Lennie. At the start‚ Curley is one of the most important characters (besides George and Lennie) because he has the power to crush George and Lennie’s dream of having a farm of your own. But as the story goes on‚ to end‚ we see the importance of her character and that everything that has happened on the ranch is caused by her presence; even though she is not in the
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Character of Curley’s Wife? In this essay I am going to discuss how Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s Wife. We learn that Curley’s Wife is presented as both a dangerous character but also a lonely character. She is both innocent and guilty. The reader is left with the impression that the men have pre judged her to be a seductive ‘tart’‚ when in fact she is simply a victim of her own loneliness. Steinbeck pre-warns the reader by having Candy warn George about Curley’s Wife. Candy’s first
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