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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‘The World’s wife’ is ‘nothing but feminist propaganda’? Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright; frequently dealing with issues of gender‚ oppression and violence. In ‘The Worlds Wife’ Carol Ann Duffy explores the portrayal of women in literature‚ and many of the poems seem to smite men; viewing them as being subordinate instead of women. She explores these ideas through monologues of different historical and mythical events from a female perspective‚ by doing this Duffy contrives to give
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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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Curley’s wife Curley’s wife Only woman in the plot. Wears too much makeup – red fingernails and red shoes with ostrich feathers. Symbolic of women everywhere who are repressed by male centred societies. Utterly alone on the ranch‚ her husband has seen to it that no one will talk to her without fearing a beating from him. Steinbeck’s initial portrayal of her is mean and seductive. Pretty. Young. Flirtatious. Seductive. Others perceive her to be promiscuous
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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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In the excerpt from Ann Petry’s The Street‚ Lutie Johnson’s resistance to the city and the surrounding area of 110th street is shown through explicit imagery and personification of the wind. Petry is able to establish the obstacles of understanding a new place that may seem dark and harsh. . Petry again personifies the wind“fingering its way along the curb” and trying to discourage the people walking along the street” to further show the constant chaos that exists within the Urban
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freeing yourself of inner demons‚ which is what Isabel Allende writes about in the "The Judges Wife". The two main characters‚ Nicolas Vidal and Casilda are both trying to find freedom from their inner demons and fight their desires for love and intimacy‚ but Isabel Allende shows that no matter how hard you try‚ everyone must eventually give into their desires. In the "Judges Wife"‚ "Nicolas Vidal had always known a woman would cost him his life". (203) This prediction had made
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“Love” in Carol Ann Duffy’s Valentine Many people usually see “love” only one side especially when they deeply fall in love with someone. There are a lot of poems that respond the feeling of these falling in love people about how beautiful love is. It is true that love is beautiful. On the other hand‚ for me sometimes love is also painful. I really like the sentence that “love is color-blind” because this sentence can show not only the positive side of love but also the negative side of love. So
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entertain and to convey their ideas. Henry Lawson’s short stories ‘The Drover’s Wife’ and ‘The Loaded Dog’‚ demonstrate these twin features. Cat Steven’s life story the ABC documentary ‘A Few Good Songs‚’ is designed to convey the idea that telling stories is a powerful catalyst for reflection on the unpredictability of life and the individual’s desire for self-fulfilment. In our prescribed text‚ ‘The Drover’s Wife’‚ by using an anonymous bush woman as his protagonist‚ Lawson extends his narrative
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22/101 Soto‚ Rigoberto McClintock‚ “Propaganda Techniques” In the article “Propaganda techniques in today’s advertising”‚ Ann McClintock tells us that advertisement is a form of brainwashing that is willingly absorbed by its “victims”. The author begins by stating that propaganda’s goal is to persuade the audience in order to convince it of a certain message regardless of its credibility. In the second part of the article‚ McClintock describes the different types of propaganda
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