The Swamper warned George that Curley’s wife was a tart. While George was telling Lennie where to go if he ever gets in trouble a girl was standing in the doorway “she had full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules‚ on the insteps of which were little bouquets of
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Pat Murphy: His Vegetable wife The power of the harasser‚ the abuser‚ the rapist depends above all on the silence of women. Ursula K. Le Guin His Vegetable Wife is a short science fiction story‚ written in late eighties by Pat Murphy. It describes a relationship between male human and female plant‚ which is sort of a human too‚ or some of us would say‚ she is some kind of alien creature. At the beginning the story is relatively realistic; the man has planted the seed and is waiting for the results
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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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Curley’s wife presented in the novel as a whole and what does this show you about society in the 1930’s? In of mice and men‚ Curley’s wife lives in a society where women have no rights and are discriminated against‚ men have all power. Curley’s wife has such a little effect on society that Steinbeck feels she’s not even worth being a named character. As a victim of this lack of authority‚ she finds someone to bully and is presented as a very powerful and intimidating person. Curley’s wife intimidates
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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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Fernando de Medina Confesses to Killing His Wife In the introduction of this chapter‚ we learn that on November 28th‚ 1595 Gaspar de Peralta‚ a judge for the Royal Audiencia of Charcas‚ answered a call from his next-door neighbor’s house. Once he entered the house‚ he found a domestic horror scene. Having entered the bedroom‚ Peralta found his chief scribe and the secretary of the audiencia (Fernando de Medina) standing over the bloody bodies of his wife and her lover‚ Beatriz Gonzalez. Fernando
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Charles Chestnutt’s "The Wife of His Youth‚" Mr. Ryder is forced to make a decision about two women that he loves. As a member of the Blue Veins Society‚ Mr. Ryder has a very high social status in his community and the people look up to him. Liza Jane‚ an old slave is determined to find her old husband who is Mr. Ryder. Unaware that she has found her husband and that he has found someone else‚ Liza Jane causes Mr. Ryder to loose his pride in order to rekindle the love from his youth. Mr. Ryder’s qualities
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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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The Wife of His Youth Question: Discuss the theme of race in Chesnutt ‘The Wife of His Youth’? After the civil war‚ racial issues affect society and Charles Chesnutt a regional realist writer tackles the subject. The difference between black and white‚ which should logically disappear‚ increases‚ and the African American community is experiencing exclusion in some societies. Chesnutt through his text "The Wife of his youth" refers to the problem by showing the contrast between black
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