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    Curley Wife

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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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    Curleys wife

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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

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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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    Lady of Bath vs. Desdemona

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    supposed to be meek‚ chaste‚ and have no opinion. However‚ the characters Desdemona in William Shakespeare’s Othello and Dame Alison from The Wife of Bath’s Prologue in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales seemingly go against common conventions of women‚ as they are bold characters who have strong opinions and exert dominance. Dame Alison‚ the Wife of Bath‚ is a character created by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. She is a merchant who has an interest in profit‚ and uses sex and her many husbands

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    The Judges Wife

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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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    Drovers Wife

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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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    Curley's Wife

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    methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife and the attitudes of other to her? And How Does Steinbeck present attitudes to women in the society in which the novel is set? The novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ is set in a very patriarchal society‚ a society in which men dominate women and use them for their own needs. Women‚ who lived within this society‚ were not seen equal to men. Steinbeck uses many different language techniques to describe Curley’s wife. She plays a complex and misfit character in

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    John Steinbeck and how the author represents the character “Curley’s Wife” who is a vindictive and cruel person throughout the story up until near to her death Steinbeck portrays her as “can be nice”. Curley’s Wife from the start was seen as property of Curley and Steinbeck has never mentioned that Curley’s Wife never had a name and is always referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’ the possessive apostrophe is symbolic Curley’s Wife was very flirtatious ‘She put her hands behind her back and leaned against

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    The Drovers Wife

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    SACE STAGE 1 Bridget O’Brien Women play a central role in “The drovers Wife” by henry Lawson and the film‚ ‘Australia’ by Baz Luhrman. With references to the narrative elements and cinematic conventions‚ discuss how women were portrayed in both Genres. Both the text ‘The Drovers Wife’ and the movie ‘Australia’ focus on the independency of Australian women and the aboriginal society. In the short story "The Drover’s Wife‚" Henry Lawson acknowledges the hardships of Australian women whose bravery

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