Of Mice and Men’s Curley’s wife. In a world of isolation she is desperate for companionship but everyone around here follows along with this idea that she is promiscuous. During the novel many of the actions Curley’s wife performs can lead the reader to believe she is interested in the wrong kind of attention. A prime example of this is when Curley’s wife first appears. She quickly comes on to George and Lennie while they are new, like fresh meat. The idea that Curley’s wife would appear like
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‘Curley’s Wife is stupid and dangerous. Discuss’ In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, the character of Curley’s Wife shows an array of different personal qualities, emotions, needs, and desires- all of which lead her to her inevitable demise. These include stupidity and danger, but also innocence and mentality. Steinbeck portrays her as an attractive, attention-seeking young woman who grew up too fast; she gave up on her dreams to become a neglected housewife who endures sexism on
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Explore the way Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as someone we both sympathise with and dislike at times. Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as one we both sympathise and dislike at times by showing both sides of her story to the reader, he illustrates Curley’s wife’s, point of view by revealing her past and why she is married to Curley. He then depicts the other side of her personality by exposing how she is around the ranch workers, and what they think of her. The author also illustrates the life
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On the ranch there is a well known woman merely referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’. Her lack of identity could imply she is not woman but rather a possession of her husband. She is shown to represent the lost of identity after being associated with something or someone. That is why she has no name; her identity is being someone's wife. As this character develops we find that she is not in fact the unimportant, nameless character we first perceive her as, but rather she is a relatively complex and interesting
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Explore how Steinbeck presents Curley’s Wife in novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ 1930’s America was the time of the Great Depression; there was lack of jobs and the lives of many families were destroyed as a result of severe poverty. Men would travel the roads searching for any work which could provide them with the means to live. These men were migrant workers and in Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are two such men on a ranch. Curley’s wife is the only woman on the ranch and the fact that she has no
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who is very extroverted and revealing. Throughout the book, Curley’s wife is shown to be a sympathetic character. The workers on Curley’s farm have been sympathizing with her because she was the owner’s wife. The workers looked down upon her because she was a woman. The workers even talked about her behind her back because they thought it made them more manly.
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Lauryn Ferguson English II Matthes Everyone who has read the book “ Of Mice and Men” authorized by a famous author named John Steinbeck has at least had the question up for a debate about if Curley’s wife is a villain or a victim in this story. Some says she is a villain because of all the seducing she tries to pull on the men around the farm, and then some say she is a villain because of how she seems to be treated by her husband Curley. Honestly there is no right or wrong answer to this question
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the city of Soledad. Curley's wife is the only female character and the faces many challenges throughout the text. Curley’s wife is the loneliest character in the novella because she does not have a name, faces physical separation, and discrimination by the men on the ranch. First, Curley’s wife is the loneliest character because she does not have a name. This is shown by Steinbeck as he portrays women as troublemakers and not useful. So, not giving a name to Curley’s wife adds more insignificance
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Curley’s Wife is a character that is always mistreated, misunderstood, and viewed negatively for things that aren’t in her control in the story Of Mice and Men. Firstly, she feels very lonely. She feels lonely, because no one is willing to talk to her. Of Mice and Men states, “Curley’s wife came around the end of the last stall. She came very quietly, so that Lennie didn’t see her” (86). Although she was able to get Lennie to talk to her, she was so desperate and lonely that she had to sneak up on
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Before work they meet a few of their bunk mates and get to know a few of them. They meet Curley and later his wife. They just work, nut one night Curley made Lennie agitated, which then turned into him getting mad. Lennie broke Curley’s hand, so Curley wants to get him back. Slim had a dog that had puppies and Lennie gets to keep one. One day Lennie gets mad at the puppy and kills it. Curley’s wife comes in and
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