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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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    CurleysWife Curleyswife 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 a complex‚ main character in John Steinbeck’s novella‚ "Of Mice and Men" She is introduced at the beginning and ultimately causes the end of the novella‚ her naivity and flirtatiousness leading to her inevitable death at the hand of Lennie‚ confused and scared by her forwardness and eventual unrest. She is first introduced by Candy‚ the swamper‚ who describes her from his perpsective to George and Lennie. The fact that Curley’s wife is introduced through rumours means that the

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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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    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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    Behaviour: – She is mean (but in today’s views it would be seen as racist) as she threatens Crooks and tells him that she can have him hung without really trying. “Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.” (Page 80) this shows that she is a typical person from 1930’s America as she has very bias views towards Crooks as he is black and he is cripple. People in 1930’s America thought badly of black people so black people were often miss-treated and abused. Cripples

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    end. English Essay Plan I am going to be doing my essay on Curley’s wife from the novel of mice and men. HEROIC VILLAN Mental strength racists confident Talks about Curley Lonely Inappropriate rude John Steinbeck at the beginning of the novel creates dislike towards Curley’s wife. However by the end of the novel we feel sympathy for her. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as… Colour imagery Appearance Metaphors Similes Dialogue Foreshadowing

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    novella is a woman who is referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’. She is a misinterpreted woman who craves attention and this eventually leads to her death. Curley’s wife is important in this novella because as this character develops‚ we find that she is a complex character with more than we first perceive. Curley’s wife is the only female lives on the farm. Throughout the novella‚ the men that work on the ranch always refer to her as ‘Curley’s wife’. Her lack of identity could imply that she is more

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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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    Exam Practice – C.A.T On Curley’s Wife. In this essay‚ I will explain the character of Curley’s wife having looked at‚ we can see John Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as being a ‘tart’ but also a nice woman. She is a natural flirt as throughout the novel she continues to talk to all the other men on the farm‚ but when she dies‚ we see her as an innocent woman. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as colour imagery‚ appearance‚ metaphors and similes in the early

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