Curley’s Wife – do you dislike her or feel sorry for her? Dislike her: We should dislike CW because she is horrible to other people‚ especially those who are weaker than her. “what am I doing standing her with a dumb-dumb‚ a nigger…” For example‚ she says to Crooks “you know what I can do to you if you open your trap.” which shows her using her power against him as she has the power to get him hung.. When she tells him to get back into his place she is reminding him of how low he is because he is
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John Steinbeck portrays Curley‟s wife as being a floozy but also a nice girl. She is a natural flirt as throughout the novel she continues to talk to all the other men‚ but when she dies‚ we see her as an innocent young girl. I am writing this essay to discuss my views and whether I agree with John Steinbeck when he says she is a nice girl. Curley‟s wife gives off the impression she is a floozy throughout the novel. When we first see her‚ her body language is deliberately provocative when
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in the lead up to the fight between Lennie and Curley? The fight is a pivotal moment in the novella’s plot and it brings out the emotions of many of the ranch hands and lets us examine closely the relationships between certain characters. Steinbeck uses carefully planned linguistic techniques to create an atmosphere of tension and drama before the event‚ adding to the foreboding throughout the first two chapters that something bad will happen between Curley and Lennie. Steinbeck uses hard‚ harsh
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Curley’s wife is the only woman from the novel of mice and men written by John Steinbeck. She is the wife of the boss’s son Curley. She has no friends besides Curley as the live on a ranch with all of the workers who are all men. She tries to speak to men throughout the novel but none of them want anything to do with her. She is lonely and bored because of this. She is a very pretty and young woman‚ when she is first mentioned in the novel when talking to George and Lennie in the bunk house ‘she
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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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present the character of Curleys Wife? In this essay I am going to be assessing the character Curleys Wife from Steinbeck’s book Of Mice And Men. The book is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression it features two farm workers called George and Lennie. The travel around together in search of work sharing a dream of a place of their own‚ a small ranch where they can live and work for themselves. It tells the story of how violence may erupt to destroy those dreams. Curleys wife is a character in the
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time. Women in the Jacobean Era had to obey their husband‘s /fathers every decision .moreover‚ They could not‚ own property‚ have a job‚ attend schools‚ or have a bank account. Furthermore‚ Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare. It was written between 1603 and 1607 it was about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophesy from a trio of witches that one day Macbeth will become a king of Scotland .lady Macbeth likes the idea of becoming queen but she’s afraid that her husband is
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because George had a really hard decision to make at the end of the story on whether he should kill Lennie or not. It was a conflict as Lennie was like a brother to George and George cared for Lennie a lot and just wanted to look after him. But because everyone was going to kill Lennie‚ George was debating whether he should kill Lennie or not. He felt that killing him himself was the right thing as Lennie was his responsibility and if he didn’t‚ he would get tortured by the other ranch workers. This
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relationship between George and Lennie through highlighting the stark contrast between the two men. Lennie is tall and round but is also a bit naive. George is short and lean and is very serious. They are trying to get a job on a farm. Steinbeck shows George’s character by writing‚ “George scowled at him‚ and Lennie dropped his head in shame at having forgotten (Steinbeck‚ 22).” This quote reveals that Lennie is forgetful most of the time and that George gets irritated easily when Lennie forgets things
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Lennie Lennies behaviour is very childlike‚ this can be perseieve from ‘’Lennie put his hands over his ears’’ his manorisms of dealing with issues are very child like and can be seen to be similar to the ideal of ‘out of sight out of mind’. This makes us forget about his strength and we are reminded that he can be dangerous‚ in the scene when he fights with Curley which surprises the reader as he first comes across as a soft person‚ and this i turn prepares the reader for the following events of
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