Comparing Steinbeck And Shakespeare's Presentation Of Women
Compare how Steinbeck and Shakespeare present women?
In the books ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘Macbeth’ both author/writer have presented women through the corresponding eras of where the setting of the book is and the time when the author wrote and published these two books. Steinbeck showed us how women were treated in 1930s using the character Curley’s Wife, whilst Shakespeare uses the character Lady Macbeth to present women in the 1600s. In this essay I will explain how these characters and women at the time have been presented by their author/play-writers.
Even though these books were set at different times, the theme of power is shown through the character Curley’s Wife. When she is being threatened she will act very defensive, ‘Listen nigger
In the books ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘Macbeth’ both author/writer have presented women through the corresponding eras of where the setting of the book is and the time when the author wrote and published these two books. Steinbeck showed us how women were treated in 1930s using the character Curley’s Wife, whilst Shakespeare uses the character Lady Macbeth to present women in the 1600s. In this essay I will explain how these characters and women at the time have been presented by their author/play-writers.
Even though these books were set at different times, the theme of power is shown through the character Curley’s Wife. When she is being threatened she will act very defensive, ‘Listen nigger