How Does Steinbeck Present Curley's Wife

1) What does Curley’s Wife’s entrance suggest about her?-Her entrance into the ranch portrays her as one being attention-seeking because Steinbeck describes her when she walks in to be wearing bright red and heavy make-up on a ranch were the colour is depressingly dull. “She had full, rouged lips, heavily made up, red mules”. The second being flirty because of her description states that she is suggesting positions describing her. “She put her Hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward.” We can suggest that she is very flirty especially on the ranch. Her entrance is written so that we can infer that she a lot about her and that is she is very flirty among the many men in the ranch.

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 book who from the brief encounters with her is presented in two ways. Firstly the dangerous, flirtatious character who isn’t trusted by the rest of the ranch workers but then later one we realize how she is just a victim

Curley’s wife is also discriminated against because she is a women. “Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl, ‘specially like her.” (51) The ranch hands clearly do not like Curley’s wife. They are saying she is too weak to live and work on a ranch. They also call her names such as “looloo” and “tart”. The men on the ranch are degrading Curley’s wife’s value and bringing her down. “You sure that girl didn’t come in like she come in here today?” (55). The men do not even refer to Curley’s wife with a name. They make it seem like she does not have an identity of her own. Because she is a woman, they think they can just throw her around like an

Curley's wife tells Lennie about how she hates Curly and she had opportunities to be in a picture/movie and make something out of herself. Curley's wife even meet a guy that was going to help her make it big, but he never responded back, at this point she knew her dreams weren't going flourish so she settled for Curley to get out of her hometown. Curley's wife used Curley as an option b in a sense because she never wanted a husband as controlling and cruel as Curley, but he was the only way to somewhat of a bright future for her. Curley wife tells Lennie about herself because she looks at Lennie as a child-like gentleman and the irony is, of course, Lennie murdering her in the end, but she just was tired of not being able to have contact everyone

Despite being the only female on a ranch full of foul-mouthed men, Curley's wife exploits both her sexuality and her status to demonstrate power throughout the novel. Though the men often thought that she was ineffectual, she made certain to quickly prove them wrong. For example, when talking to Crooks she was exceedingly straightforward with her authority: “Well you keep your place then, ni**er. I could get you strung up on a tree so fast it ain’t even funny”(81). Even though she was a woman, Curley’s wife had an authority over others on the ranch because she was married to the boss’s son.

In chapter 5 the setting takes place on a warm Sunday afternoon in the great barn. As Lennie sits stroking his dead dog, he contemplates the consequences of his action, and most importantly, how George will react. While at first alone, Curley’s wife enters and insists that Lennie is allowed to speak with her. After they realize they share the same desire to touch soft things, Curley’s wife offers Lennie her hair to stroke. While doing so, his excitement overbears him and causes him to grip to her hair forcefully. As she screams Lennie panics and muffles her screams with his strong hand. -------------------------------------------------------------. As Lennie registered what he has just done, he quickly panics and quickly flees the barn.

The narrator describes her as a women with “full, rouge lips and wide spaced eyes, heavily made up”. Her heavy use of makeup shows that her looks are unnatural and cares what other people think about her. This example shows that her desperation for attention causes problems because if one of the many men get attracted it could result in a negative outcome. Candy also uses characterization to indirectly describe Curley’s wife as desperate for attention. Candy says she is a “tart” and gives “the eye”. Because Curley’s wife thinks her husband is not attentive, I think she is trying to gain the attention of other men to make her husband jealous and more attentive. This shows that her request for attention can result in negatives outcomes because she is inducing a battle for attention of the men which she completely fails to provide due to the fact that the men already know she is

We are first introduced to the character 'Curley's wife' in chapter two by Candy. We immediately see her being blamed for causing her husband’s arrogance “Curley is cockier'n ever since he got married”. An image of her as someone who should be blamed is therefore set up this early in the novel. Soon after this we get an impression of her appearance. Candy describes her as

Curley’s wife acts very provocative, playful, childish and flirtatious, this is because she is very lonely and has no power at all. Nobody knows the real person she is because no one ever dares to get in trouble with her. Curley’s wife is often presented negatively by Steinbeck such as when she is cruel to crooks after his hopes have been raised by the dream. This is easily shown when Curley’s wife snaps at Crooks. “keep your place then, Nigger.

Curley wife has a strong role in the novel but as the reader proceeds towards the end of the novel, they examine a change in her character. Before we are introduced to her she is described by Candy. “I think Curley’s married…….. a tart”. By Candy saying that statement proves that Curley’s wife does not have a good reputation on the ranch.

In Of Mice And Men Curley's wife is the most hopeless and misserable character in the story. She has no future as she is stuck with her former husband (Curley) who hates her leaving his sight, she has no friends as she is the only woman on the ranch and Curley will not allow her socializ with the men because he feels that they would steel her, and she has no respect from anyone on the ranch because why should they; She gets the men in trouble just by looking at them because well lets face it shes made out to be a "whore" who is stunningly beautiful, why wouldnt you look; she doesn't even withhold a name (which isnt even mentioned within the story) She is just known as Curleys wife because she is his possesion, his property. I truly feel frustrated

INTRODUCTION: In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’, Steinbeck has used many different language features in order to create such a complex and sophisticated character whom I will be investigating - Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife is a pivotal character. She has been presented as a villain in the early stages of the book and her character seems to unravel as we read on. As a reader, we comprehend the factors which had influenced her actions and how living in a misogynistic society has affected the way she behaves - alternating the way we feel about this character and instead sympathy begins to develop, demolishing all the

In the 1930s, women did not matter as much as men did. Curley’s wife is a very important character, but she does not have a name. Simply, because she belongs to Curley, as in his own personal property. Before we even met Curley's wife, Candy tells George and Lennie that she gives other men the eye other than her own husband. “Well, she's got the eye” (Steinbeck 15 online).

Curley’s wife is probably one of the most misunderstood characters in the novel, often being looked down upon, or talked badly about. She is the only woman on the ranch, and who appears consistently throughout the novel. At one point, some of the workers are

In the novella, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, there is a character named Curley’s Wife. Curley’s Wife is first shown in the novella as a character who is thought as provocative and represented as darkness. This does not change throughout the story, and she is dehumanized, objectified, and sexualized. Therefore, Steinbeck crafts the character, Curley’s Wife, in order to convey how the american dream is unattainable through him showing sexism and discrimination towards women.