Who Is To Blame For Curley's Wife

Curley’s wife doesn’t like Curley. She married Curley to get away from her mother because she thought her mother stole her dreams. She says, “I ast her if she stole it, too, an’ she

In the novel, Of Mice and Men, there are many characters who face different conflicts that they have to overcome, whether it is man vs. man, man vs. self, or man vs. society. One of the characters who faces both internal and external conflicts is Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife is known for being the ideal stereotypical woman; always wears makeup, is always wearing a dress with heels, and is described as a “tart.” Although Curley’s wife has these qualities that may make you think she's just an average woman, she has a many conflicts she faces along with tragic events and isolation.

We all know someone who craves attention, someone who wants to always be in the center and get some kind and any kind of attention. They would do anything to be noticed and get attention, and without being in their position yourself it's really not that easy to understand why they do it. In Steinbeck's book Of Mice And Men , the character Curley's wife is known to be that person. She craves the attention and all eyes on her that she's willing to reach out and go seek attention herself.

Curleys wife -Curley 's wife 's loneliness has altered her demeanor towards others tremendously, making her overtly insecure and excessively flirtatious. Curley 's wife has become virtually another person because of loneliness. The men on the ranch avoid her because of flirtatious personality to keep out of trouble. No one understands her situation and how loneliness affects her. Her insecurity is evident by the way she dresses and utilizes her make-up. She uses her appearance to receive attention like when "[Curley 's Wife] was standing there looking in. She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters,

A key trait that Curley’s wife had was looking after all of the men on the ranch. Even though she had a husband, it seemed as if one man could never satisfy her. This trait leads all the men on the ranch to always keep themselves in great posture whenever she's around, so that they wouldn't get themselves caught into any trouble. Although it seemed as if

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

The perceptions we make of Curley's wife are corrupted from the views of the ranch hands. Because sexuality is her only weapon she is referred to by George as 'jailbait' and ' a tart' 'Jesus what a tramp.' George has reason to be weary of her presence especially with Lenny around and the incident in Weed. 'Listen to me you crazy bastard...Don't you even look at that bitch. He is concerned about Lennie safety because he knows he won’t be able to resist her.

Curleys wife is one of the most interesting and complicated characters ( or maybe even more than one character within her) in the novella; of mice and men. Everything about her from her clothes to her personality to her dreams end up leading to her death and unfortunately the death of young Lennie. she is just a young woman seeking attention, feeling the only way she can receive it is if she throws herself at the men around the ranch. Curleys wife deserves all the attention she can get , however, in the 1930s things were a lot different to how they are now for women. In this essay I will be exploring the contrasting representations of Curleys wife and her character. perhaps underneath all the lies we can find a misunderstood, sensitive and

As a white woman, Curley’s wife has significantly more power on the ranch than Crooks. That is shown when she tells him “you keep your place then, nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny” (81). During this time period, it was a big deal if an African American attempts to get involved with a white women. Since it is such a big deal, then Curley’s wife can tell the men that is exactly what he tried to do, to have him hanged. Curley’s wife’s appearance is an immense part of her power: “she had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red … She smiled archly and twitched her body” (31). Red, the color of temptation and seduction, is so significant because the girl in Weed wore the dress of this color. Women can’t achieve anything in this kind of environment because they were a victim of sexism and the workplace was predominantly of male

Throughout most of the book Curley’s wife strikes us as a compelling and riveting character as we initially see her as a wicked character till those few seconds before she dies where you think, hey she might not be so bad after all. In the novel ‘of Of mice Mice and men’ Men’ Curley’s wife’s image is portrayed as a very sexual, flirtatious, cheeky and desperate. Steinbeck uses specific words, sentences and techniques to create the image of Curley’s wife as one that is very contrasting.

One reason why Curley’s wife should be blamed for her death is when she came into the bunkhouse where George and Lennie was in, and ask where her husband Curley was. Curley’s wife was dressed like a tart that Lennie couldn’t stop looking at her. Lennie friend George looked away from her and told that Curley was in the bunkhouse a minute ago then left. When Curley’s wife, left George looked at Lennie, who was drooling for her. George got really mad at Lennie and told him “Well, you keep away from her, ‘cause she’s a rat-trap if I ever seen one. You let Curley take the rap.” (32). Therefore, there’s one reason why Curley’s wife got killed by Lennie.

George also warns Lennie to not be near Curley’s wife, as he senses trouble between the two. Nevertheless, at the conclusion of the book, Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife after trying to calm her down (as she was screaming for help because Small would not let go of her soft hair). Overall, Lennie’s outstanding physical strength combined with his lack of intelligence and moral sense makes him dangerous without George monitoring him constantly.

Curley’s wife, on the other hand, is not insecure, but suffers from ostracism and isolation because she is a married woman. Michael Meyer points out, “…the hardship for a woman to live on the ranch as presented in the novel should not be ignored”. Curley’s wife only wants someone to talk with her, but the men on the ranch mistake her trying to start conversations as sexual advances: “I never seen nobody like her. She got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody… I don’t know what the hell she wants” (Steinbeck 51). They also ridicule her, calling her a

One character in the story does not even have a name: Curley’s wife. Steinbeck illustrates her as someone who is a pawn of those around her. On the surface, she is reduced to a rude and selfish woman. But, if one looks deeper, Curley’s wife’s gender and class hinder her high aspirations and reduces her to ridicule. Her husband restricts her contact with others and does not show any affection towards her. She reveals this while

George can be viewed this was because he has to travel from job to job after Lennie gets them chased out. In this retrospec, George does not fully know Curley’s wife, so he does not know that his statement is true. Curley’s Wife may be viewed as a tramp in some other ways. In the novella Curley’s Wife says that she does not love her husband.