Interpretation Of Curley's Wife In Of Mice And Men

When Curley’s wife enters the bunkhouse in chapter two she is described as having “full roughed lips, wide spaced eyes, heavily made up and haired with curls like sausages” this makes her appearance to be quite sexualised as she is described as wearing red lipstick and nail varnish and red is a promiscuous colour.

In this novel there is a woman referred to solely as Curley’s wife. She wanted to be famous while she only settled down with Curley. Her high hopes is what let her down, and made her unhappy in this situation. There are some controversies surrounding her. Some may speculate that she could have been trying to seduce Lennie. Was it all true, was she trying to make trouble, or was she simply caught as a victim in her plead for attention?

Curley’s wife is talked about before she is seen in the book. The first actual mention of her is ‘wife.’ Already it has been established that she has no name, she is just Curley’s wife. The men see her as a women, not as a real person. The swamper gives his opinion straight away on her. He immediately agrees that she is ‘purty’

In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, there are very interesting characters, including Curley’ wife or, in other words, “his possession”. At the beginning of the novel, Curley’s wife is described as a” tart”. She was given that name by the ranch heads. Physically, she had a fascinating fashion style. She would always have her fingernails painted red, her makeup would always be worn heavily and she had a thing for feathers, which she would have worn on her shoes. The guys on the ranch thought she was attractive but they weren't looking forward to any trouble with her husband, so they kept their distance from her.

”Wha’s the matter with me?’ she cried. ‘Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?” (Steinbeck 87) In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley’s wife is discriminated against because she is a woman living in the 1930s when few females could live economically independent of men. By choosing not to name her, Steinbeck reinforces her insignificance on the ranch and her dependence on Curley. While a misfortunate victim of isolation, Curley’s wife exerts unexpected power attempting to mask her pain.

She knows her beauty and she knows that is the only thing she has to offer. She is known for being flirtatious by giving various farmhands “the eye”, (the swamper 28). Another example, every time she is mentioned in the book, she is always wearing makeup wherever she goes. Additionally, she goes to see Lennie in the barn, while consoling Lennie Curley’s wife eventually starts to flirt with him. While she is flirting with him, she tells him a shocking secret, that is presumed all along, she says (Curley’s wife 86)

Another example of Curley’s wife being discriminated is the fact that the author calls her “Curley’s wife” to emphasise that she is not a woman in her own right. Curley also gets very possessive over her and gets

In the story Of Mice and Men, there are many low points from these characters. They all have suffered in a variety of ways, and they all come from many different backgrounds and sides, but in the end they are all the same in the ways the dreams and hopes had been planned out for them, in failure and fear. In this book there are many characters who tell of what they wish had been done in their lives, but due to others or even themselves they lacked in achieving their own dreams and aspirations. This is portrayed by Curley’s wife on page 88, “”I tell you I ain’t used to livin’ like this. I coulda made somethin’ of myself.”

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A moral lesson would be to not judge someone before you get to really know them. There might be more to them than you think. In the novel Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the two main characters George and Lennie look for work on a ranch. There’s only one woman on the ranch and that is Curley’s wife. Throughout the novel Steinbeck shows how Curley’s wife is viewed by the men. They think poorly of her and believe her to be nothing but an unfaithful floozy. She only strays from Curley because she feels lonely and neglected. She’s bitter that she missed an opportunity to make it big in the movies. She is now stuck on a ranch with a husband she doesn’t love. She takes all this bottled emotion and projects it at the workers in forms of

In the period of the 1930s in America there were lots of forms of discrimination: one of them was sexism. Women were not seen as equal to men: they had fewer rights than men, were paid less and most of them were only allowed to take care of domestic chores. In that period of time, women started realizing how submitted they were to men, so they began having ideas on how they could improve their lives and gain more independence. They had their own American Dream.

Losing a loved one can be one of the most difficult things that a person may have to endure in their life. The author of the poem “The Raven”, Edgar Allan Poe, had to endure several devastating losses throughout his life, including the loss of his mother, his adopted mother, and his wife all to tuberculosis. This intense loss shows very clearly in his different works. “The Raven” is a poem about a man who has lost the woman he loves and is very lonely until he begins to imagine a Raven and eventually becomes even more depressed. While others may disagree, the Raven in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is imaginary because the Speaker is extremely lonely and has created a sense of doom.

However, when she notices George and Lennie, Curley's wife claims she is "lookin' for Curley". Inferring she is cautious and reserved towards George and Lennie.

Curley’s Wife may be misinterpreted by most of the other workers at the same time, as there are times when she seems to snap out of the flirtatious character, and into the vulnerable human being persona. This character is introduced when she is confiding in Lennie about her ambition to be a Movie Star, but these attempts are being blocked by Curley. "Coulda been in the movies, and had nice clothes". This shows she want’s recognition She shows a very vulnerable and human character to us all when she goes as far as to tell Lennie her true feelings about Curley , “a nasty man”. This drives us away from the impression of Curley’s wife that she’s a vixen who sports fancy red shoes. This aspect of Curley’s Wife’s character tells us that she is a victim not of her actions, but of the stereotypical image of women. Also she's unnamed in the novel, possibly to add to her sense of loneliness or to show the insignificant role women played in that time/era in the eyes of males

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