Curley’s wife Tart Curley's Wife, in John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, is an example of how the reader's perception of a character can change without the character actually changing. We first hear about Curley's Wife when Candy describes her to George and Lennie. Candy uses expressions such as "she got the eye" and goes on to describe her as looking at other men before eventually calling her a "tart." Through Candy's words, we develop an initial perception of Curley's Wife as flirtatious and even immoral. Tart light/dark This perception is further emphasized by Curley's Wife's first appearance in the novel.
How Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife in this passage above? Intro: In of mice and men, Curleys Wife is presented in many numerous ways. Steinbeck depicts Curley’s wife not as a villain, but rather as a victim. Like the ranch-hands, she is desperately lonely and has broken dreams of a better life. She's the only female character in the novel, and she's never given a name and is only referred to in reference to her husband.
She did not find that a marriage service generated love; she did not enable her husband to recapture his youth through hers; nor could she compensate for that by running his home in the manner of an experienced housekeeper.” This quote illustrates that Elias Strorm was very cruel to her that she died after her second child was born. She was a beautiful, young woman who Elias turned into a very dull person. She always wanted him to be happy and be a good person, but that did not happen, he was just unfair and unpleasant to everyone. To conclude Elias Strorm’s wife is a good supporter of her husband as well as Emily Strorm. The role of women does demonstrate bystanders and supporters of their husbands and family member.
Curly's wife is so lost, lonely and insignificant that Steinbeck does not even give her a name. She spends the novel trying to find company under the guise of looking for her husband. Curly is in fact an intensely abusive person with a major case of small-guy complex. The irony is that while she pretends to be looking for Curly, she is actually trying to avoid him. The men on the ranch fear Curly's wife.
Curley’s Wife has no name and is initially seen as the possession of her husband. She is also a good-looking lady who wears quite a bit of makeup, form-fitting dresses, and ostrich feathered-high heels. As the only woman on the ranch, Curley’s wife is lonely and sad – something her marriage to Curley only makes worse. She reveals throughout the course of the story that she is unhappy in her marriage because her husband seems to care little for her, and is really more interested in talking about himself than anything else. She’s just self-obsessed, and unable to judge herself and her position honestly.
The reader can see this when John says, “But he is an old man living there all alone. What is it Anne? You’re not like yourself this morning” (Ross, 288) One can see in this quote that Anne’s happiness is starting to change after hearing news about John leaving to see his dad again. She is starting to get aggravated by it, and wishes that John would just stop going. Later on in the story, one see’s in this quote by Anne, ““I mustn’t,” she said aloud again “I married him....”” (Ross, 293) that she is trying to convince herself not to sleep with Steve because of her relationship with John.
She prefers to spend more time with herself than with her family because of this she has a weak relationship with her parents. The story discusses how she has two sides: one for home and one for not being home. Her abduction was solely due to her fault for her appearance that she presented in public, to the relationship that she had with her family and lastly her naiveness. The antagonist Arnold Friend somehow knew about Connie. He saw a great opportunity the moment he set his eyes on her.
The men make her seem like she was a bad person, but in reality she was just lonely. Curley’s wife is the loneliest character in the novel. At the end of the novel you finally understand what Curley’s wife is really like and what she has bottled up inside of her. Curley’s wife is a complex character and it requires some thought to truly understand what kind of a person she is. By the end, it comes to realization that Curley’s wife is dependent, unenthusiastic, and naïve.
Curley’s wife Part (a) What methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife and the attitudes of others to her? Steinbeck uses Curley’s wife and the physical description of her to portray how lonely she is on the ranch and how this need for company is considered an annoyance by the ranch workers. Steinbeck’s description of Curley’s wife itself suggests she has a lot of spare time on the ranch and spends most of it alone working on her looks. Her “heavily made up” features and “hair hung in little rolled clusters” imply she is perhaps insecure of her looks. This further suggests her need to overcompensate in her image as an attempt to impress the ranch workers and her husband.
Although Lucy dreamt of fleeing her home ever since she could remember, considering she didn't have the strongest and most positive bond with her mother, she was often filled with homesickness which she attempted to to shake off various times. When Lucy finally got the freedom she wanted, she still wasn't satisfied because her past kept coming back up and dragging her down. The book is filled with constant back flashes of Lucy reminiscing her past, where she often found herself thinking about her mother. Lucy's mom, Annie, always discouraged Lucy's educational and career dreams as well as her ambition to make grand achievements. Lucy loved her mom but her mom constantly neglected her when her brother came to their life.