He uses symbolism when she is first introduced; “Both men glanced up, for the rectangle of light was cut off.” The reference to the light can suggest that she cuts off the light because she is a negative character, and/or she takes away anything, which is good. The description of Curley’s wife starts with “a girl” that suggests that she appears looking sweet and innocent, childlike even. During the description, the colour red is repeated several times, “rouged lips”, ”her fingernails were red”, “red mules” and “red ostrich feathers”. This is a key thing because usually the colour red means; love, danger, blood, prostitutes – red light district, and passion. Red is also a primary colour in which young children are attracted to, this could explain why Lennie likes her so much; he has a childlike manner.
a) In this passage, what methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley's Wife and the attitudes of others to her? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. Steinbeck uses colour imagery to portray and foreshadow the dangerous nature of Curley's Wife. Steinbeck describes Curley's Wife's 'fingernails', 'mules' and the 'ostrich' feathers on the shoes as 'red', classically symbolising danger. This also foreshadows the death that is to come, shown further by Lennie's fascination with her; he 'watched her, fascinated'.
I guess she was trying to balance out her wardrobe and the scars that she had on her face. Because in the story it said her dress was too big for her to wear, in a way it seemed as if she was trying to hide her outer beauty and show more of her inner beauty. The inner beauty in someone is far more important than just appearances. Cinderella is more than just a fairytale story.
Later in the novel we meet Curley’s wife, she is portrayed as a provocative character with her “full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes”. From this quote we can infer that Steinbeck is presenting Curley’s wife as a sexual object, with her red lipstick. In addition we can say that her red lipstick and her red nails can indicate danger, lust and passion. However on the other hand we can say that she puts on her makeup to cover up her loneliness and the shattered broken dream of her becoming a star. Steinbeck’s creates effect through illustrating
This is seen when Steinbeck repeats red colour ‘Her fingernails were red’ and ‘red ostrich feathers’. Red colour has the connotation of love, passion and danger. The use of red colour with curley’s wife enforce the reader to think about her life as she have no love in her life, her passion, being an actress, died and she can be dangerous for Lennie because he is only one who is attracted towards her. Moreover, Steinbeck has also used simple short sentence ‘Her figure nails were red’ to put emphasis on the colour red and to keep the readers engaged by portraying his
In Katherine Wilson’s “Dude Looks Like a Lady,” she begins with a powerful introduction saying “this is about hair, breasts, and identity” (Wilson 21), insinuating it is going to be a gender identity piece. Reading more of the first page, you assume the thesis is about the common misconceptions of how a woman is supposed to look and how not looking that way could take away from a woman being a woman. Wilson gives the example of her hair being buzzed and people looking at her differently. Although she tries to argue the hardships of not looking like the normal female, Wilson’s argument fails to meet the rest of her story. She claims her argument is about “hair, breasts, and identity,” she is really just ranting and raving her being disrespected and her own issues of being black.
As stated in the article by Robin Henig, “Over the centuries, women have mauled and manipulated just about every body part – lips, eyes, ears, waists, skulls, foreheads, feet… (55). With certain ways women try to build their confidence level for their visual appearance, they go through a great deal of risks; consequently, severe dangers are more likely to occur, also expressed in the article. In this article, Robin Marantz Henig explains and exposes many different forms and ways woman have deliberately made changes to their bodily figures to fit in the standards of perfection in beauty. She clearly isn’t in favor of these practices from her statement in the article, “The crazed quest for beauty at any cost had led to some bizarre practices along the way” (56). Exactly, very bizarre practices that woman go by to feel better about there appearance rather then their health.
Consider alternative dramatic functions of the role of Irwin OR Mrs Lintott in The History Boys and their contribution to the comic impact of the play, with close reference to a key scene. She is a whip-smart, caring and motherly senior history teacher who is loved by her students. Her students call her tot or tottie which is very ironic because she is a big-bone woman. Together with Irwin and Hector, she makes sure that the boys will pass the exam. She teaches history to the students as what inscribed on the books and hesitatingly lets Irwin shapes the mindset of the boys for she knows that the boys will not get the Oxbridge scholarship if they are still as innocent as the previous semester.
Q4. Pick two characters you find interesting in the novel and write about them. Pick two from the list: - George - Lennie - Curleys wife - Crooks - Slim Of Mice and Men Essay- Jessica Robinson In this essay I will discuss how I find Lennie and Curleys wife interesting in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’. I will do so by looking at the subject matter, attitudes of the author, the language and structure of the novel, the effects on me and finally the social, historical, and cultural context of the novel. Lennie is a very interesting and major character in the novel.
Claudia does not want to believe that she is not beautiful the way she is while Pecola wants to become beautiful by becoming white. Claudia is mentally stronger than Pecola; however, even though Claudia is able to see the positive sides of life she is still harmed by society’s beauty standards. Pecola longs to be white and thus longs to be beautiful. The society in which the girls live is a huge reason for their self-loathing. “Popular culture can sometimes quicken this silent transformation, because the atmosphere it creates and racist messages are so prevalent that they are difficult to ignore.