Women in the 1930’s were seen by men as scheming and devious. John Steinbeck perceived Curley’s wife as this woman that causes trouble on the farm, which is the cause for the Lennie’s ultimate end. However, we can see at the end of the novel that Curley’s wife is not just this “troublemaker” which the men perceive her as. She opens herself up to Lennie and shares her dreams in life. It shows that she too, like the men on the farm, has dreams too.
Curly's wife uses her sexuality and desirability to influence and exert power over others, but it causes her to face prejudice and discrimination. This can be seen in the metaphorical line "I seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her". The ranch workers have grown weary to the power of sexuality which leads to her being isolated from the rest of the workers. Slim is titled "prince of the ranch", a testament to his power over his co-workers. He uses his power to do what he thinks is right, which can be seen when Lennie crushes Curley's hand.
The shared opinion by the men on the ranch is that they think ‘Curley’s married… a tart’ and that she is ‘giving men the eye’. Steinbeck uses this technique to create a biased opinion and set up the thoughts that men had of women in those days, calling her a ‘tart’ makes the reader think that she is unfaithful or prone to be, causing a disliking towards her. However given the fact that this is coming from gossip the reader realises it may be slightly exaggerated. Curley’s ‘glove fulla Vaseline’ make us pity Curley’s wife as it objectifies her as nothing but a sexual property to someone, which links in with her only ever being referred to as ‘Curley’s wife’ showing us that she is nothing but Curley’s property as she remains nameless throughout the whole novel. Even though we see a sense of power with Curley, we are then brought to the idea that she is ‘giving men the eye’ which makes us dislike her for we assume then that she is being unfaithful and portraying her as a floozy.
She has a very flirtatious nature which makes her husband jealous. When she first meets George and Lennie she turned her body forward as to tempt them. Candy, Curley's wife, and Crooks are the underdogs in Of Mice and Men. They are all outcasts for some reason. For
This makes the reader question her relationship with Curley, because if their relationship was strong, she wouldn’t be so desperate for attention. She knows that her beauty is her power, so she is very clever in the way she uses it to flirt with most of the men. She is presented to be very nasty and intimidating as you can tell by the scene where she snaps at Crooks. He threatens to have him lynched by saying ‘Nigger, I could get you strung up a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.’ By calling Crooks a ‘nigger’ it shows how cruel she can be, and that she is a twisted woman that has a sly side to her. Also she mentions that she could string him up a tree ‘so easy’ which suggests she has a
McCarthyism closely resembles the witch-hunting era of the 1600s portrayed by Arthur Miller through his piece of literature, The Crucible. Around the 1950s when McCarthyism seemed to be slowly emerging from the darkness to the minds of the people, a concept of a “blacklist” was also surfacing amongst the government parties themselves. A blacklist is basically a long list of names of people who are accused of being part of a communist party in America. Due to being blacklisted, people lost their jobs, economic values, and many other privileges that they previously had before being blacklisted. Similarly, The Crucible has shown its readers how
Another link is how she was “heavily made up”, and she had “full, rouged lips”. They was she acts around the other men on the ranch was disgusting for a married woman. She was constantly flirting with them, for example she said to Lennie “Nobody can’t blame a person for lookin’” implying that it’s okay for Lennie to look if he wants. She was also always running away from Curley at the same time. Curley’s wife would always try to show more of herself, and of course the reaction of the men was to call her a “tramp” and a “rat trap”.
She is Tom’s victim for pleasure. Myrtle has an affair with Tom because he is masculine and handsome. Tom takes advantage of her and abuses her. For example, Tom and Myrtle are fighting about Daisy and Tom breaks her nose. Myrtle also becomes a victim in her own death.
Delilah used her beauty and manipulative ways to steal his thrown and gain silver shekels for herself. Samson gave in to the temptation of his lover wanting to know his secret, and in return God left him with no strength and the Philistines “gouged out his eyes” (Judges 16:4, 21). Delilah selfishly brought Samson’s reign to an end because she was greedy and knew she could trick Samson into giving her the information the Philistines wanted. She felt no remorse for conspiring against the man who loved her, because her priorities are money and glory before love. The temptress is a common character in pop culture today.
The Great depression also played a major role in world events. In Germany, the economic collapse opened the way for dictator Adolf Hitler to come to power, which in turn led to World War II. There were many causes that led to the depression and many got affected by it. Of Mice and Men is an excellent book to tell someone about a life of men during 1930s. John Steinbeck did a great job writing this novel and telling others the difficulties of living