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explore the ways in which steinbeck presents the relationship between curleys wife and the men and the ranch

 

charles f #209255
Oct 27, 2011 3:09 PM

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explore the ways in which steinbeck presents the relationship between curleys wife and the men and the ranch

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Aslan
Oct 27, 2011 3:18 PM

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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. She is a temptress of sorts and she is a possession of Curly’s (hence her name). She projects undertones of sexuality in almost everything she says. The men are lonely which only highlights her danger. They do not want the bosses son, Curly, to get angry. They simply can't afford to lose their job during a depression.
 

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Jun 12, 2012 1:49 PM

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in OF mice and men the Steinbeck has presented curley's wife as a person who is frustrated to her life and lost all her wishes of being a scrumptious movie star.
on the ranch she is presented like being frustrated, alone and trust less in her life
and also she in not being being respected by any one on the ranch, the people on the ranch just afraid of her to bot be something wrong with her and they may not lose their job at all...! and she is really feeling solitude on the ranch with no wish in her life always looking for someone to talk with.
karimi parwiz

Source(s): doing my assessment of mice and men

 

parwiz k #255737
Jun 12, 2012 1:51 PM

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in OF mice and men the Steinbeck has presented curley's wife as a person who is frustrated to her life and lost all her wishes of being a scrumptious movie star.
on the ranch she is presented like being frustrated, alone and trust less in her life
and also she in not being being respected by any one on the ranch, the people on the ranch just afraid of her to bot be something wrong with her and they may not lose their job at all...! and she is really feeling solitude on the ranch with no wish in her life always looking for someone to talk with.
karimi parwiz

Source(s): doing my assessment of mice and men

 

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