Of Mice and Men

who is curleys wife

curleys wife doesnt get alot off attention from curley because he is always busy and curleys wife is the only female on the ranch and she feels abit lonely because she has nothing else to do apart from dress herself up in red and face full off makeup and go out being flirty with everyone but she has never cheated on curley.

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Curley's wife

Generally considered to be a tramp by the men at the ranch, Curley's wife is the only major character in Of Mice and Men whom Steinbeck does not give a name. She dislikes her husband and feels desperately lonely at the ranch, for she is the only woman and feels isolated from the other men, who openly scorn her. She still holds some small hope of a better life, claiming that she had the chance to become a movie star in Hollywood, but otherwise is a bitter and scornful woman who uses sex to intimidate the workers. Lennie accidentally murders her.

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