How does Steinbeck evoke the readers sympathy for Curley's Wife?

How does Steinbeck evoke the readers sympathy for Curley's Wife?

1. 'Curley's Wife'

   • No Name
     • No Identitiy
       • No respect for women
         • Context = Women were of less importance
           • Belongs to husband
             • His property
               • She is looked at as a weaker character

2. Appearance

   • Repeated through the book
     • 'Rouged Lips'
       • Colour Red
         • Contrast of danger and romance
           • Forshadowing her death
             • Sympathetic
           • Provocative and promiscuous
             • Unsympathetic

3. How she is represented

   • Characters opinions
     • 'Tart'
       • Wants attention
         • Lonely
   • 'She's got the eye'
     • Untrustworthy
       • Unsympathetic
     • Lonely, wants some attention
       • Sympathetic

4. Normal person

   • Dreams
     • 'I coulda made somethin' of myself'
       • like the others
         • weak and hopeful
           • Naive
         • Shoiws she is a human and not just curley's wife

5. Escape

   • Sympathetic
     • Bad childhood so ran away from home
       • Lonely
   • Unsympathetic
     • Married Curley to escape
       • lonely but she chose it

6. Death

   • Misunderstood
     • vulnerable
       • 'sweet and young'
         • pure and innocent
           • we were quick to judge
   • 'her lips were parted'
     • contrast to previous description
       • opens up to audience and shows peace