CURLEY'S WIFE

CURLEY'S WIFE

NOT HAPPY LIVING ON THE RANGE
1. LONELY
  1. Only woman
  2. Men feel uneasy talking to her as she is Bosses wife
  3. Curley doesn't spend time with her
    1. He even goes to a brothal
  4. LONGS FOR COMPANIONSHIP
    1. "think I don't like to talk to somebody ever once in a while"
    2. She pretends to be looking for Curley but she is looking for attention from the men
2. SHE HAD A DREAM ASWELL
  1. "He says he was gonna put me in the movies"
  2. Dream was destroyed
CUNNING
1. She is aware of the power she has over Crooks & Candy
  1. She is not afraid to use the power
    1. "You know what I can do if you open your trap?"
      1. She can be vindictive
ATTRACTIVE
1. Wears alot of red
  1. Lips are rouged
  2. Fingernails & shoes red
    1. "Her fingernails were red"
  3. Links her to the girl in Weed with the red dress
  4. "She had full rouged lips and wide spaced eyes heavily made up."
2. Purty wears alot of make up & is proud of her soft hair
  1. uses this to get attention
    1. "Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages"
3. Lennie dazzled by her galour & beauty
  1. Yet another soft thing Lennie wants to touch
    1. Lennie says "she purty"
4. Makes Curley jealous by flirting with the men
5. "She was very pretty and simple and her face was sweet & young"
6. She realised her sexuality is the only weapon she has and only hing she has to get noticed
MEN HAVE ALOT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HER
1. Because she is FLIRTY
  1. But if men flirt back there will be dangerous consequences
  2. Curley will fight them & they will loose there jobs
2. She doesn't leave the men alone even when the men are not nice to her
  1. bursts into bunk house all the time
    1. She creates TENSION in the bunk house
3. Call her "jailbait"and "rat trap"
  1. Seems to be true as Lennie is lured by her
    1. As a result he ends up being killed
She is KILLED by Lennie therefore the reason George has to shoot Lennie
She is mainly a good and trusting person who grew up in an atmosphere of fighting & suspicion
1. Her pretence of hardness is a sham

Next up

Description

Resource summary

Similar

	Created by jo.newdawn over 10 years ago