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What I want to examine is the role of supposedly minor female characters who in fact deepen the reader's understanding of a work as a whole and thus enlarge the presumably narrowly confined roles of Steinbeck's female characters.
om 1930 - 1936. People lost their life savings when firms and banks went bust, and 12 - 15 million men and women - one third of America's population -. e unemployed. The Great Depression was steeper and more protracted in the United States than in other industria.
The only female character in the story, Curley’s wife is never given a name and is only mentioned in reference to her husband. The men on the farm refer to her as a “tramp,” a “tart,” and a “looloo.” Dressed in fancy, feathered red shoes, she represents the temptation of female sexuality in a male-dominated world.
How does Steinbeck explore attitudes toward women in Of Mice and Men? There is a single female character in Of Mice and Men. She is not given a name, but referred to only as "Curley's...
This paper demonstrates how a critical reading of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men reveals oppression on female character and unequal gender relationship. The paper attempts to examine Curley's...
30 kwi 2019 · Of Mice and Men oppression on female character and unequal gender relationship. The paper attempts to examine Curley’s wife with regard to feminist approach. Steinbeck has viewed only single female character in the novel as a devil incarnation, a symbolic Eve who burnt lives of men in paradise. The paper interprets the novel from Derrida’s
by John Steinbeck. Curley's Wife. PDF Cite. Character Traits. Curley's wife, the only female character in Of Mice and Men, is marked by loneliness and unfulfilled dreams. Often reduced...
