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What is Steinbeck's portrayal of women in Of Mice and Men, and does it reflect misogyny or the plight of women in a sexist society?
The reasons of the study are to explore the situations in which women characters exercise power in relationship with men and to investigate in most of Steinbeck's work that the women characters carry dominant and active roles, which they gain empowerment in the selected novels.
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.”
The novels To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, both portray woman as inferior during the Great Depression. Curley’s wife and Mayella Ewell represent the lonely, lost, and broken-down woman of the Great Depression. Unlike the many other women that “lived on hope,” these two literary figures did not ...
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...
20 lis 2018 · In the novel, women are portrayed either as possessions, seductresses, or caretakers of men. The objectification of women is illustrated through Curley’s wife. She is the only female character...
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
