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The fact that the main female character in Of Mice and Men is referred to as either a “tart” or as “Curley’s wife” indicates that women in the 1930s setting in which the novel takes ...
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 ...
17 paź 2019 · In the novella Of Mice and Men, as well as in his own quotes, John Steinbeck reveals his opinions on women by referring to them as tramps, constantly degrading his female characters, and portraying women in a way that suggests that their only purpose is for a man’s pleasure.
12 maj 2013 · Curley’s wife is generally seen as a ‘tramp’ and a ‘tart’ because she takes an interest in the men on the ranch. On the other hand, no one on the ranch criticises her husband Curley for spending Saturday night in a brothel, even though the couple have been married for only two weeks.
Steinbeck had presented his women characters as sophisticated modern women who are liberated and powerful in leading their lives, the reality in the world still maintains that women are at the secondary position in comparison to men.
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...
7 maj 2019 · John Steinbeck’s 1937 classic Of Mice and Men was written with only one female character, Curley’s wife, who is portrayed as a villainess. She, however, is the product of her past and her….
