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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.
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In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays women as marginalized figures in a male-dominated society, primarily through Curley's wife, who remains nameless and is depicted as a victim of her...
How are women portrayed in 'Of Mice and Men'? There is just one significant female character in the play: Curley's wife. Notably, she is never referred to by name, only in relation to her husband, like an object.
Curley’s wife is the single female character in the novel. We learn about several other women that are mentioned in the story - Lennie’s Aunt Clara, the women in the red dress and other two local brother keepers - who compose the entire portrait of women presented in the novel.
Aside from wearisome wives, Of Mice and Men offers limited, rather misogynistic, descriptions of women who are either dead maternal figures or prostitutes. Despite Steinbeck’s rendering, Curley's wife emerges as a relatively complex and interesting character.
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...
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