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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.
Summary: 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...
Thesis PDF Available. First Glacial, Then Crucial: A Contrastive Analysis of Female Characters in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Pearl. June 2023. DOI:...
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.”
to describe three characters: Lennie who is intellectually disabled, Curley’s wife who is never called by her name, and Crooks, a Black stable hand who is ostracized by the other workers.
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.
