Curley's Wife Flashcards

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P1 - The ranch worker’s perception of Curley’s wife

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“tart”, “jailbait” and a “bitch”
perceived to be a ‘temptress’ and ‘scarlet woman’,
“she’s got the eye”,
“You gotta husban. You got no call foolin around with other guys, causin’ trouble’”.
Wasn’t gonna stay no place where i could get no where.. So I married curley” She even says to lennie that she “don’ like curley” and “he ain’t a nice fella”.

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P2 - a.d shut down by male dominated society

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‘promised’ to “put [her] in the movies”
“go with the show”.
“I coulda been somebody. Maybe I will yet”
“slashed Lennie with his left, and then smashed down his nose with a right”

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P3 - loneliness

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“Wasn’t gonna stay no place where i could get no where.. So I married curley” She even says to lennie that she “don’ like curley” and “he ain’t a nice fella”.
“Else he gets mad”

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Conclusion - Curley’s wife

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  • Her face after death loses the ‘ache for attention’ and now ‘she was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young’.
    (contextual part about Curley’s wife
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