Curley's Wife

Question 1

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

Answer 1

“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”.

Question 2

P2 - a.d shut down by male dominated society

Answer 2

‘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”

Question 3

P3 - loneliness

Answer 3

“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”

Question 4

Conclusion - Curley’s wife

Answer 4

• 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