Curley's wife Flashcards
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Loneliness
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I never get to talk to anyone. I get awful lonely
Regretful of lonely marriage
She was standing at the door silently
No part in the ranch so evokes sympathy
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Discrimination
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Tramp tart
Epithets
Referred to as ‘Curley’s wife’
Lack of identity
‘They left all of the weak ones here” talking about Lennie crooks and candy
Ironic as she is left behind as well
Fact that she doesn’t believe she is left behind….
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Promiscuous
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Heavily made up, her fingernails were red
Red=danger
She is the only woman on the ranch
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Injustice
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You know what I can do if you open your trap
Vindictive, misused power for authority
Trap has double meaning - trapping crooks