Curley's wife quotes Flashcards
What’s the quote that tells us the time Curley’s wife attempts to exploit her power as all the characters in the place were related to the theme of loneliness (additionally she’s also part of the theme too). However she misuses the little power when everybody else is gone.
Themes: prejudice, power, authority, exploitation.
Character: Curley’s wife
‘They left all the weak ones here’
What’s the quote that tells us why she get’s lonely due to her husband preventing her from talking to anyone in the ranch therefore she is segregated. Another thing, shows the little options women had in 1930s America.
Themes: friendship, loneliness, isolation, hardship, sexism.
Character: Curley’s wife
‘Why can’t I talk to you? ….. I get awful lonely’
What’s the quote that tells us her belief of having potential to becoming a Hollywood actor (as many women at the time had the same dreams I suppose) relating to the theme of dreams and hope but this can still show the little options women had as she married Curley and blames her mother for stopping her from being ‘successful’.
Themes: hopes, dreams, sexism, plans.
Character: Curley’s wife
‘I coulda made something of myself’
What’s the quote that tells us she had limited options as a women at the time so she married Curley as a last resort which she doesn’t even like him at all and blames her mother for her ‘loss of potential’.
Themes: friendship?, loneliness, plans, isolation.
Character: Curley’s wife
‘So I married Curley’
What’s the quote that tells us the power she had over crooks (threatening him with the little power she had) which she exploits and misuses it just so she could probably feel good instead of being by herself due to the rules set by Curley.
Themes: prejudice, authority, exploitation.
Character: Curley’s wife
‘I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny’
