Of Mice and Men: Curley's Wife Flashcards
1
Q
Who?
A
- Young attractive
- Newly married to Curley.
2
Q
Purpose?
A
- Makes Curley jealous by flirting with the ranch hands.
- Creates tension in bunkhouse
- She killed by lennie and is the reason that George has to shoot him.
3
Q
Curly’s wife is a ‘tart’ and ‘jail bate’
A
‘She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up’
4
Q
She is very lonely, trapped in a loveless marriage?
A
‘Think i’m gonna stay in that two-by four house and listen how Curley’s gonna lead with his left twice’
5
Q
She will use the power her status gives her,even through it is unfair.
A
‘You know what I can do to you if you open your trap’
6
Q
Curley’s wife has her dream destroyed too.
A
‘he says he was gonna put me in the movies’
7
Q
She was never really evil and her punishment outweighs any crimes.
A
She was very pritty and simple, and her face was sweet and young.
8
Q
Miss luce letter?
A
- to actress paying the part
- A good and trusting person who grew up in an atmosphere of fighting and suspicion
- as a result, she knows her sexuality is the only weapon she has.
- also the only thing that gets her noticed.
