Women (Context)

Question 1

How does poor treatment from Curley relate to the patriarchal world women lived in?

Answer 1

• His poor treatment of his wife reflects the patriarchal world in which they lived in.
• Women were seen as the weaker sex and were constantly objectified.
• Curley’s Wife’s death wasn’t viewed as a loss for Curley, but more like an attack on his personal property of which he had a reason to take revenge and show his dominance.

Question 2

What was the role of women?

Answer 2

• Women were confined to the private sphere of their rooms and adhering the stereotypical roles.
• Curley’s Wife is the only woman on the ranch and desperately craves companionship as well as human connection.
• The fact that Curley and his Wife were never seen together alive reflects the distance in the relationship.