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curleys wife -omam

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quote on curley’s wife given to us before we even knew her “jail bait…. rat trap” -exposes inequality if men and women at time (excuses men from behaviour by assuming they have no control over urges) blame is on curley’s wife for being pretty and tempting for men on ranch
what do the metaphors show? “rat trap” shows that she is being dehumanised and described in a very animalistic way (object intentions) -also emphasises femme fatale, she a symbol of temptation
a quote that curleys wife said that makes us feel empathetic for her “I get awful lonely” lonely- an abstract noun emphasises her loneliness even if she’s newly married to curley (who sees her as a possession- to show of status)
a quote not said by curleys wife, aboyt her being a femme fatale “She got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody” -hyperbole -metaphor (eye) -shows her as licentious
CW’s quote about Hollywood “He was in the pitchers… I was a natural… I never got that letter.” -declarative sentence -“pitchers” - (uneducated and innocent)
Curley’s wife’s quote on settling “So I married Curley”
quote said by cw, showing her dark side “i could get you strung up on a tree so easy, it ain’t even funny” -violent verb (women in segregation of b&w ppl) -seeks out greater weaknesses in others (Lennie’s mental handicap, Candy’s debilitating age + Crooks, to feel power) -Steinbeck p from w
quote on cw after death “Pretty and simple… curls, tiny little sausages” -metaphor (at heart, very innocent women corrupted and betrayed by a difficult ranch atmosphere
desc on CW “her body was thrown forward” “rouged lips” -posture is seductive (displaying curves) -red lips draw attention to sensual part of body + red = symbol for passion + lust + danger (foreshadowing “trouble she will bring” as HC contrasts with Curley)
shows CW being sexualised in every way possible her action of running to Crook’s room is sexualised as her lips are “slightly parted” as she “breathed strongly” also hypocrisy in men, give more respect to girls in local brothel than CW, even husband chooses prostitutes
CW continuous quote “I’m looking for Curley” -emphasises the distance between them (isolation) -CW has nobody if she doesn’t have C
Quote on where she stands in relation to men “looking in”2 “she stood still in the doorway4 -symbol of her marginalization -not welcomed by men, separate
Opening up in chapter 5 “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” -to lennie in chap 5 (lennie=child nothing sexual no ulterior motive, just wanted companionship -reveals real plight: loneliness (men have each other, she has no one. revelation makes CW utterly human
Carlson’s misogynistic quote in chap 3 “Whyn’t you tell her to stay home, where she belongs?“ -anger in men after CW is near them w makeup and being pretty = representative of patriarchal world where men are fixated on dominating women
CW knowing what’s going on in Chap 4 “they left all the weak ones here” -she knows her weak position both in society and in the ranch
Candy at the scene of her death in Chap 4 Lennie petting = problem through novella, and should stop CW blamed for her own death yet Candy shouts at dead body “you goddamn tramp… you done it, din,t you?” lack of emotion (esp. C) highlights lack of worth and normalisation of violence towards women
Curleys wife dream Chap 5 “He says I could go with that show.” “He says he was gonna put me in the movies” -depends on man to make dream come true -highlights limits women had on trajectory. Men = lieing to her in order to be in her favour (mirrors exploration of weak by powerful
He dream being futile also Chap 5 “ the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face” -only escape = death -dream = futile like american dream
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