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Curley's wife - Coggle Diagram
Curley's wife
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due to the patriarchal system, the men are able to abnegate responsibility so the women take the blame
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ostensibly, Curley's wife colludes with the patriarchal views of women and presents herself as an object, receiving sexual gaze from ranch workers
rise of Hollywood - film became the mass entertainment and a huge industry with the potential for a large amounts of money. the movies were a place to escape the reality of the real world and the great depression
women have no significant place in society, and are unimportant and simply possessions of their husbands
uneducated women had very fewopportuinities and were either expected to be motherly or treated as an object for men to have sex with.
women weren't expected to work or have any power, and were viewed as inferior to men
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appearance
she wears a lot of makeup and is proud of her hair - she uses her looks to get attention and escape loneliness. Could also be because of her Hollywood dream
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she wears a lot of red, linking her to the girl in weed. hints at danger and that Lennie might hurt her too
Steinbeck uses different language to describe her when she is dead and alive, implying that her hard life made her mean, but after death she is innocent again
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victim of patriarchy
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behaviour reinforces the image men have of her: they objectify her and see her behaviour as flirtatious
loneliness
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does not belong on a ranch other characters have negative opinions and views on her making it harder for her to fit in.
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hollywood dream
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futility of dream, harder for women due to patriarchal society (presented as inferior to men)
dream helps her escape the harsh reality of her situation even though she knows it will neve happen now that she is married to Curley.
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