An Analysis Of Curley's Wife In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

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Unlike the the temptress view of his male characters in the novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck views Curley’s wife as a lost and lonely woman who tries to find companionship under the guise of looking for her husband.

In the letter to Claire Luce, a broadway actor who has the part of Curley’s wife, Steinbeck addresses that to him, Curley’s wife is more than just a tramp. “ And automatically she became hardest when she was most frightened. She is a nice, kind girl and not a floozy. No man has ever considered her as anything except a girl to try to make.” (154) Steinbeck is saying that Curley’s wife is just very afraid and on-edge. When she is frightened she just freezes and doesn’t know what to do, so she does the only thing