Curley's Wife A Villain Analysis

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley’s Wife plays out as a villain. Her want of attention from guys leads to many problems that occur in deaths. Finally her not obedience towards her husband Curley would play another factor in Curley’s Wife being seen as a villain. Her love of attention and how she loves to be around boys cause many problems throughout the novel .

For Instance, Curley’s wife is seen as she can’t be without attention from guys, and she does everything to initiate communication with the men from the ranch. Whit mentioned while in presence of George and Lennie “...[Every time] the guys [are] around she shows up. She’s looking for Curley , or she thought she [left something] layin’ around and she’s looking for it. Seems like she can’t keep away from guys” (Steinbeck 51) . Curley’s wife excuses happen to be so she can talk to men. George knew Curley’s wife was trouble, and told Lennie “Don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen [people like her] poison before, but i never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her . You [let] her be” (Steinbeck 32). George and Lennie had to have this discussion of precaution because they …show more content…
Curley’s wife’s knowledge of Curley’s anger towards speaking to other men reflect when she mentions “...you can talk to people, but i can’t talk to [anybody] but curly [or] else he gets mad” (Steinbeck 87). This leads to her death , if she never talked to Lennie in the first place then she would've not been dead. Lennie died afterward because he killed Curley’s wife.

All in all, Curley’s wife played out as a villain , not only did she cause her own death but Lennie's too. Her want of attention, and disobedience led to these tragedies. After all she was like a “jailbait” as George mentioned (Steinbeck