Foreshadowing In Curley's Wife

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darkening evening” this quote shows she is pure but is foreshadowing that she will be overcome by darkness as her white dress is blurred and we cannot see Francis by her side as a knight should be so already she is vulnerable like Curley's wife.
Another Quotation is when Nicole says to Francis “Stay close to me” this shows she wants that extra protection. To back up with this point, Francis describes her as ‘small and slender’. This shows how weak she can be which is why Francis wants to protect her.

The second similarity is that both are described as beautiful in the certain parts of their novels and both females have the power of the appearance to manipulate and control men. Curley’s Wife was described as jail-bait because she was very beautiful

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