Since Eve tempted Adam, women have been portrayed in a lot of famous literature as provocative temptresses. This has changed over time but there are still aspects of discrimination today. Curley’s wife is a prime example of a misunderstood 1930s women who is described as an evil, seductive women but we learn that she is actually just lonely and lost. Lady Macbeth is not a typical 16th century women at the beginning of Shakespeare’s Macbeth because she has the power and control in her relationship. I will be exploring how these two famous female characters are presented in the texts in which they exist: ‘Of Mice and Men’ and Macbeth.
Curley’s wife makes an entrance to the story when Candy describes her to George and Lennie. In my opinion Steinbeck …show more content…
She says “O, never shall sun that morrow see!”. This shows that she is in charge as she is the one who is pushing for murder. This also shows that Lady Macbeth is violent and aggressive. Throughout Act 1, Scene 5 Lady Macbeth keeps telling Macbeth what to do such as telling him to “look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t” Shakespeare uses an imperative to show that Lady Macbeth is the one in control of the relationship. This metaphor tells Macbeth to look innocent but be evil. Shakespeare also uses imperatives to show that she is the one in charge for example “you shall leave all the rest to …show more content…
Curley’s wife moves the plot forward and is a key character to what happens in the novella as if Lennie hadn’t killed her, then Lennie wouldn’t have ended up dead and the ‘American dream’ would have been achieved.
The two female characters are victims of their own ambition such as Curley’s wife wanting to get attention but when she got some off of Lennie she didn’t realise is that he would accidently kill her. When Curley’s wife dies Steinbeck describes her. He describes her as “having a half colouring of yellow hay”. This creates an image of her being like an angel. He describes the “ache for attention” gone from her face the word “ACHE” highlights how much she was suffering when she was alive. He uses words like simple, sweet and young this language shows that she is
Curley’s wife makes an entrance to the story when Candy describes her to George and Lennie. In my opinion Steinbeck …show more content…
She says “O, never shall sun that morrow see!”. This shows that she is in charge as she is the one who is pushing for murder. This also shows that Lady Macbeth is violent and aggressive. Throughout Act 1, Scene 5 Lady Macbeth keeps telling Macbeth what to do such as telling him to “look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t” Shakespeare uses an imperative to show that Lady Macbeth is the one in control of the relationship. This metaphor tells Macbeth to look innocent but be evil. Shakespeare also uses imperatives to show that she is the one in charge for example “you shall leave all the rest to …show more content…
Curley’s wife moves the plot forward and is a key character to what happens in the novella as if Lennie hadn’t killed her, then Lennie wouldn’t have ended up dead and the ‘American dream’ would have been achieved.
The two female characters are victims of their own ambition such as Curley’s wife wanting to get attention but when she got some off of Lennie she didn’t realise is that he would accidently kill her. When Curley’s wife dies Steinbeck describes her. He describes her as “having a half colouring of yellow hay”. This creates an image of her being like an angel. He describes the “ache for attention” gone from her face the word “ACHE” highlights how much she was suffering when she was alive. He uses words like simple, sweet and young this language shows that she is