Curley's Wife

Question 1

Themes:

Answer 1

Initial Impression- Promiscuous
Critical Analysis:
Lonely:
Oppressed
Dreamer

Question 2

Initial Impression

Answer 2

“Body Thrown Forward”
“Rouged Lips”
“Tarp”
“She’s got the eye”
“Jailbait”

Question 3

Lonely

Answer 3

“I’m looking for Curley”
“Looking In”
“Stood Still in the Doorway”
“I Never get to talk to nobody”
“I get awfully lonely”

Question 4

Critical Analysis

Answer 4

“Jailbait”
“Slightly Parted”
“Breathed Strongly”

Question 5

Oppressed

Answer 5

“Curley’s Wife”
“Stay the hell home where she belongs”
“You Goddamn Tramp, You done it, didn’t you”
“They left the weak ones here”
“I could get you strung up on a tree so fast it ain’t funny”

Question 6

Dreamer

Answer 6

“He says I could go …. He says he was”
“Ache for Attention”

Question 7

Linked Context

Answer 7

Patriarchal Society
1930s - Women - Expected Jobs
Married Women - Property
Femme Fatel Stock Character
Domesticated/Sexual Role