How does Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men portray the position of women Ess

How does Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men portray the position of womenin 1930s America?Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck is point during the depression andhighlights the extreme economical and social problems through eachcharacter. We see them all aspire to live the American Dream, whilein pursuit for this life carelessness one another and do not acknowledgethe importance of friendship, in the world of isolation. Lonelinessand dreams are recurring themes through out the novel. Curley s wifeis a key figure with in the novel. On a social level she embodies theposition of women during the depression and the way in which theiremotions had been ignored.George and Lennie are warned of her by glass when they first reach theranch. He describes her as tart because shes only been Marriedtwo weeks and got the eye?, we already have am instant dislike abouther and we unagitated havent met her.Steinbeck has purposely not given Curleys wife a name, whichhighlights the concept of womens social pos ition during thedepression and how they seemed to be viewed as nothing more than amans possession. In this case she is nothing more than CurleyspossessionWe first meet Curleys wife in the barn house her presence is almoststriking. Her appearance seems to embody the word picture we had constructedfrom candys description provocative and very suggesting.She had full, rouged lips and wide spaced eyes, heavily made-up. Herfingernails were redThe use of the colour red puts emphasis on the idea of her creation aseductress and like a scarlet fair sex. However it also representsdanger and we are already aware of Lennies attraction to red. Thedescription of her movements is a projection of her sensuo... ...r she dreams more of beingrecognised by the masses, she craves the attention that she lacks inthe farm. She seemed to view Curleys proposal as a chance for anescape to a better life. We begin to sapidity sympathy for her, she istrapped in a marriage were she doesnt like her husband, a nd cantmake friends due to his tight rein.Although her fate is tragic, the way in which Steinbeck describes herin the moments after her death is as though she is the opposite personwe met in the beginning of the novel. This is significant descriptionin the play it helps define what Curleys wife and many other womanof that time were, beneath the clothes and make-up. Beneath theactress and the role she played into, was nothing more than a younggirl The ache and attention were gone melodic line her face. She was verypretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young.