Detailed character analysis: Curley’s wife

English Literature

GCSE

Edexcel

8m 45s

How does Steinbeck use Curley’s wife to reflect on society in the 1930s? How Curley’s wife is treated by others; how she treats Lennie and Crooks and her role on the ranch; her life before the ranch; Steinbeck’s letter to the actress playing Curley’s wife.

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