Curley's wife, who is never given a real name, is merely a
genitive of Curley with no real identity. She comes around the bunkhouse because she
feels almost nonexistent without doing so. Even when she boasts of what she could have
done if she had not married Curley, she describes how she has and could have been
exploited by men. For instance, she says,
readability="8">"'Nother time I met a guy, an' he was in
pitchers. Went out to the Riverside dance Palace with him. He says he was gonna put me
in the movies. Says I was a natural. Soon's he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write
to me about it."At the same
time that Curley's wife is exploited by men like Curley, she is also a temptress, "jail
bait" as George calls her. Like Eve, she lures Lennie to sin and disobey George's
orders not to go near her when she brushes her hair and allows Lennie to pet
it.
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