The Status Of Women In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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At the start of the play, “the four Birling’s and Gerald are seated at the table, with Arthur Birling at one end, his wife at the other”, Priestly here is telling us about the status of women, as Mrs Birling is not equal to her husband so she is removed. Nevertheless it might indicates to that the two parents got control in the family where the older generation is against the younger generation.
When Sheila was getting engaged, she spoke about Gerald and his absence from her, Sybil birling tells her “you’ll have to get used to that, just as I had”, as the reader feels shocked about her mother's response! She knows that Gerald is likely to have a fair, however she tells indirectly and non-verbally that it’s just the way things are. Therefore, it appears that this was probably between her and Mr Birling as there is a hint in the novel that suggest he objectifies women where he thinks clothes "make'em look prettier", showing he is sexist.
Curly's wife show discrimination in society. It used to be $2 for a glass of whiskey and $2.50 to buy a sex with a woman, Steinbeck is telling us about how women are valued. He is showing that this is society …show more content…

Ultimately, Candy’s Dog and Lennie reflect each other as they both end up having to be shot for their own good. George always plays cards as this possibly represents the role of luck and fate in the story and so at the end George said “I guess I always knew.” That suggest that fate is always leading Lennie to death as George was always going to end up having to kill him which is represented in the card game. Perhaps Steinbeck uses the suit of “diamond”, in the card game as well to point out the reason men behave so brutally towards each other, is there

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