English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012
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Re: English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012My teacher said it's gonna be Slim or George because Slim HAS come up however not for a LONG time and George is actually quite hard so he told me to revise until i can't stop saying the word George
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Re: English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012But didn't George and Lennie come up last year?(Original post by lil-mazie)
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Yeah I think and I'm hoping Curly's wife will come up.(Original post by Lizy)
um curleys wife...what do you think? -
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Re: English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012I really hope its curly's wife. she stands for the way women where objectified during the great depression and frequently uses "i'm looking for curly" as an excuse to talk to the other men of the ranch and gain some freedom, showing how oppressed she is by curly. anyone agree with this? i am skitzing it for my literature exam!
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Re: English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012hey what did you get for your practice paper? if so could you upload it tah(Original post by iJess)
Hoping curleys wife. Before we left I wrote a practice essay on her :P -
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Re: English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012A high B, but my teacher has it(Original post by No brainer1)
hey what did you get for your practice paper? if so could you upload it tah -
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Re: English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012yeah but it will be George by himself, maybe a passage without Lennie(Original post by Rose393)
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Re: English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012My teacher said crooks or curly's wife or really unlikely candy but candy came up last year however the a level aqa used the same character this year and last year ... Hopefully curlys wife though
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Re: English Literature AQA OF MICE AND MEN predicted questions 22nd May 2012Everyones hoping for Curleys wife, here are some last minute pointers!!
Curley’s wife is the only main female character and she does not have a name, showing the derogatory nature in which men viewed women at that time.
She is only presented as a possession belonging to her husband, Curley’s trophy wife. Women are a temptation to men.
Lennie and George’s dream does not include women.
The first reference to Curley’s wife is when Candy describes her to George as a “tart,” suggesting she is provocative.
The “red fingernails… rouged lips… red mules… red feathers” that she is wearing could also symbolise danger.
Steinbeck, reinforces the vulnerable view of Curley’s wife when she “hurried away” seconds after hearing about Curley’s whereabouts.
She interrupts Lennie’s, Crook’s and Candy’s daydreaming, she destroys dreams.
She is mean and says how the other men “left all the weak ones here.”
Curley’s wife created an uncomfortable atmosphere at the end of the scene when the horses “snorted” and the “halter chains rattled.”
Curley’s wife then talks to Lennie.
The way that Curley’s wife insists on Lennie talking to her shows her desperation.
Curley’s wife knows that Lennie isn’t listening to her as she confides in him making it more tragic.
Lennie moves “cautiously close to her.” And ends up killing her
We feel sorry for her as she dies.
The redness now symbolises beauty, not danger
The moment of peace after her death shows that she has broken free of the cycle.
Good Luck guys
