Curley's wife

Curley and his wife

• She is newly married to Curley.
• We never know her name - she is merely Curley's 'property' with no individual identity.
• She is young, pretty, wears attractive clothes and curls her hair.
• She seems flirtatious and is always hanging around the bunk-house.
• She is lonely - there are no other women to talk to and Curley is not really interested in her.
• "What kinda harm am I doin' to you? Seems like they ain't none of them cares how I gotta live. I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself."
• She doesn't like Curley - she tells Lennie that she only married him when she didn't receive a letter she'd been promised to get into Hollywood.
• She is naive.