Of Mice And Men Feminist Analysis

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Compare how women are presented in Macbeth and Of Mice and Men and are it true to say that women are villains rather than victims
Both Shakespeare and John Steinbeck wrote their books where male dominance was the norm. Both Lady Macbeth and Curley’s wife challenge this norm by manipulating men and in doing so they gain power over them in an attempt to become socially accepted as independent women in society. Both writers gave their characters powers which would be unusual in 1937 America and 1600 Scotland, Lady Macbeth uses deception and manipulation to trick her way to the top, she is portrayed as an innocent women later turned into a women with sinful plans to murder a descendant of god. They both have ambitions that are considered immoral.
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