Steinbeck likely chose the name Curley for the character to suggest that he is small and quick, like a curlew bird. It also reflects Curley's aggressive and combative personality, as "cur" can also mean an aggressive or quarrelsome person. The name helps foreshadow Curley's antagonistic behavior towards other characters in the novel.
Curley is portrayed in the novel as a pessimistic character through his violent actions. Especially the fight he has with the most innocent character of them all Lennie. Steinbeck uses Curley as a target to George when he fights with Lennie. Although Curley is marred to his wife it is evident that she doesn't have a name showing how Steinbeck uses her name as a type of possession to Curley. Curley initially has no power in the novel at all as his so called characteristics are outdone once slim is introduced to the novel showing how Steinbeck uses slim to foreshadow what Curley is really meant to be like. Curley is extremely arrogant especially the way he is introduced in the novel. the character himself bosses son is evil which shows how curley is presented badly in the novel.
Steinbeck doesn't give Curley's wife a name, to show that Curley has ownership of her, and depicting her as more of a piece of property than an actual person.
In "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, Stetson is the last name of the character named Curley, the boss's son. Curley is described as a small man with a mean streak who picks fights with the other ranch workers.
This means that she is a woman who does not have a good reputation
In "Of Mice and Men," Tart is not a character. It is possible that you are mistaking the name of a character. The main characters in this novella by John Steinbeck are George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant workers trying to navigate the challenges of the Great Depression.
curley has a very curly hair that's why his name is curley :) and his wife has a very jusie fanny :)
Steinbeck depicts Curley's wife not as a villain, but rather as a victim. Like the ranch-hands, she is desperately lonely and has broken dreams of a better life. She's the only female character in the novel, and she's never given a name and is only referred to in reference to her husband. The men on the farm refer to her as a "tramp," a "tart," and a "looloo." Dressed in fancy, feathered red shoes, she represents the temptation of female sexuality in a male-dominated world.
Carlo Curley's birth name is Carlo James Curley.
Maddy Curley's birth name is Madelyn Jane Curley.
Malcolm Curley's birth name is Malcolm Coryell Curley.
Pauline Curley's birth name is Rose Pauline Curley.
Curley's wife is described as a "tart" or in other words, a slut. She is always checking out other guys, but as you read further in the book, you can see that she is just lonely and wants a little human interaction because Curley isn't very nice to her.