Compare and contrast the characters Curley’s Wife from ‘Of Mice and Men’ and Mally from ‘Malachi’s Cove’ Essay

There are oodles of contrasts and comparisons between Curleys Wife from Of Mice and Men and Mally from Malachis Cove.Of Mice and Men is nock in California about 1930s, when the great depression hit the valet de chambre whereas Malachis Cove is set in Victorian England.In Of Mice and Men Curleys Wife is described as a tramp, bitch, Jail-bait and a rat-trap. This kindles to the ref that she may have had a bad past or because of her playful personality, whilst Mally is described as a well respected person, the raft spoke well of Mally because she was so good to her grandfather. This possibly suggests to the reader that Mally is well known for her very noble personality. Steinbeck and Trollope both use words that shows the characters true personality in this case Curleys Wife and Mally. Curleys wife is described as a tramp which could relate to her posture to prove a point.In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck doesnt give Curleys Wife a name, this may suggest to the reader that she is non all important(predicate) to the storyline, but you could also argue that Steinbeck left Curleys Wife without a name because, he wanted to emphise on Curleys Wife, and to warn the opposite men, on the ranch to stay away because, she is married to Curley, the bosses son. Alternatively Mally does not have a name in the novel this may suggest that Mally is one of the more important characters in the novel Malachis CoveIn the novel Of Mice and Men Steinbeck describes Curleys Wife as heavily make upshe had full rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes and her hair rolled up in little clusters whilst Trollope describes Mally as Wild-looking, almost unearthly creature with wild-flowing downcast uncombed hair. This suggests to the reader that Mally never exercises any of those feminine attractions whereas Curleys Wife made the effort to dress up even though the c hatfulhes she wears might not be suitable for working on the ranch. Curleys Wife is described ad heavily made up this may be because sh e is insecure with herself, whereas Mally is described as having a lot of confidence because she doesnt care what people think about her appearance.