... for attention. In an attempt to attract the other men, she dresses to catch the eye and plainly tries to show off her body to the other men by "put[ting] her hands behind her back and lean[ing] against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward" (31). Steinbeck adds the small detail of "the door frame" to benefit the reader in ... noticing the significance of the frame and how Curley's wife ... is unnoticeable yet effectively trying to frame herself to allure the eyes of the men. She grasps for attention without even the slightest hint at her loneliness until the day comes in C...

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