How Does Steinbeck Use Dramatic Irony In Of Mice And Men

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Without seeing Curley’s wife or Amelia, the reader can easily characterise the two figures in their minds. This effect is created by powerful imagery. Both characters are viewed as promiscuous and flirtatious; evidenced rough their obsession with alluring clothing. Similarly the phrases "and now you've gay bracelets and bright feathers three" of the Ruined maid and “ostrich feathers in Of Mice and Men have very similar connotations. The synonymy in presenting them both as birds signifies the writer’s intentions to portray them as glamorous, with a natural almost animal like confidence. However this phrase is tinted with a condescending and sarcastic tone; the word "ostrich" outlining a species of bird which cannot fly. This being symbolism

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