- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
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- The Winter's Tale
Curley's wife offers Lennie to touch her hair to feel how soft it is. Enjoying the feeling, Lennie continues to pet her hair even when she yelps for him to stop. Concerned that George will be mad at him, Lennie tells Curley's wife to stop yelling, shaking her to try and make her stop. The shaking breaks her neck, and she dies instantly. In this quote, Lennie realizes that he has done a bad thing—like in Weed, but worse—and hastily attempts to cover up his crime. Due to his disability, Lennie does not understand that partially covering the body in…