How do Curley's wife and Crooks symbolize loneliness in Of Mice and Men?

In
, Curleys wife and Crooks represent loneliness and isolation in terms of
gender and race, respectively. Curleys wife also symbolizes dependence through her idleness. She
does not even have a name, is the only female person on the ranch, and does not have a job to
do. Wholly dependent on her vain, insensitive husband, she wanders around the ranch. The refuge
she sought in marriage, to a man she has just met, does not fulfill her desire to escape her
humdrum life. Her loneliness drives her to confide in , leading him to the fatal error of
believing they are friends.