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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Analysis
Tennessee Williams play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is a story that captures a family with problems hidden behind many lies. The setting of the story on a plantation farm in Mississippi on Big Daddy’s, the Father of the main characters, beautiful estate. Each character in the play desires something completely different. The focus is going to be on Maggie the so called “Cat.” Maggie is driven to have the perfect life with her husband, Brick, and wanted children on her father-in-laws beautiful estate she wishes to inherit.
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” begins with Brick taking a bath and with Maggie whining about how Mae and Gooper’s children have been performing for Big Daddy and this has continually reminded her of her childless state. She believes that Mae and Gooper are trying to gain favor form from Big Daddy now that he has been diagnosed with cancer. The two families have been eyeing the family estate and since only one of these families can inherit it, they are both trying to out do each other in winning favor from Big Daddy. However, Brick’s incessant drinking has not been helping the situation. …show more content…
The family also believes that Brick had a homosexual relationship with Skipper and that is why he could not stop drinking after his death, but Brick has been strongly denying it. Big Daddy also lies to his wife. There is a recurring line used by both Big Daddy and Brick, “Wouldn’t it be funny if that was true” when their wives Big Mama and Maggie told them that they loved them. This phrase was also the last line of the play, after Maggie told Brick that she loved him. Brick believes that Maggie is only after the family fortune and her escapade with Skipper has made Brick resent her strongly. We never truly find out if Maggie receives what she desires, bu the end of the play leads us to believe she
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