Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Essay

I will show understanding of the plot, character and themes and Shakesperes use of language and dramatic devices within the play.

A major theme in this play would be pain and injuries. This happens many times throughout the play and in each scene either

Several pieces of strong textual evidence in the form of direct quotations and parenthetical citations

of the play. I will also explore the role the common man plays in the

central to the play. I am going to look at only the first act of the

Throughout the play there are many themes leading up to and causing the chief event.

Maggie also refers to Mae’s children as no neck monster’s. “Maggie honey, if you had children of your own you’d know how funny that is”(Williams, 16) Mae pressures Maggie in a very negative way of having no offspring and is always making her children please Big Daddy in any sort of form, whether it be singing, dancing, or even greeting him when he has returned from trips. This anger’s Maggie, which then forces her to use her appealing appearance and “cat like” gestures to gain Big Daddy’s attention. The whole Pollitt family practically lies to Big Daddy not just verbally but physically, there actions towards him, their sense of kindness and willingness they provide to him, in order to receive a place in his will. “Born poor, raised poor, expect to die poor unless I can manage to get something out of what Big Daddy leaves when he dies of cancer!”(Williams, 28) Maggie is the only one fighting the battle against Gooper and Mae. She is acutely aware of their plan, even before they hatch it and relay it to the family. Maggie does not want to be at the mercy of Mae and Gooper’s power. Brick states that he doesn't care about a materialistic life and explains to Big Daddy that he doesn’t want any

changing attitudes toward life and the other characters in the play, particularly the women; and his reflection on the

more and more like Big Daddy's and at the end of the play repeats his

important to note as the play was set at a time of monarchical struggle and the

The first element, thought/theme/ideas, encompasses what the play means. Although they don’t directly state any themes there are two clear meanings to this play. The first theme or meaning is you have to stand up for what you believe in or what you believe is not right. For example, Juror 8 believes the kid on trial did not murder his father while all other eleven jurors did believe so. As he talked, using hard evidence, he slowly persuaded everyone until they believed the kid was innocent although one of them was racially biased and others strongly believed what they said. Another theme is you can’t make immense decisions based on opinions or prior judgements but rather on what is genuinely true whether it affects your life.

shall firstly do a summery of the play and give a basic image of what

In these plays the theme of the play is all about how the farmworkers are been treated and not well paid for the amount

Chris also faces the trauma of loving Margret uncontrollably while being trapped in a marriage with Kitty. When Jenny visits Chris in the hospital and is asked to describe to him, he responses, “I don't like little women, and I hate anybody, male or female, who sings. O God, I don't like this Kitty. Take her away!”(West 39). The audience pities a man who cannot be with the women he loves but is trapped by a self-absorbed woman. West describes scenes of Chris acting childlike and happy while Kitty sees this as humiliating making her dig deeper for a cure. On the surface she is viewed by the audience as the enemy because she wants to take this joy of not remembering trauma away from Chris. However this view of Chris as the sympathized war hero

Theme – the reason behind why the playwright wrote the play. “Patterns of life”, a slice of reality.