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CatonaHotTinRoofMadebyShannon&AmyCONTENTSOverviewCharacterlistPlotSummaryofActIIThemesSymbolsStudyQuestions123456

CatonaHotTinRoof

isa

drama

by

TennesseeWilliams.OneofWilliams'sbest-knownworksandhispersonalfavorite,theplaywonthe

PulitzerPrizeforDrama

in

1955.Setinthe"plantationhomeinthe

MississippiDelta",theplayexaminestherelationshipsamongmembersofBigDaddy'sfamily,primarilybetweenhissonBrickandMaggiethe"Cat,"Brick'swife.CatonaHotTinRoof

featuresseveralrecurringmotifs,suchassocialmores,greed,superficiality,mendacity,decay,sexualdesire,repression,anddeath.OverviewCharacterlistMargaret:Thedrama’scat.Maggie’slonelinessandBrick’srefusaltohermakeherdesire,hasmadeherhard,nervous,andbitchy.Brick:Brickembodiesanalmostarchetypal

masculinity.Atthesametime,theBrickbeforeusisalsoanobviouslybrokenmanbecauseofhisrepressedhomosexualdesireforhisdeadfriendSkipper.BigDaddy:Daddyisalarge,brash,andvulgarplantationmillionairewhobelieveshehasreturnedfromthegrave.

BigMama:Fat,sincere,earnest,crude,andbedeckedinflashygems.

Mae:

Amean,agitated"monsteroffertility"whoschemeswithherhusbandGoopertosecureBigDaddy'sestate.Gooper:

Asuccessfulcorporatelawyer.Heruthlesslyplotstosecurecontroloftheestate.PlotSummaryofActIIActIIbeginswiththefirstmeetingbetweenBigDaddyandBrickoftheplay,ameetingquicklyinterruptedbyDaddy'sbirthdayfestivities.

Duringtheconversation,Daddycomesclosetothetopicthatremainsrepressedbetweenthem,andrefusestoallowBrickhisflight.

Indeed,Daddyalmostsuggeststhatheunderstandshissonalltoowellsincehe"knockedaround"himselfintheolddaysandBrick'sproblemisthatheisarepressedhomosexual.

DaddyfinallyforcesBrick'sconfessionandreceiveshisown"inadmissiblething"inreturn.Thisshowdownrevealsthenatureofthelovebetweenthem.ManlinessandHomosexualityLikemanyofWilliams'sworks,Catconcernsitselfwiththeelaborationofacertainfantasyofbrokenmanliness,inthiscaseamanlinessleftcrippledbythehomosexualdesireitmustkeepinabeyance.FalsehoodsanduntruthsMendacity(谎言)isarecurringthemethroughoutthedrama.Thecharacters’statementsoffeelingarenolongerclear-cuttruthsorlies;instead,theybecomesubjectmoretocertaintyoruncertainty.TheFatherandSonInCat,thefatherandsonappearinadecidedlynarcissisticrelation.BrickandDaddy'sfinalstrugglemarksthereversesideofthenarcissisticlovebetweenthem.Themes

BrickandMaggie'sbed

—

theplacewhere,asBigMamawillsubsequentlyobserve,therocksintheirmarriagelie.AsWilliamswrites,theghostofthemen'slovehauntsthestage.Agloriouslygrotesqueconsole—

AsWilliamsnotes,itservesasshrinetothe"comfortsandillusions"behindwhichwehidefromthethingsthecharactersface.Brick'sphalliccrutch—ItsymbolizesBrick'scastration,acastrationconcomitantwiththerevelationofhisun