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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, summary, Maggie, Mae and Gooper, Maggie and…
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Brick
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analysis
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drops his crutch now and then, stumbling, losing to others
his injury acts as an unmanning, his downfall - enables maggie to take advantage and questions him about skipper - she doesn't let him remain silent
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doesn't make a big deal about his outburst - just says he hasn't had enough alcohol to make him peaceful yet - needs the click in his head
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Maggie
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came from a poor family, so needs the money
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doesn't believe that brick will never sleep with her ever again - still has some hope, and wants to win
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happy at his outburst - crack in his composure - she finally gets a reaction, from such a simple thing
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pt 2
tries to help brick pretend to remember big daddys birthday - buys a gift that he can fake sign and give
tells mae to teach her children to keep their hands of her things - mocks the dog's names all her children have
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implores him to get fat and ugly so she can stand it, and so others will understand that her life is hard
locks the door and grabs his shoulder, then he holds out a chair, and she bursts out laughing (?)
then big mama comes in and interrupts them - she has no consideration for their separate lives, and wants no locked doors in her house
accused by big mama that brick started drinking because their marriage went on the rocks - since 'she's not keeping him happy in bed'
she says if she leaves him, then he will be broke, so she has to take care of him
when big mama leaves - she looks at the mirror - says who are you? sternly - answers in a mocking voice, i am maggie the cat - then quickly becomes normal when brick comes out
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analysis
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changing into her clothes - trying to seduce brick, but very unsuccessful, as he has no interest in her
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women like her can relate to her well - her desperate lack, staying with the man who doesn't even love her, she appears so beautiful with all of her envy, longing and dispossession
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her childlessness pulls her role as a a woman and wife into question - to society - what is she doing if she isn't having a child??
big daddy is dying soon - and they don't have a child, so there seems to be no chance that they will get his inheritance
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