Brick's Father Big Mama Character Analysis

By introducing him as a special character type, Williams points out one of the autobiographical elements in the play, and that is his own alcohol and drug abuse during the 1960’s. Another dominant character in the play is Brick’s father, Big Daddy, who represents a type of a rich landowner, and embodiment of American Dream. Through his character Williams shows how the American society has forfeited all values in the temple of the most popular value in the world, money. He expresses his burning will to live life and find fulfillment, and not to live in untruthfulness any more by saying: “Everything is caused by all the goddam lies and liars that I have had to put up with, and all the goddam hypocrisy that I lived with all these forty years that we been livin' together!” The main reason for this revelation is his fear of being sick, to realize that he may have cancer. He has failed as a human being in that he centered his little empire around himself and became blind to the needs and feelings of those around him. However, he grew up in a poor family where the father was always an unapproachable, distant figure.
When he confronts with Brick in Act 2, …show more content…
She often looks silly and unaware of the things that happen around her, including the constants rejections, cruelty and indifference of Big Daddy, which leaves a comic effect on the play. She loves both her sons but she cannot help but prefer Brick, who is so much like his father. She even says: “Oh, Brick, son of Big Daddy! Big Daddy does so love you.” By blaming Maggie for Brick’s drinking and saying that when a marriage goes on the rocks, the rocks are there, right there , pointing towards the bed, the only thing that she is interested in is Brick’s happiness and satisfaction. In the end, she tries to persuade the audience that she believes in love and happy endings, trying to ease both herself and other family