Captured In the Past
Tennessee William’s Cat On a Hot Tin Roof is a play about a southern family living in discontol. Love, conflict and depression build tension in the characters creating isolation. Brick and Maggie are a young married couple visiting the plantation home of Big Papa and Big Mama, Brick’s parents. Also present, are Brick’s brother, Gooper, and in sister-in-law, Mae. All of the family, except Big Mama, know about Big Papa’s illness, and are so selfish they only care about the remains of his plantation and wealth. Brick is a man characterized by his name, a brick. He is a stubborn and close-minded man living in the past and drowning in alcohol. Brick cannot stand Margaret, and in contrast she loves him dearly and will do anything for him to at least show some type of attention. Brick and Margaret are facing tough times and are not the perfect couple. Though Brick’s fear of facing reality is difficult, William’s reveals how the actions from the past can shape your future and evolve you into a complete mess. The whole play takes place in his room. William’s uses the setting to symbolically represent Brick’s negativity and how he is trapped living in the past. The setting uncovers Brick’s way of thinking and how he is so addicted to alcohol. There is not much decoration and elegance in the room, it is very plain …show more content…
In life, you will be knocked down and face hard times but you cannot take the negativity into others. This play demonstrates that it is better to face reality and accept the truth because not accepting can turn things into a complete opposite dysfunctional way. Life will send hard lessons, but they are for you to learn from them, not to be trapped in the same level and give up on yourself. Experiences are for you to learn from them and make future decisions and tasks better from the past. Always see the positive in a negative and conflicts will become much more
Tennessee William’s Cat On a Hot Tin Roof is a play about a southern family living in discontol. Love, conflict and depression build tension in the characters creating isolation. Brick and Maggie are a young married couple visiting the plantation home of Big Papa and Big Mama, Brick’s parents. Also present, are Brick’s brother, Gooper, and in sister-in-law, Mae. All of the family, except Big Mama, know about Big Papa’s illness, and are so selfish they only care about the remains of his plantation and wealth. Brick is a man characterized by his name, a brick. He is a stubborn and close-minded man living in the past and drowning in alcohol. Brick cannot stand Margaret, and in contrast she loves him dearly and will do anything for him to at least show some type of attention. Brick and Margaret are facing tough times and are not the perfect couple. Though Brick’s fear of facing reality is difficult, William’s reveals how the actions from the past can shape your future and evolve you into a complete mess. The whole play takes place in his room. William’s uses the setting to symbolically represent Brick’s negativity and how he is trapped living in the past. The setting uncovers Brick’s way of thinking and how he is so addicted to alcohol. There is not much decoration and elegance in the room, it is very plain …show more content…
In life, you will be knocked down and face hard times but you cannot take the negativity into others. This play demonstrates that it is better to face reality and accept the truth because not accepting can turn things into a complete opposite dysfunctional way. Life will send hard lessons, but they are for you to learn from them, not to be trapped in the same level and give up on yourself. Experiences are for you to learn from them and make future decisions and tasks better from the past. Always see the positive in a negative and conflicts will become much more