In Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Williams focuses on the hardships in the daily life of a wealthy Southern family. Like realism, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof does not depict the perfect lifestyles of American Citizens rather the harsh reality that ordinary people face everyday. Up, alone in their room Brick lies on the bed resting his broken ankle while Margaret paces around the room. After listening to the screams of the no neck monsters and their mom, Mae, Margaret is on edge. Worried about her husband and his alcoholism, depression, and marriage controversies, Margaret ponders about her life. She questions to herself,” -What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?- I wish I knew… Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can…,”
