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Why do you think Tennessee Williams called his play ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’
Title: Why do you think Tennessee Williams called his play ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2327 | Pages: 9.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Why do you think Tennessee Williams called his play ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’
This title manages to capture the essence of the story in one sentence as it becomes increasingly evident that almost every character in the play is on edge about something – or like cats ‘on a hot tin roof’. The whole family are trapped by their circumstances, no one more so than Maggie and her deteriorating marriage to Brick.
Maggie is essentially a good person who loves her husband despite the obvious challenge it is for …showed first 75 words of 2327 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2327 total…is very successful at making this so.
Not only is the title an appropriate one for this play and the situations these characters find themselves faced with, but it is also a good metaphor for life. The pressures we face can often make us feel as though we are ourselves on a ‘hot tin roof’ and I think Tennessee Williams fulfils his aims in getting this across through both the play and it’s title.
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