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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - PPT Presentation

Act 1 Dissatisfied woman prostrates herself before a man Brick indifferent She poses undresses changes seductive and vulnerable He remains cold look of disgust Maggie in the mirror hideous transformation into Maggie the cat ID: 338801

brick maggie skipper big maggie brick big skipper man cat act part childlessness god cool broken represents maggie

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Slide1

Cat on a Hot Tin RoofSlide2

Act 1

Dissatisfied woman prostrates herself before a manBrick indifferent

She poses, undresses, changes – seductive and vulnerable

He remains cold – look of disgust

Maggie in the mirror – ‘hideous transformation’ into ‘Maggie the cat’Slide3

Maggie in the mirror, the most fascinating character in the play

Masochistically bound to Brick, frustrated

Husband’s indifference and childlessness

Insecurity added to by Big Daddy’s imminent death

Brick cool but a broken man – his injury symbolising his ‘castration’, loss of

masculinity, he is broken emotionallySlide4

Act 1 – Part 2

Maggie’s humiliation2 interruptions and constant potential with noise from off-scene

Rivalry between the play's 2 cats

Fertility

vs

Maggie’s childlessness

Attempts to seduce Brick

He fends her off like a lion tamer

Tries to make him jealous – ‘other men want me’ – precursor to next sceneSlide5

Big Mama introduced

Bad taste – fat, embarrassingly devoted to a man who hates her.Represents marriage and

family, what image????

Use of off-stage telephone to rehearse

the lie

to be told to Big Daddy – like voices represents the ‘spies’ in the houseSlide6

Act 1 part 3

Maggie states her fondness for Big DaddyTalks about her past and how poor she was

One can be young without money but one cannot be old without money

Tries to goad Brick into a reaction – talks about Skipper

Brick calls for his niece to bring the party upstairsSlide7

Alludes to his homosexuality

Brick threatens her with the crutch

Accuses Maggie of naming the ‘one great good true thing’ in his life, dirty – their love assumes mythical, legendary proportions

Details about the Skipper, Brick, Maggie triangle – Maggie was a ‘trophy wife’ – the

Beckhams

!!

Skipper and Maggie both found themselves before their God – like a Greek God

Maggie shouts, Skipper is dead, Maggie the cat is aliveSlide8

Brick loses his cool

Brick throws his crutch and falls to the groundBrick is finally provoked into rage, his coolness shattered

Dixie’s interruption – reminding Maggie of what she lacks – a child

Maggie drops Maggie the Cat, puts on her public face and turns to face the family