How does Tennessee Williams use dramatic techniques to devel
"Cat on a hot tin roof" is a play about the convention in society, which tries to dictate the lives of people. Consequently, Tennessee Williams imminently introduces the audience to the subject of mendacity and its malignancy. This is not only shown on a familial level, but on a personal one too (e.g. the affects of Bricks relationship with Skipper). Instantaneously, it seems the family are a rich landed gentility with strong Southern values: "... feed those precious little things with an oilcloth cover... Ohhh nooo! On Big Daddy's birthday?" Ostensibly, the Pollits are the embodiment of the "American dream" (health, wealth and happiness). However, in the overcharged circumstances of the plays 'familial crisis', many truths are revealed: the desperate fear of death, hidden guilt, isolation, the inability to face the truth and materialism. The latter is most notably symbolise
The physicality's of both characters are metaphorically unified Historically, the Pollits in Southern America, an area that once dominated America both financially and politically. However, after the defeat to the North many factors, including the financial wealth and slave trade of the district, had decreased rapidly. The financial power had swung to the North, who notably have many businessmen and lawyers who posses 'lateral thinking', this is symbolised by Gooper's profession. The defeat was a complete embarrassment to the 'Southerners' and they had been stigmatised to a certain extent. Thus, the strong 'Southern values' were the only pride in which the South divide could hold on to. However, with the pass in time, most imminently these Southern values, which form the basis of many Southerners lives, would age and 'die out', comparable to Big Daddy as the ageing, dyin
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