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Throughout the course of history having an emotional attraction towards the same sex has been strongly discriminated against. Especially being in the south, where everything is very traditional, being gay would be a very hard concept tp accept. The theme of the play and the characterization of main characters being gay really brings in that contrast that keeps the readers attention. The concept of homosexuality also brings to life Brick's alcoholic nature. As he tries to hide his feelings from himself he is also lying to everyone else. The truth is not that he doesn't love Maggie, the truth is that he loves Maggie but not the same way he loves Skipper.

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Big Daddy has cancer. He is slowly dying. His family, already in a state of dysfunction is about to lose the piece holding them together. Brick already drinking his liver away will be next according to the timeline. The significance of this timeline allows the family to stat to come together to try and stay whole as long as possible.

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There are a total of 3 African American characters in the play. There roles are minor, similar to background characters, accept they have few lines relating to announcements and phone calls relating to their other obligations. Its indicated that prior to the current time period of the play that slaves were working on the plantation, but its never stated.

Throughout the course of the play the radio and tv are used as a wall. When Brick starts to enter his world of alcohol he begins by turning on the tv or radio then proceeds to pour a drink.  As Brick uses these forms of reality as "comforts and illusions" we can see him start to disclose himself from Maggie and the world.

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It’s a hot summer at one of the largest cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta during the 1950s. The majority of the story takes place in the bedroom described as,"Victorian with a touch of the Far East.” This given description allows us to imagine the theme of the room and how it’s decorated. We are also able to infer that the house and room is old and weathered, "quality of tender light on weathered wood.”

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Brick has a lot of hatred built up in the first part of Act 1. Most dialogue suggests that he takes no interest is his own wife, Maggie, and takes out all of his anger on her. When Maggie states that she feels like a cat on a hot tin roof, his response is "Then jump off the roof, jump off it..." showing that he wants her to leave. In addition, Maggie recalls Big Daddy's birthday when Brick had forgotten, and his reaction just states "Good for you, Maggie." Judging from these statements, the reader can clearly see that Brick doesn't care about what Maggie is feeling or going through in this marriage.

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Throughout the rest of Act 1, Brick becomes more aggressive and violent. He begins to act on his feelings once Maggie brings up the topic of Skipper more consistently. One prime example of this is Brick attempting to harm Maggie as he "hurls the crutch at her" and she finds a place to hide afterward. He then tells Little Girl "I tried to kill your Aunt Maggie, but I failed." This evidence shows that his character is becoming more violent toward Maggie due to his drinking and emotions.

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As far as Brick is concerned, the reason he says he drinks is to escape the "mendacity" of society as he calls it. However, from most of Big Daddy and Brick's conversation, the audience finds out that he most likely drinks because of Skipper's death and his lack of happiness with Maggie. On page 944, Big Daddy says to Brick, "You started drinkin' when your friend Skipper died" in which Brick responds with "What are you suggesting" after a few moments of silence. This part of the conversation suggests that Brick truly became depressed and addicted to alcohol following Skipper's death, who we believe to be Brick's potential lover in the past. Brick is an unhappy man who has a complicated relationship with everyone in his life.

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Throughout act 2, the two lies are Brick denying his potential homosexuality and Big Daddy's family providing him false information regarding his health report. Brick most likely  lies about his romantic feelings for Skipper due to the time period in which they are based in. Homosexuality was not socially acceptable, therefore Brick denies any assumptions Big Daddy makes regarding their relationship to protect himself. Big Daddy was told by his family that he didn't have cancer, prior to what he was told before. However, based on the end of act 2, one can infer that the health report was a lie and that Big Daddy was actually dying. Big Daddy goes through the house shouting "Yes, all liars, all liars, all lying dying liars" (page 954). The theme of truth and lies shows that every character believes lying is for the greater good and keeps everyone happy, however once the truth is revealed later on the circumstances worsen. The writer is most likely trying to convey the theme that telling the truth at first keeps worse circumstances from occuring.

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We know that, to no fault of Maggie's, the two do not have loving or even positive interactions that would typically be seen between a married couple. From the first Act, the audience can gather that Brick has some serious anger management and drinking issues that cause his marriage to be considered abusive. This can be seen in the following quotes from the script: "I tried to kill your Aunt Maggie, but I failed-and I fell." (Page 29) and  "Maggie, you want me to hit you with this crutch? Don't you know I could kill you with this crutch?" (Page 27) We don't see any interaction between Mae and Gooper in the first Act, but we do know that they have 5 children and we haven't heard of any disputes from the couple. What we do know is that the pair enjoys to gossip and that they don't seem to mind the little ears that hear them: "You see?-they gloat over us being childless, even in front of their five little no-neck monsters!" (Page 30)

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In the beginning of the first act, we see Brick and Maggie acting in the most presentable manner that we've seen throughout the entirety of the play so far. The pair seems to even be working together in a sense as seen in the following quote from the excerpt. "Brick: Tell Big Daddy I'm crippled. Big Daddy: I see you're crippled. I want to know how you got crippled. Maggie (making diversionary tactics): Oh, look, oh, look, why, it's a cashmere robe!" (Page 36) While the audience is aware that they are only acting this way to appear civil in front of the family, it's a nice change that we haven't seen a lot of since the beginning of the first act.  "Mae (gaily at the door): Who's that laughin' in there? Gooper: Is Big Daddy laughin' in there?" (Page 52) Not only do we know that the spying is not just a 'Mae thing,' but we also have a pretty decent idea of the relationship that Gooper and Mae share. The audience can affectively make the assumption that the relationship with Mae and Gooper is drastically different from the relationship between Maggie and Brick or even Big Mama and Big Daddy. "That's right, boy, they look like a couple of cats on a hot tin roof. It's funny that you and Gooper being so different would pick out the same type of woman."(Page 41) This is the first similarity that we've seen between the two wives in the play and Brick is the first to point out that both women are after the same money from Big Daddy.

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The relationship between Brick and Big Daddy is a complicated one. Once everyone leaves the room and the two are alone, they begin to catch up on life. Brick explains to Big Daddy that they never lied to each other, but they've never made an effort to talk to each other. Big Daddy says that they can start now and Brick responds with, "Big Daddy, there don't seem to be anything much to say." (page 943) Brick's response to Big Daddy wanting to have a conversation with him suggests that the two were never really close and they never opened up to each other, and it was too late to start now for Brick. Based on the conclusion of their conversation, Brick was keeping something from Big Daddy and pulls their relationship farther apart.

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Brick, Maggie and Skipper share an incredibly unique relationship that shapes the story presented in the play. Maggie and Skipper, who did share intimate relations, were not romantically involved in each other. It could even be stated that they were using each other in a sense. Maggie even confessed to Brick that both she and Skipper knew that they were pretending the other was Brick. "Skipper and I made love, if love you could call it, because it made both of us fed a little bit closer to you." (Page 26)

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Maggie is a witty and outgoing woman who goes out of her way in attempts to get her husband Brick to acknowledge her existence. Every conversation with her husband is one-sided and the majority of the conversation on Brick's end is him pretending to listen to Maggie and most of the time he's proving to be terrible at that too as seen in the following quote from the script: "BRICK (wryly): Did you say something, Maggie?" (Page 4) Her efforts are consistently fruitless and she ends up hurt and increasingly annoyed every time. "It is constant rejection that makes her humor 'bitchy'"(Page 6) She clearly wants nothing more than affection from her husband but comes back empty handed every time. Maggie is exhausted and is begging for any effort from Brick, and is reaching her breaking point.

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At this point, Maggie is far passed the point of exhaustion. During the events of Act 2, the audience begins to see the anger and frustration from the past couple months fully seep through as a result of Brick's lack of compliance as well as his abusive tendencies. "Something's not right! You're childless and my son drinks!" (Page 20) Maggie has been harassed by multiple members of Brick's family on several occasions, and she knows that having children could help them into Big Daddy's will. In this portion of the act, Maggie shares that she desires to have a family with Brick. She explains that her doctor says that the pair can have children anytime that they desire and there is no reason not to. At this point the audience realizes that Maggie is long passed the point of desperation as she is nearly begging Brick to hear her out. Therefore they know that she is completely distraught and heartbroken when he utters the words: But how in hell on earth do you imagine-that you're going to have a child by a man that can't stand you? (Page 30)