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: “... …

…the obvious ‘cat’ in the play, but to a certain extent many other characters are too, both physically and morally. For instance, Mae can be compared to the title for several reasons. The first of which is the reality that she must stay ‘at the top’. This can be comparable to the cat not only wanting to stay ‘cool’, but to retain its high status simultaneously. The physicality’s of both characters are metaphorically unified