Maggie helps deliver the news to Big Mama that Big Daddy is dying. Maggie condemns the avarice and greed she sees around her. Maggie informs everyone she is pregnant. Maggie turns out the lights and removes the alcohol from the bedroom.
Where is the plantation in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Mississippi plantation
The setting for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a Mississippi plantation in the summer in the mid 1950s. Big Daddy, one of the main characters in the play, is the owner of the plantation. On the plantation is where cotton is picked. The 1950s is the time where the Civil Rights movement was in effect.
What was the secret in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
The other major lie in the film is that of Big Daddy's health. Big Momma and Gooper know that Big Daddy is actually dying of cancer. But they tell everyone else, including Big Daddy himself that he is fine and going to live. It is revealed toward the end of the play to Big Daddy last that he is in fact going to die.
What happened to skipper in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
In the play, Brick tells Big Daddy the story of Skipper's suicide. The play does not tell how Skipper died, just that he committed suicide. The reason Skipper killed himself is that he was in love with Brick. He tried to sleep with Maggie in the play to prove to her that he was not in love with Brick.
