CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

like a cat on a hot tin roof: meaning

THE PLAY (1955 Pulitzer Prize winner)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (1955)

The author.

TWFEST: Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literaty Festival (March 30 - April 3 2016).

Sparknotes study guide.

LitCharts visual study guide.

Main themes:

 Lies (Mendacity!!!)
 Unrequited Love and Sexuality
 Death
 Difficulty of Communication
 Memory, Nostalgia, Regret
 Wealth

SYMBOLS

BROADWAY 's production with Scarlett Johansson (2008)

THE FILM (1958)

MAGGIE: "I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof"
BRICK: "Then, jump off the roof, Maggie, jump off it"

Can you notice the musical rhythm of the Southern American accent?
MAGGIE: "I don't mind making a fool of myself over you"

Mendacity scene:

I Wish I Was In Dixie Land (Confederate Anthem)

Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten.
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land!

In Dixie Land, where I was born in,
early on one frosty mornin'.
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land!

I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand,
to live and die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!

There's buckwheat cakes and Injun batter,
Makes you fat or a little fatter.
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land

Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel.
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land

I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand,
to live and die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!