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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Jennifer Sebik EC2-1PM Essay #4- “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” April 13th, 2004 The dominant morality in Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” can not be discussed in terms of a single, easy-to-understand theme. Rather, I detected a number of disturbing themes in this play which, unfortunately, also seem to be present in our modern society. These themes explain much of the behavior we see today, both in our elected officials and in our own private lives. They include the willingness to engage in back-stabbing and flattery to get what we want, the attempt to escape reality by indulging in alcohol and drugs, the tendency for married couples to remaining together in meaningless or even violent relationships, and the tendency of people who become materially wealthy to turn into evil people. One of the most obvious moral conflicts in “Cat on a Hot Tin roof” is visible in the campaign by Gooper and Mae to gain the favor of Big Daddy, while at the same time discrediting Brick and Margaret. They try to twist the facts in order to portray themselves to Big Daddy as the most qualified heirs for the inheritance. For instance, hot, cat, tin, roof, people, margaret, brick, big, because, society, world, play, moral, dominant, daddy, way, today, take, should, married, life, abuse, williams’, while, together, time, think, themes, theme, tendency, sort, seem, relationship, own, out