setting -bricks bedroom with bed in the middle
Plantation home in the Mississippi Delta
Set in 1950
Plot elements - Introduction - Maggie and brick fighting
Gooper and Maes kids running about, Maggie wanting kids
Rising Action- Big Daddy has cancer, no one wants to tell him
Climax - brick telling big daddy has cancer
Falling Action or Resolution - Maggie tellseveryone she is pregnant
Stage directions - Informal and very personal
Characterization-
Brick - Drunk married to Maggie, hates her for having relationship with Skipper
Maggie- Bricks Wife, wants kids
Mae- Goopers wife, doesn’t like brick or maggie
Gooper- Bricks brother, doesn’t say much other that he is a lawyer
The Kids- They have silly names, Maggie does not like the kids.
Big Daddy- Owns plantation, has cancer
Big momma- Big daddy's wife rather eccentric
Symbols-
Crutch
liquor cabinet
kids
Themes- Family disfunction
Style- southern, lots of dialog
structure- three acts
literary devices- Illusion imagery
Dialog- Southern words, Mostly short sentences between two people except for Big daddys speech with Brick