Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Dialect 1 key example

Key Examples in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Act 2
Explanation and Analysis—American Southern English:

Williams works to capture the dialect of the American South in the 1950s, especially in the older characters of Big Daddy and Big Mama. Take this example from Act 2: 

BIG DADDY: QUIET!—I ast you, Brick, if you was cuttin' you'self a piece o' poon-tang last night on that cinder track? I thought maybe you were chasin' poon-tang on that track an' tripped over something in the heat of the chase—'sthat it?