Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Flashbacks 1 key example

Key Examples in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Act 1
Explanation and Analysis—Maggie and Skipper:

Toward the end of Act 1, Maggie enacts a flashback to the night she cheated on Brick with Skipper: 

MARGARET: The Dixie Stars lost because poor Skipper was drunk. We drank together that night all night in the bar of the Blackstone and when cold day was comin' up over the Lake an' we were comin' out drunk to take a dizzy look at it, I said, "SKIPPER! STOP LOVIN' MY HUSBAND OR TELL HIM HE'S GOT TO LET YOU ADMIT IT TO HIM!"--one way or another!