English Literature - 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams. Describe the relationship between Maggie and Brick. When the play opens, we are introduced to a "pretty young woman" who is "shouting." This woman, goes by the name of Margaret, and lets the audience know right from the beginning that if ever she has a problem, she'll let you know about it. As we read through the first Act of this three Act …showed first 75 words of 1715 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1715 total…summation of everything that has been brewing in this first Act. He responds by asking her very simply "how in hell on earth do you imagine - that you're going to have a child by a man that can't stand you?" And there it is. He can't stand her. Brick and Maggie's relationship is like a tiny little sailboat in the middle of a huge ocean during a storm - it may take a miracle.