The End?

We should finish the book. I DID! What have happened in the story? Is there something what I have expected to happen? In the end of act two, Brick made a slip of tongue and told the truth about the Big Daddy's health. Big Daddy is shoked, but in my opinion he expected it. In the begining of act three Big Daddy saying: ALL LYIN'-DYIN'-LIARS!. Isn't that true? We live in a society where everybody says a lie! Now it is time to tell the actual truth about report from clinic to Big Mama. Margaret,Mae, Doctor Baugh and Gooper come to the room and call BM. They want to have a talk with her. They donn't want to talk laudly, because Big Daddy is in the house (and they dont know that he already knows it). Suddenly they told Big Mama the reality. "You told me and Big Daddy there wasn't a thing wrong with him but--". She is sad, disappointed and she cannot believe it! I found this information the hardest in this play. This is something nobody can imagine if you don't experience it. Generally this play is about money, fortune and insignificant things. This is the turn in the whole play. From now, everything changes into truth.
Big Mama: " Just a dream, a bad dream"=She refuse to admit the truth

But why do they tell it to Big Mama? Mae and Gooper are mendacious and all they want are money. When they reveal the secret from clinic, there is a talk between Maggie, Mae and Gooper. Mae is as usually annoying and tease Maggie with her "south" problem. Mae also allude to Brick infront of Maggie, because she wants her to become angry. But in fact Maggie protects him and shout at her. Mae is trying to make Gooper poor in eyes of Big Mama, but it doesn't work at all.
Why do Mae and Brick want to tell BM the truth alone? It is simple. They have prepared an trusteeship/ testament.

Gooper: "This we did as soon as we got the report on Big Daddy from th' Ochsner Laboratories. We did this thing, I mean we drew up this dummy outline with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Boa'd of Directors of th' Southern Plantahs Bank and Trust Company in Memphis, C.C. Bellowes, a man who gandles estates for all th' prominent fam'lies in West Tennessee and th' Delta."

Do you see it? All the organizations, names or banks? Well, I have to admit they prepared it very well. Mae and Gooper called it "preliminary outline which provide a basis-a design-a possible, feasible-plan!"
As I thought, Big Mama knows that Big Daddy doesn't want to give his property to Gooper and she refuses the testament.
Big Mama: "Oh, Brick, son of Big Daddy, Big Daddy does so love you. Y'know what would be his fondest dream come true? If before he passed on....you give him a child of yours, a grandson as much like his son as his son is like Big Daddy..."
After this converstation, Big Daddy comes. ( He knows about his cancer). I really like the phrase he says: " Which stawm are you talkin' about-th' one outsie or th' hullballoo in here". He says some story about young married couple. The only one who understand is Brick, nobody else has a clue what the hell Big Daddy talks about.
Big Daddy: " What is the smell in this room? Don't you notice it, Brick? Don't yo notice a powerful and obnoxious ador of mendacity in this room?" Big Daddy is great! He plays with their minds. Here we are, everybody is in a room, pretending love and truth.

Another lie? Is it possible? Yes in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Maggie has a special annoncement for Big Daddy. She is pregnant. This was the biggest wish of Big Daddy, do you remember? What a surprise she is pregnant ( by the way if you were readin my blog you know that she didn't sleep with Brick for a while). But it doesn't matter, because I'm on the side of Brick and Maggie. Big Daddy and Big Mama are satisfied and happy, but Mae and Gooper do not believe them at all. I have a bed new, nobody listen to them.
Mae:" That woman isn't prenant!
Gooper: "The doctor didn't. Doc Baugh didn't"
Margaret: I haven't gone to Doc Baugh.
Mae: " We know it's a lie because we hear you in here: he won't sleep with you, we here you! So don't imagine you're going to put a trick over on us, to fool a dying man with a--"
Maggie and Brick return to their room. Maggie tells him that it is the right day to conceive.

Brick: Yes I understand, Maggie. But how are you going to conceive a child by a man in live with his liquor?
Maggie: By locking his liquor up and making him satisfy my desire before I unlock it!
Brick: Is that what you've done, Maggie?
Maggie: Look and see. That cabinet's mighty empty compared to before!

....it continues. Maggie wants to get pregnant this night and she will do it.

What was your opinion about the end? Do you find this end typical? I would say.....read the book! I really like it :)