“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” by Tennessee Williams explores two comparable, but different characters, Maggie and Brick. The character of Maggie comes from a poor family; he is a solitary, sociable, jealous, seductive, devious, cunning and greedy person. While Brick comes from a rich family and is lonely, he has a sense of guilt, he is an alcoholic, antisocial and a coward when it comes to problems. Brick and Maggie grew up with incredibly opposite lifestyles that helped shape them into the people they are today. Brick was born into a wealthy family, living on a 28,000-acre plantation. He experienced a life of luxury and had butlers and maids to take care of him and do all the household chores. Maggie on the other hand was an old-fashioned redhead who came from a poor and humble family, who had to do everything herself. Brick and Maggie both have a sense of loneliness; however, Brick actually instigated feelings of loneliness in both characters for different reasons. Brick instigates Maggie's loneliness due to his hatred towards her, and the consequence of her husband's hatred results in neglect, inattention, and rejection when she tries to seduce him, which makes her feel alone. While Brick generated his loneliness when he lost his friend Skipper; he built a wall to hide behind and hide all his emotions. Brick has an attribute of guilt and can be considered an emotionally broken man. Shortly before Skipper died, Skipper proclaimed his feelings of sexual attraction to Brick via a phone call. This was Brick's last conversation with his best friend and his guilt stems from hanging up the phone because his manhood was now threatened. Brick represses all his feelings about the situation and becomes an emotional ... middle of paper ... raises the locker and does not allow Brick to have a drink until they have made love. If she were pregnant, Maggie was sure the plantation would be left to Brick; the favorite son. Brick wasn't the greedy type, but Maggie showed some greed when she felt she could secure their place as the family's heir to the plantation if she were with a child. Maggie and Brick show how similar they are in their lives in both cases. they are solitary individuals, but it is their differences that make them such a fascinating couple. They always say that opposites attract and that Maggie and Brick differ in social skills, sexual nature, way of dealing with problems, jealousy, greed, guilt and alcohol use. Works Cited Williams, Tennessee. “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Connections: Literature for Composition. Q. Miller and J. Nash. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2008 843-858. Press.