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Character Analysis Big Mama

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Big Mama could also be described as a cat on a hot tin roof; she is an older version of Maggie (more hysterical, sloppy, needy). She is a short and vulgar, but a sincere woman who wears expensive, flashy gems. Much of this is an attempt to cover up the indignity she feels at her dejection of Big Daddy’s cruel jokes. She loves her husband in spite of his cold attitude to her. Despite the adversity she faces, Big Mama tries to keep her family together. She is aware that Gooper does not care much about his father, and she declines to sign the documents he has prepared. She loves both of her sons, but she indicatively prefers Brick, who is much like his father to Gooper. Her multitude of outbursts are a deliberate effort to avoid the truth about
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