Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof premiere date
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof premiere date
24 March 1955
Award won by Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Award won by Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Great Migration timeframe
Great Migration timeframe
1910-1970, six million Black Americans fled South
Lavender Scare definition
Lavender Scare definition
McCarthy-era persecution of homosexuals as security threat
Williams' theatrical style name
Williams' theatrical style name
Plastic theatre/poetic realism
Literary tradition Cat on a Hot Tin Roof belongs to
Literary tradition Cat on a Hot Tin Roof belongs to
Southern Gothic
Timeframe of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's action
Timeframe of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's action
Single sweltering Delta night in August
Maggie's speech pattern characteristic
Maggie's speech pattern characteristic
Rapid, intense bursts; machine-gun sensualism
Symbolic meaning of Brick's crutch click
Symbolic meaning of Brick's crutch click
Emotional shutdowns; escape from painful truths
Why dual versions of Act 3 exist
Why dual versions of Act 3 exist
Censorship pressures; Broadway required softer ending