Universalism and Mendacity - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I ordain pluck down the winter field along with the summer put up; the kins adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished, declargons the LORD (Amos 3:15). I first encountered the phrase, watering down the great house, as a description of Faulkners writings on typo and metaphorical dilapidation of the plantation ethos. It derives from a Biblical repeat on Gods punishment of the Israelites idolatrous transgressions. In the plantation context, the great house is the plantation that serves as a constant metaphor for hypocritical artifice of perfection and brilliance amidst decay. Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot pot Roof, part down the great house, by problematizing the antiquated stereotype of the southern gentleman, and its heteronormative implications. However, Williams true genius lies in his redefinition of the, great house, as non one and only(a), but a general system of houses plagued by mendacity. The selected quotes are the final stage lines from, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, that summarize the inevitability of mendacity, as a plague that is non specific to the South, but an autochthonous human institution at bottom a succinct closing statement.\nIn the third act, Mae, Gooper, and Maggie contest for the remains of tremendous tonics economic empire. Maggie presents Big Daddy with the news of her threatening pregnancy, an obvious lie, but one to Big Daddys great pleasure. Though witting of Maggies falsification, Brick acquiesces through his silence. This brisk silence establishes complicity and underscores positive betterment in Bricks birth to Maggie by signaling his renew support via the perceptibly valiant gesture (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, act as 3, pg. 171). As the couples drift hold to their respective rooms, Maggie hides the alcohol and hurls Bricks crutch over the rail to tumble him beneath her unrestricted sexual advances. However, Maggies act of removal, though physically compellin...