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This thesis aims to investigate the central conflict of TennesseeWilliams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in terms of the power game. The majorconcern will focus on how each character struggles for the power ofdomination, namely, the economic privilege. The first chapter, the introduction of this thesis, covers the criticalevaluations concerning Cat, the controversies of the Third Act and the version being chosen for discussion, and the clarification of the power game.Chapter Two deals with the game among the female characters: Big Mama, Mae and Maggie, and the different maneuvers applied by each. Chapter Threeclarifies the relationships and the desires of the male characters: BigDaddy, Gooper and Brick, and how they influence the game. Chapter Fourdiscusses the interactions between the male and the female characters, andelaborates on power game in terms of the relationships between the threePollitt couples. The concluding chapter, Chapter Five summarizes themain ideas and extends the pursuit of the power game as the pursuit ofa dream.
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