![]() He is uninterested in his wife and treats her cruelly, belittling her love and that of his other son, Gooper. He worked hard for economic success, and now he wants to enjoy it. Big Daddy, like Brick, is the sort of man who inspires admiration and adoration without doing much of anything to deserve it. "Like father, like son," is the rule of the Pollitt family. Despite her self-focused interests, she is also kind and warm-hearted. She is deathly afraid of abandonment, both by Brick and by the comfortable lifestyle to which she has grown accustomed. ![]() Her one driving goal is to get Brick to sleep with her – both to satisfy her own needs, and to allow her to conceive a baby, which would cement her claim to the Pollitt family's fortune. Maggie is a vivacious and attractive woman whose curse is a love for a husband who does not love her. A rise can still be coaxed out of Brick, however, when he is goaded about Skipper. Since the death of his friend Skipper, Brick has retreated into a drunken shell, and the only emotions that he can express are disgust and boredom. ![]() His good looks and cool aloofness have won him admirers his whole life, from his own parents to his wife Maggie, despite his inability to reciprocate their affections. ![]() ![]() A taciturn and stony-faced drunk, Brick is too numb to feel much of anything anymore. ![]()
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