Form and Structure in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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Form and Structure in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Structure- Cat on a hot tin roof isn't a very structured play, in this traditional sense. A normal play has scenes, which divided up acts, but since there's usually so much commotion on stage they would be pointless. If you have to analyse it, it probably would be easier to break the acts down. It has acts, but the only other way it can be divided up is by when people enter an act. Another way the play can be divided is by getting the act's and dividing them into three. There is continuous action most of the time, however there are some pauses put in deliberately. The continuous action's probably the best way and only way to compare it to a normal family. It shows that the family, like most real-life families never stop fighting, playing, and being around each other's usually a pain. The best place to compare the action is at the beginning of the two different act three's. The original act three is more relaxed, there's a lot less panic about the conversation. Now look at the Broadway version. . There's more shouting more rushing