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Maggie is desperate to have her husband love her once again. She has been chattering away about Brick’s brother, trying to charm and entertain her husband while he nurses a drink. She has been reminiscing about events of her teen years, and suddenly catches her husband looking at her. In this scene, she takes the opportunity to turn on her charm and try to seduce him--laying bare the antagonism and tension between the couple.
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MAGGIE: Why are you looking at me like that?
BRICK: (whistling softly) Like what, Maggie?
MAGGIE: The way y’ were lookin’ at me just now, befo’ I caught your eye in the mirror and you started t’ whistle! I don’t know how t’ describe it but it froze my blood!--I’ve caught you lookin’ at me like that so often lately. What are you thinkin’ of when you look at me like that?
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BRICK: (wryly) Why, thanks, Maggie.
MAGGIE: You’re the only drinkin’ man I know that it never seems t’ put fat on.
Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Signet Books, 1983, pp. 15-17.
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