When re-visualized from this perspective, the figures of Brick and Maggie are construable as secondary repressions of the relationship between Jack and Peter. 41. Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.(New York: Signet, 1958), 45.42.******************************************************************* In the first act of Cat on a Hot tin Roof, Tennessee Williams correlated Brickâs homophobia with Maggieâs violation of Brickâs homo-social bond with Skipper.