Act 3

• Lies become true: "And so tonight we're going to make the lie true" (Maggie)
• The Lie: "Brick and I are going to - have a child!" (Maggie)..."Maggie! Brick! This is too good to believe!" (Big Mama)
• Literal/metaphorical crutch: “He reaches for his crutch but she beat him to it and rushes out on the gallery, hurls the crutch over the rail and comes back in, panting” (Stage Directions)