

This is basically due to the impact of social stigma (hatred), and in the final analysis, all the psychological problems mentioned here are in turn cause by the social stigma.

He is also a schizoid who is psychologically and morally paralyzed. He is somewhat bisexual and somewhat narcissistic. His paradoxical situation, and his inability to speak out and to live a normal life, is supposed to 'expose' the problem of the lives of homosexuals of the time, rather than illustrate or suggest a solution.

Brick's story of conflict, suffering and the mind-breaking impact of social stigma is the problematic of the play.
