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 * Throughout the play //A Streetcar Named Desire// we see Blanche undergo a drastic transformation, or at least it seems that way. When she comes to visit her sister, she seems lady-like, elegant and even a little stuck-up. But as the story goes on she reveals more and more of her twisted personality that can barely be foreseen in the beginning. As she is trying to impress not only her sister but also her brother-in-law by making up stories about her past, we learn that she has a new lie ready for almost every situation. Because Blanche is awfully lonely and desperate for love, she goes from man to man, trying to find a way out of her misery.**

In Steve Bleasdell's painting you can see dry white thistles in front of several colored stripes. This reminds me of Blanche (blanche = white) who is thrown into many different situations throughout her life and even though she tries to overplay the fact that she can't handle most of them, she fails to fit in. This painting also displays that Blanche wasn't the innocent, young, and perfect person she pretended to be, but rather a weak and dried out version, that stung everyone who touched her, of what she wanted to be.

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