Film Analysis: A Streetcar Named Desire

In the film, whatever happened to baby Jane, Jane went insane not only because she took care of her sister for such a long period of time, but because she was unable to follow her dreams. Since Jane was so preoccupied taking care of Blanche, she was not able to continue her acting career, which made her into a bitter alcoholic. It drove her mad knowing everything she has done for her sister had been for nothing because Blanche did not even appreciate all the years of Jane devoting her life to taking care of her. Blanche actually contemplating sending Jane to a nursing home and selling her home, which was what sent Jane over the edge. When Jane came up with the idea of starving her sister, she knew that there was nothing else for her to lose. …show more content…
Her passion for preforming was the only thing that kept her happy through everything she had went through. If it was not for her having to take care of Blanche all those years, she could have received all the attention she craved from her audience instead of being jealous that everyone loved her sister instead of her. Just like Jane, Blanche was passionate about preforming but of course being the jealous sister that she was, she was unable to see Jane happy and successful so she blamed the car accident on her. Knowing that her sister’s guilt would result in Jane taking care of her, she never told her the truth, not until she knew she was going to die. Their passion for performance as well as their bitter hatred for each other, drove them both mad resulting in a downfall that could have been …show more content…
Sometimes people act different because they do not like themselves, but does there comes a point where the self-hatred becomes so strong that an individual literally becomes someone else. In the film the talented Mr.Ripely, Tom truly hated his life of poverty and loneliness to the point where he completely became someone else. Tom’s passion was being someone else, as well as passionately hating himself. He took the first opportunity he could of leaving his home and attempting to imitate someone else. He was very talented at studying people’s behaviors, actions, and looks which was how he was so successful on becoming just like Dickie. It seems Tom has taught himself to study others and their signature which he most likely used for check fraud and identity theft. So since he has been practicing this type of fraud for a while it did not seem so hard to imitate someone’s