Lantana in Australia is a prickly weed that will grow almost any where. It grows like a web of thorns entangling any one who is drawn near. The movie "lantana" is exactly the same as the plant, as all the characters are 'intertwined' in some way. Valerie Somers, a character in the movie, falls victim to an entanglement of suspicion and lies which forms the battleground on which her relationship with John breaksdown. Although Valerie …showed first 75 words of 542 total…

…showed last 75 words of 542 total…it. The circumstances that have happened in Valerie's life leading to her sad demise affected her so much that meant not only was it affecting her at work, but her home life was becoming the 'battleground' that she was always afraid of. The break down she experienced through the death of her daughter and slow separation between her and her husband meant that the last couple of day of her life were very sad indeed.