“Rita and Frank appear to be at opposite poles” Discuss this statement with lose reference to scenes one to five. You must include quotes and stage directions. In the play “educating Rita” written by Willy Russel it is clear that frank and Rita appear to be at opposite poles. This is apparent throughout scenes on to fine within the dialogue and stage directions featured in the play. At the beginning of the play Rita presents herself as an obnoxious‚ un-educated twenty-six year old women with
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Scene one and TwoThe major characters and situations are laid out. The plot revolves around the new leader’s treatment of sexual offenses‚ particularly fornication‚ which is considered a sin. The characters also fit into groups depending on their opinions about sexual behavior. Claudio is the middle-of-the-road thinker‚ not involved in prostitution and possessing only noble beliefs about his relationship with Juliet‚ but unable to prevent himself from desiring her sexually and therefore culpable
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murder‚ until his final downfall. This scene details Macbeth’s first soliloquy‚ in which he decides not to follow through with their plan of regicide‚ and the remainder of the scene consists of his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ arguing with him to change his mind. Lady Macbeth uses emotive language in contrast to he husband’s logically thought out reasoning‚ and appeals to his sense of honour in his own masculinity by insulting it. Before Lady Macbeth enters the scene‚ Macbeth decides against the plan of
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"Educating Rita" is the semi-autobiography of playwright Willy Russell. The play was inspired by Russell’s experiences at evening classes. Much of the comedy arises from Rita’s fresh‚ unschooled reaction to the classics of English literature. But she is never patronized by the Russell‚ who recognizes from his own experience that education is a means of escape from one’s own circumstances. "Educating Rita" takes the lives of two people on the opposite ends of the social spectrum and brings them together
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Shoshana Ginsbury Act Four Scene One: Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the tragedy of the play as a whole This extract is from Act Four‚ Scene One of William Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Othello. In terms of the five-act tragic structure‚ it is part of the fourth act- the ‘falling action’‚ during which the conflict of the play unravels‚ and the direction of the ending is made clear. In this extract‚ an arguable turning point is reached when Othello slaps Desdemona‚ and his hatred
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In act 1 scene 2 of “Hamlet” the character Hamlet speaks his first soliloquy which reveals his innermost thoughts and feelings to the audience. In this soliloquy Hamlet’s unstable state of mind is evident as well as his feelings of despair about his father’s death and his disgust of his mother’s remarriage to his uncle Claudius. Hamlet’s hatred for his uncle is shown through harsh comparisons between Claudius and his late father. This soliloquy takes place after Claudius has begun his reign as king
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How does Shakespeare portray Lady Macbeth’s state of mind in her first speech (“The raven was hoarse…”) and how does the speech relate to the plays concerns with ambition? Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy (Act I scene 5 lines 37-52) provides a vivid insight into her twisted state of mind as she creates initial plans to murder Duncan in order to fulfill the prophecy the witches made and have Macbeth become the King. The first lines of the speech reveal her first dark thoughts on killing Duncan. “The
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Sample units of work Year 7‚ Year 8‚ Year 9‚ GCSE Globe Education Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet by Georghia Ellinas and Michael Jones Year 7: Romeo meets Juliet Year 8: What’s in a name? Year 9: Father or Lover? GCSE: The presentation of conflict in Romeo and Juliet Sample units of work using Globe Education Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet The sample units of work offer possible routes through the resources in a way that builds confidence and skills
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Enc. 1102.217 Literary Review Shakespeare “Othello” Act IV Scene 1: Summary Enter Iago and Othello with Iago almost forcing the Moor to imagine his wife and Cassio together intimately. Iago then begins to ask about the loss of the handkerchief‚ as if to add fuel to the fire‚ saying that if Desdemona could in fact give away the handkerchief so freely what else could she give away just as easily. Othello had completely forgotten all about the matter with the handkerchief
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One of the longest and most memorable scenes is in scene eight. In this scene‚ Bobby is talking to the priest. The whole conversations about twenty-four minutes in length. The two men converse back and forth exchanging stories and jokes. After this goes on for a while‚ Bobby tells the priest he intends to begin a hunger strike. This time‚ however‚ he won’t repeat the mistakes of the last hunger strikers. He said the last strike was too emotional and this time he and the men will start consecutively
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