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    individuals are faced with a range of consequences. The play Educating Rita by Willy Russell and Ian Mudie’s poem My father began as a god demonstrates that moving into the world could be from the character’s choices‚ transitions‚ social class which are shown through symbolism‚ metaphors and dialogue. Rita has been faced with many consequences with her fixated desire to seek new experiences; this is firstly shown through her name change from Susan to Rita‚ indicating the aspiration to change herself to a

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    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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    change.The process of moving away from the past and entering a new world is a complex one that involves sacrifice‚ change and a sense of unknown.The movement into a new world may be physical‚ emotional or psycholigcal as evident in Willy Russel’s ’ Educating Rita’. Similarly a newspaper article ’ A Getting Of Wisdom’ published on March 3rd 2007‚ an Indigenous boy expericens mental and emotional obstacles throughout his life which he eventually overcomes by accepting challenges. With the help of a tutor

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    expectations and context. Willy Russell’s educating Rita explores the transitions of the characters Rita and Frank through their intellectual and emotional growth as people through the overcoming of challenges‚ leading to a change in attitude‚ views‚ and ideas. Shrinking women composed by Lily Myers showcases her transition into a new phase of her life through her observation of gender expectations and stereotypes present in society that are subconsciously

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    Into The World Essay Educating Rita by Willy Russel is a play that is centrally based upon the main character‚ Rita‚ moving from one world to another‚ hence ‘Into the World’. Through exploring other related texts‚ various ideas and themes become present. The novel ‘The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath’ by Philip Carlo‚ the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ and the song ‘Move on Up’ by Curtis Mayfield explore the growth and experiences of each protagonist in their transition from one world to another

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    ducating rita How does Willy Russell show change in the main character in Educating Rita?   Educating Rita is a drama which was first published as a play in 1983‚ written by Willy Russell; subsequently‚ it was made into a film which quickly became a box-office hit. The play consists of a particular theme (education) and it explores the processes that inflict change upon the main character Rita.   The content of the storyline was considered to be quite controversial and diverse for it’s time

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    When someone moves into the world there are many challenges they must overcome such as attitudes‚ individuals and beliefs. In the play ‘Educating Rita’ written by Willy Russel and ‘Gran Torino’ directed by Clint Eastwood‚ beliefs‚ attitudes and individuals are challenged. The protagonists have had to question their attitudes and beliefs before they could move ahead into the new world. The main ideas that are experienced are family‚ sacrifice and choice. Some of the techniques are symbolism‚ transition

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    their life and they need to take their place in society. I will be talking about the play educating Rita by Willy Russel and relating it to the movie pretty woman by Garry marshal. In educating RitaRita wants to change. She is being pressured by her husband Denny‚ to stay the same “he’s blind‚ he doesn’t want to see”. He’s happy living in the same old suburb watching the same old BBC programs‚ whereas Rita wants to discover herself. This discovery comes in the form of education. She wants to learn

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    Willy Russel’s 1985 play Educating Rita is a story of a women’s struggle escape her repetitive boring working class life and move into a wider‚ educated world. Russel uses characters‚ settings and many techniques to effectively explore this potentially difficult topic in an interesting and entertaining way. ‘Into the world’ is a potentially difficult topic in that it involves person‚ life-changing events that may become hard for the audience to relate to or understand. Russel avoids these problems

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    Educating Rita Essay In this essay I am going to talk about act 1 scene 1 from the play Educating Rita which was written by novelist Willy Russell. Willy Russell was born in 1947‚ Whiston‚ Liverpool. Willy comes from a working class background. And upon leaving school at the age of 15 with one O-level in English‚ he became a ladies hairdresser for 6 years and ran his own salon‚ Which he said helped him become a good listener. He then had numerous jobs‚ including writing songs that he preformed

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