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    Educeting Rita

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    Educating Rita‚ by Willy Russell‚ where Rita’s growth and change comes about with her education and experiences in her social‚ working-class life. A passage from "A Patch Of Blue” by Elizabeth Kata also demonstrate how new stages of experience can bring about risks and benefits in one’s life leading to a transition into a broader world. Growth and change often comes about when new stages of experience allow a transition ‘into the world’. This is illustrated in Educating Rita as Rita grows with

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    escape hearing the name "Rita Dove." In October of 1993‚ Ms. Dove’s poem Lady Freedom Among Us was published in a limited edition by Janus Press and became the 4 millionth piece collected by the University of Virginia Libraries. In 1994‚ she read the same poem at the Capitol building to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Capitol and the restoration of the Freedom Statue‚ which adorns the roof of the Capitol Building. This alone should be enough to prove that Rita Dove is probably one of the

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    Film Critique of “The Hurricane” David Hickox ENG 225 Jared Kline August 20‚ 2012 Film Critique of “The Hurricane” The movie‚ “The Hurricane” premiered in 1999 starring Denzel Washington and was directed by Jason Jewison. This film is based on a true story of Ruben “Hurricane” Carter. This film is based on a biography titled “Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter” that was written by James S. Hirsch (Jones‚ 2000). The story starts in the mid 60’s when racial prejudice was still

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    The Hurricane (Viewing Task) How well does the composer manipulate the audience to believe that Rubin Carter was wrongly accused based on racial discrimination (1000-1500 words) There are many ways the composer of the 1999 movie ‘ The Hurricane’ manipulates the audience to believe that Rubin Carter was wrongly accused based on racial discrimination. The key ways in which the composer does this is through the structure of the movie and the use of techniques such as non-linear structure and foreshadowing

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    exceeded 20 inches in multiple parishes causing catastrophic flooding that submerged over 100‚000 homes and businesses and killed 13 people. In portions of Baton Rouge and Lafayette accumulations peaked at 31.39 inches‚ which was more than during Hurricane Katrina and Isaac The National Weather Service rates it a 1-in-1000-year event! Governor John Edwards‚ called the disaster a “historic‚ unprecedented flooding event” and declared a state of emergency. Oh the wonderful‚ beautiful‚ loving‚ extremely

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    Educating Rita

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    Explore the way Rita is presented in the play ‘Educating Rita’ At the beginning of the play Rita decides to sign up for Open University course. She is bored with her job as a hairdresser and is in an unhappy marriage. Rita feels held back by her local community and believes that the only way to improve her life is through education. To begin with Rita believes that she needs to know “everything”. She tells Frank‚ her only tutor‚ that she does not visit the theatre or opera because she does not

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    and can be a personal change or be promoted by a mentor. In “Educating Rita” by Willy Russell‚ Frank promotes Rita to venture into his world of education in order for her for achieve the freedom and choice she desires‚ however Frank can also be a barrier for Rita at times. This change is not an easy change and comes at a cost. From early on in the play Willy Russell depicts the difference in class through the contrast of Rita and Frank. Rita’s language can been seen as informal‚ loose and lots of

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    play Educating Rita‚ demonstrates different pathways between the two protagonists‚ Frank and Rita and there coming ‘into the world’ journey. In the play Willy Russell uses visual techniques such as: positioning‚ colouring‚ facial expression‚ and symbols. The use of these techniques has allowed the composer to portray a better understanding of the play Educating Rita and how it represents the message of coming ‘into the world’. One of the main themes in Educating Rita is change. Rita want’s to move

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    educating rita

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    Educating Rita Discuss the ways in which an individual’s knowledge‚ values and beliefs develop as they travel into a new world. Transition is the process or period in which someone undergoes a change and passes from one stage to another. Within this time the individual is exposed to new experiences that allow them to grow in maturity and develop a broader understanding of themselves and others. However an individual’s past experiences may also challenge their existing knowledge‚ values and beliefs

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    How does the opening scene of ‘Educating Rita’ prepare the audience for the rest of the play? Willy Russell; the author of educating Rita was born in Whinston which is just outside Liverpool. When he was at five years old he moved to Knowsley. He went to a school just down the road from his Grandmas grocer. He took gardening up as a hobby and played football regularly. At eleven years old he went to a secondary school in Huyton. Then a year later he moved to Rainford School‚ when he was there

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