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    Aristotle said that comedy is ‘’an imitation of inferior people’’. How far do you think that this applies to the character of Rita in the play ‘Educating Rita’? Educating Rita is a play that uses the colloquialism of the main protagonist‚ Rita‚ to create the comedy element for the audience when she is being tutored by Frank‚ an untypical university lecturer who works in the setting of 1980’s northern England. In interpreting the characteristics of Rita‚ it can be identified that comedy is indeed an imitation

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    SHORT STORY “EDUCATING RITA” A Literature Class and a “Social” Comedy It is a British movie based on a play written by Willy Russell that narrates the relationship of the two main characters: Susan (who asks to be called as Rita at the beginning of the story) and Dr. Frank Bryant. Susan is a young lady who belongs to the working-class‚ she works as a hairdresser and is about to get marry with her boyfriend‚ even though‚ after knowing Dr. Frank Bryan‚ she experiences a sense of freedom that leads

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    Educating Rita: Society‚ Education and Self-Reflection Usa Padgate * Abstract Educating Rita is a play written by Willy Russell‚ an English playwright from Liverpool. It was voted ‘Best Comedy of the Year’ when performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980. By 1983 it had risen to be the fourth most popular play on the British stage. In the same year it was transformed into a film and won the BAFTA Best Film Award as well as Academy Award nominations‚ proving its appeal and popularity

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    In Willy Russel’s play "Educating Rita‚" some marks of a love story are to be noticed between both characters. They each show marks of affection for each other. The main aspect of a love story is to have two characters of opposite sex‚ being attracted to one another. The attraction of two people especially deals with having a relationship. In "Educating Rita‚" this is not the case because only the male character is attracted to the female. In a love story‚ both characters are

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    mentally 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

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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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    Educating Rita Educating Rita By Armstrong Chikava Educating Rita written Willy Russel is a great play with a good dialogue. The play focuses on only two characters‚ Rita and her teacher Frank. Personally I like Rita’s personality even though I couldn’t really relate to her at all. Rita is portrayed as a working class woman but she wants to change herself and her class‚ it appears that she isn’t satisfied with who she is. During the play‚ she tries to break away from her social

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    Educating Rita- INTO THE WORLD Remember T.E.E Quotes Link both play and podcast together Introduction Thesis Include Educating Rita‚ 1985‚ Willy Russell Frank and Rita’s worlds are challenged by each other Talk about the podcast and how it links to ‘into the world’ Body one- Edu Rita Excel book! 1 quote from Rita 1 quote from Frank Metaphor “ I’m comin in‚ aren’t I? its that stupid bleedin handle on the door. You wanna get it fixed!”. This quote is important as it reflects

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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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    Into The World – ’Educating Rita’ Will Russell “Moving into an unfamiliar world will always be accompanied by challenges but such transitions create an environment for personal growth” People encounter different ways in which they encounter new stages of experience that bring about change and growth in their life‚ these aspects of personal growth and transitions into the the world or new phases of an individuals life is clearly evident in Willy Russell’s text ’Educating Rita’ and the two related

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