government security officer—the boy Tendai‚ his younger sister Rita‚ and their little brother Kuda. They were kidnapped on a trip through the city‚ and have just escaped from a toxic waste dump‚ where they were enslaved by a monstrous woman called the She Elephant. NARRATOR 2: Now‚ while they wait for their chance to go home‚ they enjoy the beauty and idyllic life of Resthaven—or at least‚ Tendai does. Rita has a different view of it. * * * RITA: (upset) It’s all right for you. You’re a boy. You get
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understand why ‘Educating Essex’ represents teenagers in this such way to society today‚ it only makes an impression of them‚ that “all Britain’s teenagers are goby‚ impolite‚ spoilt and lacking enough self-discipline to interact with anyone.” This supports stereotypes of modern reckless teens‚ when in reality “the majority of Britain’s teenagers are interesting‚ polite and simply brilliant young people quietly going about the business of creating a bright future for themselves.” On ‘Educating Essex’ I
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Within Educating Rita it could be argued that Russell is trying to depict an aspect of conflict within class and culture in the UK- the play itself being in the context of the country during the 1980’s where the rise of Thatcherism grasped many industrialised areas of Britain‚ thus Russell attempts to depict the importance of education with in this era to those who wanted to escape from the lower end of the social scale. This directly affects one of the two characters in the play‚ Rita. Who- due
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Part I: Scansion and Analysis This essay presents analysis on the poem titled Describe Yourself in Three Words or Less‚ written by Rita Dove. The poem is a perfect example of a thematic mode in poetry. When you first read the poem‚ you hardly know what the writer is trying to say or what she’s even talking about. After reading the poem numerous times you start to grasp an understanding of the theme‚ that’s where the thematic mode comes in. Symbolism is also presented in this poem. “then I sing to
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Educating Rita is a comical play written by Willy Russell in 1982. The play is set in the 1970s where social issues revolving around traditional family values and the roles of men and women are starting to change. The play is based around Rita White who is dissatisfied with her life and wants to transform herself. Throughout the play Rita start to change and realise that education cannot solve everything. Rita is a twenty six year old‚ uneducated Liverpool hairdresser. She has decided to enrol on
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Educating Rita is the tale of one working class women ’s struggle to find an escape to a boring‚ repetitive life and to find new things to conquer. To acheive this she begins university on a literature course despite the discouragement from family and baby-obsessed husband Denny. The play features only two characters‚ Rita and Frank. Frank- a middle class‚ well-educated‚ eloquent professor and Rita‚ an abrupt‚ crude excuse for a lady with no regard for or more precise‚ no knowing of social nouce
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Educating Rita: Important Quotations Below is a selection of some of the best quotations from ‘Educating Rita’. Learn approximately 10 which cover various ideas- i.e. Rita’s struggle‚ Denny‚ Frank’s problems etc. “I’m comin in‚ aren’t I? It’s that stupid bleedin handle on the door. You wanna get it fixed!” – Symbolises Rita’s struggle to enter academic world. "Everything I know--and you must listen to this--is that I know absolutely nothing." "Do you think it’s erotic...Look at those
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Aislinn Beam Sociology 12/04/11 Educating Girlsk‚ Unlocking Development The importance of educating girls is such a diverse subject in multiple Countries. Why is it such an importance to bring up educating our young girls Of today. In an overdraft educating young girls help bring up our economic Society in the long run according to Ruth Levine. Girls will benefit so much more in today life by receiving a secondary education. It’s already known to us that by
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Educating Rita True comedy explores themes as serious and important as appear in any tragedy. Demonstrate to what extent Educating Rita contains serious and important themes as well as being a comic play. Willy Russell’s play entitled ‘Educating Rita’ is a dark and comic drama set within the confines of a University classroom. The play features two characters‚ Frank a troubled lecturer who has grown disillusioned with his existence‚ and Rita‚ a working class Liverpudlian with a thirst for
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In the article "The Argument of Comedy‚” Northrop Frye identifies two forms of ancient Greek comedy: Old Comedy‚ as in the plays of Aristophanes‚ and New Comedy‚ known primarily from the plays of Menander. Old Comedy‚ as Frye points out‚ is so out of date that when we speak of comedy today‚ we are referring to New Comedy. Fry argues that Shakespeare’s comedies are neither Old nor New Comedy‚ but have elements of both. Frye opines that New Comedy mainly comes from what he describes as a comic Oedipus
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