Comic conventions in ’Educating Rita’ The 1980’s play Educating Rita by Willy Russel shows many of the main features of comedy. It involves two different societies clashing‚ for example. Rita‚ a hairdresser who comes from a working class family and is married to Denny whose aim in life is to have a baby‚ wants to get educated. She meets Frank‚ her tutor in the open University who comes from an upper class family. In the beginning‚ Rita appears to be the typical working class women. She is
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extends of an Individual freedom. This is explored in both the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell and "Pursuit Of Happiness" by Gabriele Muccino. In the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell‚ Frank is an alcoholic academic educator who has taken on the tutorship to pay for his drinks‚ and Rita‚ who is dissatisfied with her work and social life and seeks inner growth by signing up for an open university english course. Rita speaks in local dialect filled with slang and swearing which enables
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Exploring Transitions - Educating Rita Defining the concept Transition means to move from one situation or place into another different situation or place. The transition from one phase of life or social context into another can change the person who is moving as well as those they meet along the way. (How is this related to Educating Rita?) The process of transition can affect people in various ways. Some may be challenged or confronted by the experience while others may find the transition
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the World Speech “Explain how Educating Rita and Step Brothers portray the consequences of moving into the world” When a person moves into the world‚ they are often met with consequences for seeking this change. Willy Russell’s “Educating Rita” and Judd Apatow’s “Step Brothers” portray both positive and negative consequences of this change. Both protagonists experience the change of moving into a new life; however they are met with different consequences. Rita is first portrayed as a poorly
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Educating Rita An exploration through a variety of texts that deal with ‘aspects of growing up and transitions into new phrases of an individual’s life’. Connection to: Into the World * Rita moves from an ‘uneducated’ working class life to a tertiary educated life. * It is this transition with its positives and negatives that is to be focused upon. Positives of Transition * Discovery & Enlightenment: Rita discovers a new world far removed from her ‘restrictive’ world as a wife and
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Educating Rita – summary & themes Educating Rita‚ written by British playwright Willy Russell‚ was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company‚ and premiered at The Warehouse‚ London‚ in June 1980. The play went on to win the Society of West End Theatres award for Best Comedy in the same year. The play was adapted by Willy Russell into a 1983 award-winning film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. Setting The play takes place entirely in Frank’s office at a university in the North
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Educating Rita Setting The play takes place entirely in Frank’s office at a university in the North of England. The Playwright “I wanted to make a play which engaged and was relevant to those who considered themselves uneducated‚ those whose daily language is not the language of the university or the theatre. I wanted to write a play which would attract‚ and be as valid for the Ritas in the audience as well as the Franks.” Literary Elements Characters Frank – Frank is a middle aged‚ middle-class
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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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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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final scene of ‘Educating Rita’ that Rita has changed since the beginning of the play? ‘Educating Rita’‚ written by Willy Russell‚ follows the relationship between Rita‚ a young Liverpuldian working class hairdresser and Frank‚ a middle aged University lecturer. One of the main themes in the play has been conveyed: personal relationships. Rita is moulded by her tutor‚ Frank‚ and learns a great deal from him‚ whilst also teaching him in many ways. The play focuses on the way that Rita and Frank influence
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