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    Educating Rita

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    Scene I: Close up of Frank in his office in Australia (The lights come up on Frank seated in the swivel chair at the desk and he smiles as he opens his video message) G’day Rita‚I ‘m Frank. Time has gone by so quickly and I have been in Australia for one year already. I have missed you so much. How have you been? Thank you for your encouragement. Now I am continuing to write poems using the pen you gave to me. I believe that I need to respect myself and live up to your expectations. I work at

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    • “It’s not their fault; they can’t help it. But sometimes I hate them. God‚ what’s it like to be free?” • “Frank: Do you know Yeats? Rita: The wine lodge? Frank: Yeats the poet. Rita: No” • “They come to the hairdreser’s cos they wanna be changed. But if you want to change y’ have to do it from the inside‚ don’t y? Know like I’m doin’.” • “I’m not‚ y’ know‚ confident like‚ but I wanna be‚ honest.” • “I think you’re marvellous. Do you know‚ I think you’re the first breath of

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    Acts of terrorism are present in modern day life and have been going on for centuries. John Brown’s warlike tactics at Pottawatomie Creek and again in Harper’s Ferry were acts of terrorism. He had an evil mind and chose to bring harm to the innocent instead of addressing his beliefs in a civil way. Brown purposely brought violence upon many people of the state with his goal to abolish slavery. John Brown believed that he was chosen by God to destroy slavery and start a holy war. Brown’s violent

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    Educating Rita

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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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    Fannie Mae Case

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    Fannie Mae case. Federal regulators noted a growing string of high profile scandals at major U.S. corporations in recent years. The number of fraud cases investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission jumped 41 percent in the last three years (112 cases in 2001 compare to 79 cases investigated in 1998)‚ resulting in tens of millions of dollars in fines to settle the charges. I have decided to take a closer look at Fannie May. This company operates in the residential mortgage finance industry

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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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    Rita was reaching for a better life‚ as she was frustrated with the limitations that her old life had to offer her. Rita wanted to close the gap that existed between the world she had lived in all her life and the richer world that she had aspired to live within. Rita desired to find herself through education with Franks help. In making this transition into the new world Rita resulted in change‚ both physically and mentally. The setting of this scene takes place in Frank’s office. This room serves

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    Infant and Rita

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    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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    Educating Rita

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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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    Mortgage Association (FNMA) (NYSE: FNM)‚ commonly known as Fannie Mae‚ is a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress in 1968 as a government sponsored enterprise (GSE)‚ but founded in 1938 during the Depression. Contrary to some beliefs‚ Fannie Mae does not make home loans directly to consumers‚ but rather functions as an intermediary in the U.S. secondary mortgage market. By purchasing and securitizing mortgages‚ Fannie Mae facilitates liquidity in the primary mortgage market by ensuring

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