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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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 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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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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“Rita and Frank appear to be at opposite poles” Discuss this statement with lose reference to scenes one to five. You must include quotes and stage directions. In the play “educating Rita” written by Willy Russel it is clear that frank and Rita appear to be at opposite poles. This is apparent throughout scenes on to fine within the dialogue and stage directions featured in the play. At the beginning of the play Rita presents herself as an obnoxious‚ un-educated twenty-six year old women with
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EDUCATING RITA Significant experiences in people’s lives provide opportunities for growth and development. Going ‘into the world’ means moving from familiar experiences to new horizons. When going from familiar experiences to new ones‚ obstacles are usually overcome before being totally successful. Individuals might be given advice and/or guided through the transformation to reaching new horizons. Great rewards and opportunities also come about while going through the process of growth and development
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Willy Russel’s 1985 play Educating Rita is a story of a women’s struggle escape her repetitive boring working class life and move into a wider‚ educated world. Russel uses characters‚ settings and many techniques to effectively explore this potentially difficult topic in an interesting and entertaining way. ‘Into the world’ is a potentially difficult topic in that it involves person‚ life-changing events that may become hard for the audience to relate to or understand. Russel avoids these problems
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Into The World Essay Educating Rita by Willy Russel is a play that is centrally based upon the main character‚ Rita‚ moving from one world to another‚ hence ‘Into the World’. Through exploring other related texts‚ various ideas and themes become present. The novel ‘The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath’ by Philip Carlo‚ the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ and the song ‘Move on Up’ by Curtis Mayfield explore the growth and experiences of each protagonist in their transition from one world to another
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