life and new social context? LUCY CUI The exploration into a new phase of life and social context is exhibited through the intellectual growth of the characters through challenges brought on by social expectations and context. Willy Russell’s educating Rita explores the transitions of the characters Rita and Frank through their intellectual and emotional growth as people through the overcoming of challenges‚ leading to a change in attitude‚ views‚ and ideas. Shrinking women composed by Lily Myers
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Educating Prisoners An Unnecessary Effort Crime knows no bound‚ no race‚ no social status‚ no gender. In prisons‚ all criminals are criminals‚ whether they have committed felony‚ rape or assault. White-collar crimes are the same as any other crime. Still‚ most inmates are from the middle class and lower class of our society. However‚ committing crime‚ and what kind of crime‚ is still the choice of the person‚ whether he has attained a formal education‚ a higher degree of learning or not
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When someone moves into the world there are many challenges they must overcome such as attitudes‚ individuals and beliefs. In the play ‘Educating Rita’ written by Willy Russel and ‘Gran Torino’ directed by Clint Eastwood‚ beliefs‚ attitudes and individuals are challenged. The protagonists have had to question their attitudes and beliefs before they could move ahead into the new world. The main ideas that are experienced are family‚ sacrifice and choice. Some of the techniques are symbolism‚ transition
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everyone‚ physically and mentally and it can happen at any time. As a person grows up they enter another phase of their life and they need to take their place in society. I will be talking about the play educating Rita by Willy Russel and relating it to the movie pretty woman by Garry marshal. In educating Rita‚ Rita wants to change. She is being pressured by her husband Denny‚ to stay the same “he’s blind‚ he doesn’t want to see”. He’s happy living in the same old suburb watching the same old BBC programs
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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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looking at certain issues or points relating into the world. What we don’t realise in the 21st century is that year 12 students studying supplementary material in standard English may find it difficult to understand and come to terms with it. ‘Educating Rita’ 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. Perhaps Willy Russell’s attitude towards his work might partly explain
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New phases of experience frequently bring about growth and change in one’s life. As one experiences new stages in their life‚ change is an inherent part of moving ‘into the world’. Willy Russell’s play Educating Rita‚ shows us that attitude is important for change and growing ‘into the world’. The new experiences can be problematic but it’s up to the individual to prevail and conquer. It demonstrates to us that change involves taking risks leading to positive consequences of change. Opening
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Educating Rita Quotation Act one Scene 1 1. Rita: “Do you get a lot of students like me?” Frank: “Not exactly‚ no...” 2. Rita: “You work for the ordinary university‚ don’t y’? With the real students.” 3. Rita: “If I pack the course in I’ll post it to y’.” 4. Rita: “But if you want change y’ have to do it from the inside.” 5. Frank: “I think you’re the first breath of air that’s been in this room for years.” 6. Frank: “I think you’re marvellous
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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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Prisoners of War (POWs): In international law‚ term used to designate incarcerated members of the armed forces of an enemy‚ or noncombatants who render them direct service and who have been captured during wartime.1 This definition is a very loose interpretation of the meaning of Prisoners of War (POWs). POWs throughout history have received harsh and brutal treatment. Prisoners received everything from torture to execution. However‚ in recent times efforts have been made to reduce these treatments
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