Educating Rita – work undertaken by students –how growth and change (and obstacles to these) are explored in Act 1 Scene 1: * Door- ‘Stuck in a rut’. A barrier making a struggle to start a new beginning and put a divide between her old world and new world. ‘ Open one door‚ close another’. The door is a sign for Rita to re-think whether she really does want a change in her life and whether she really is ready to make a change. * Language- Dialogue revealing the different classes between
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prescribed text will be Educating Rita by Willy Russel while my three related texts that I have chosen area film called the secret life of Walter Mitty‚ a poem Listening to Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney and last is Another loser has-been fades
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http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FGA72pS2dhkC&pg=PA96&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false Witness by Peter Weir This unit was prepared by Peter Yorke‚ St Marys Senior High School. About the film and director Film genre Story and plot Characters Setting Issues and themes Film techniques in Witness Camera placement Editing Close study of two important sequences Other techniques Writing tasks References About the film and director Witness is an
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and reads the inscription aloud; Frank: I’m gonna be dead clever ear and say ‘Education is not the filling of a bucket‚ but the lighting of a fire.’ W B Yeats. You lit my fire Frank. Maybe you’ll understand this now... Rita Frank: W B Yeats‚ Thanks for reminding me Rita ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’ springs to mind again! The musings of a middle aged man like myself. I lost the appetite for being a poet long ago and now all I have left is nothing except the acrid taste of whisky in my mouth.
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Evaluating Educating Rita Educating Rita tells a story of a 26-year-old married hairdresser‚ Rita‚ who decided to get education by taking a course in English literature from the Open University. Through the development of the relationship between Rita and her alcoholic and cynical tutor‚ Frank‚ this story brings up many concepts in adult development and education. After watching the movie‚ I have a further understanding of the concepts of changes‚ motivation to learn‚ freedom‚ and stability. Rita is a
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Educating Rita Question: How is the concept of belonging presented in Educating Rita? Extract One: Act 1 Scene 1 Willy Russell explores the concept of belonging in the first scene of Educating Rita through language and dramatic techniques. It is evident from the moment that Frank and Rita meet that their perceptions of belonging are vastly different. Rita’s entrance‚ "I’m comin’ in‚ aren’t I? It’s that stupid bleedin’ handle on the door. You wanna get it fixed!" shocks both Frank and the audience
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individual. Concept and meaning of “Into the World” are explored in the play “Educating Rita’s Act 1 scene 5 and Act 2 scene 7” by Willy Russell and the science fiction masterpiece‚ “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley. The transitional journey often can be difficult and challenging. The two protagonists‚ Rita and Frank‚ undergo a transformation process involving personal growth and self-awareness. In Act 1 Scene 5‚ Rita emphasis how important the course is to her as shown in the quotes‚ “I’m busy enough
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The China Coin By Allan Baillie A half of a broken coin is the only connection Leah and her mother Joan have with their lost family in China. They discover not only their extended family‚ but also their extensive family history. This ultimately gives them a sense of identity and belonging‚ which brings a positive change in both of them. At the beginning of the narrative it is clear Leah’s relationship with her mother Joan is tensed‚ since she refers to her as the ‘evil aunt’ and ‘Joan’. It is
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or cultural identity will intensify their sense of belonging or not belonging. In the novel‚ the China Coin‚ by Allan Baillie‚ explores how personal and cultural identity of the protagonist‚ Leah Waters‚ could be changed from alienation of not belonging to acceptance of belonging by experiencing physical and inner journeys. In the beginning of the novel‚ Leah senses alienation and distanced toward China as she identify herself as an Australian instead of a Chinese. The monologue from Leah’s mind‚ ‘Couldn’t
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China Coin Politics in Children’s Novels: The China Coin by Suzanne Wilson Novels for children which encompass notions about history‚ about culture‚ and about politics‚ have been around ever since a ’children’s literature’ was recognised as something distinct from books for adults. Indeed it is difficult to imagine something more political in its content and aspirations than Charles Kingsley’s The Water Babies. But what is interesting today in the light of books for children now being
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