Post-1914 play Educating Rita- To what extent do you agree that Educating Rita is a feminist play? The play ‘Educating Rita’ is set in Liverpool during the 1970s‚ with only two main characters: Rita White and Frank. Rita‚ a vibrant and bubbly twenty-six year old‚ uneducated‚ working class woman enrols at the Open University‚ her real name is Susan‚ but she changed it to Rita in honour of Rita Mae Brown‚ a junk novelist. Frank‚ however‚ is an educated‚ middle class man with a drinking problem
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EDUCATING RITA INTERVIEW Host: Good morning listeners‚ this is Sam Lee with this week’s program of ‘Into the world’ where we discuss ways individuals make challenging transitions into new and different worlds and the risks and possibilities‚ which coincide with them. Significant experiences in people’s lives provide opportunities for growth and development. Going ‘into the world’ means moving from familiar experiences to new horizons. We are especially blessed today to have Willy Russell famous
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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 showcases her transition into a new phase of her life through her observation of gender expectations and stereotypes present in society that are subconsciously
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The understanding of these aspects of belonging has been demonstrated in the following texts “The China Coin” by Allan Baillie and “Swallow the Air” by Tara June Winch. Our sense of belonging are mostly based on our relationship to people‚ a good relationship can easily give you a sense of security and belonging‚ however a bad one can make us feel alienated and rejected easily. “The China Coin” showed us the change in the relationship of Leah and her mother Joan as the story goes on. At the beginning
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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‚ whereas Rita wants to discover herself. This discovery comes in the form of education. She wants to learn
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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 the door provides new experiences for growth and change just like Rita opening the door to her lessons provides her the opportunity to absorb
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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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negative quotes: p.64 Joan: "you wretched little girl! Where’ve you been? Where’ve you been? Joan was hissing the words‚ shaking Leah like a bean-bag" (after leah disappeared into the riot crowds) p. 65 Leah: " I didn’t ask to come! It’s your rotten China! Leah struck Joan’s arm away p.65 "Leah felt the hot fingers scoring her face as she toppled over the bed" (Joan had hit her) p.67 "Joan dropped her suitcase and slapped Leah’s hand down" (to stop Leah from making same hand signals as the student
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and her life during working at ‘Runway’. There is a change in Andrea’s clothing‚ attitude and perspective. She realises that she isn’t the person she use to be and that she has undergone a change to fulfil the needs of her new boss. LINK TO EDUCATING RITA: There are several links that ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and
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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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