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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a point where one identifies what they truly want and breaks the mould and expectations of society to do this. Examining texts such as ‘Educating Rita’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ in addition to my own personal experience will bring forth an understanding of how society affects growing up and transition into new phases of life into a larger world. The text ‘Educating Rita’ is set Britain in the 1970’s‚ where a woman’s role was to have a family and look after it by staying at home and in the kitchen
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How do the texts you have studied explore the transition of individuals into new phases of 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
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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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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 the door provides new experiences for growth and change just like Rita opening the door to her lessons provides her the opportunity
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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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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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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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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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