into the world can be outweighed by the possibilities that come from personal growth. Barriers of endeavouring into the abyss are not worthwhile to overcome since growth will undermine your perception of ultimate happiness. Since individuals inevitably sacrifice a part of themselves and does not provide ultimate happiness for society. The prescribed text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell showcases Rita as losing all of her individuality by gaining knowledge. Mirroring the above thesis‚ my related
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Heather Austin Comp 3 Drama Analysis B2 George Bernard Shaw’s My Fair Lady is the story of a lady‚ by the name of Eliza‚ who lives and works on the street. Eliza sells flowers daily to make a living. Eliza hears a phonetics professor say he can take Eliza and pass her at an Embassy Ball in six months or less‚ just after he puts her down by saying‚ “Yes‚ you squashed cabbage leaf! You disgrace to the noble architecture of these columns” (650)! Eliza over hearing the professor’s
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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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Discuss the different ways of representing class conflicts. Pygmalion‚ Bernard Shaw‚ 1914 My Fair Lady‚ George Cukor‚ 1964 “As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men‚ I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.” This famous quotation of French playwright Molière proves how powerfully theater and social criticism are linked‚ and how in its different genres‚ drama as well as comedy‚ theater can‚ and maybe must‚ be a way of communicating and expressing the human and society’s flaws
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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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My Fair Lady Reflection In the movie‚ there are some gender issues. In 1970s‚ women receive the unfair treatments. They could not live in the sex equality lives. Men always thought women were born for marrying with them‚ and their wives had to service them as the God. At that time‚ men usually went out for work‚ but women should stay home and do the household chores. In this way‚ men oppressed women indirectly. I think it is the sexism; males should not have the prejudice to women. Until now‚ these
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Review of My Fair Lady‚ as put on by Big League Productions Last month I saw a wonderful production of the musical “My Fair Lady” at Jesse Hall as a part of the University of Missouri Concert Series in Columbia. Big League Productions‚ Inc. is the touring theatre company who put on the show. They brought their own set‚ which consisted of a study in which most of the scenes took place‚ as well as the street entrance to the home of Prof. Higgins. There was also an elaborate backdrop used for the scenes
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My fair lady reflection For seeing several Audrey’s movies‚ this is the one that impressed me so much. In the beginning of the story‚ Audrey plays a flower girl named Eliza. She met Professor Higgins‚ who told her “Why it can’t be English?” Higgins could identify people from their accents. As during that time‚ only people from upper middle class or high class societies had the opportunities to learn proper English. And people spoke different accents or dialects according to the area they were born
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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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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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