personal experiences. One individual will go through many barriers and obstacles to achieve the change. The prescribed text‚ Educating Rita by Willy Russell and the related text‚ ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ by JC Burke explores different and similar pathways to how the characters in those texts change through their new experiences. In the prescribed text ‘Educating Rita’ by Willy Russell is about a 26 years old woman‚ hairdresser Rita who starts seeks motivation in education to motivate her and move
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are presented in Act Two‚ Scenes One to Three reveal about the development of Rita and Frank and their relationship‚ in Educating Rita? Educating Rita was written in 1980 by the playwright Willy Russell and is one of his most famous plays to date. Since the play has many similarities to Russell’s life‚ it is viewed as a semi-autobiographical play containing certain similarities to his life; for example both he and Rita were female hairdressers and were under-educated at school. The play is written
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Feliks Skrzynecki: Identity: 1. Peter‘s father Five years of forced labor in prisoner of war camp during World War II “did not dull the “softness of his blue eyes”. The juxtaposition of the words “forced” and “softness” show Peter is different from his father in the face of the discomfort his father has endured the suffering. This negative experience has helped to define the father’s identity but also highlight the composer’s different perspective. 2. “remnants of language/ I inherited
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concept is effectively conveyed through Willy Russell’s ‘Educating Rita’ and related material ‘About a Boy‚’ the novel by Nick Hornby and film interpretation starring Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult. Through Educating Rita‚ Russell has effectively portrayed both the characters of Rita and Frank forming a relationship which ultimately moves them into the world through different experiences of extensions and limitations on individual freedom. Rita finds herself through getting educated by her tutor Frank
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text‚ “Educating Rita” where the protagonist Rita enters a new world of education. On her journey Rita begins to gain an understanding of the world around her with the help of her tutor Frank. Similar concepts of ‘Into the World’ can be seen in Rob Reiner’s film ‘Stand by Me’. In this film the director is able to represent ideas relating to into the world through the use of many film techniques. The theme of ‘Into the World’ is clearly shown in the early scenes of ‘Educating Rita’. Rita is first
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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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Educating Rita An exploration through a variety of texts that deal with ‘aspects of growing up and transitions into new phrases of an individual’s life’. This question in the HSC is usually a common question that invites the student to apply their text and individual other related material to the question. As such it is much easier to plan‚ organise and prepare a response. Students MUST remember that the question/task will be about ‘Into the World’‚ not Educating Rita! Any response requires
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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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Section A 1. Discuss Rita’s sense of being a half caste in Willy Russell’s play. At first Rita is more of an outcast in both social classes. It is when she decides to go to the Open University that she becomes a half cast. She doesn’t seem to fit in when she attends her literature classes. The way she talks‚ looks and behaves differentiates her from the rest of her classmates. Even though her husband does not approve of her studies and that most students are demeaning towards her‚ she is determined
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Text A is an extract from Educating Rita‚ a play by Willy Russell‚ which immediately highlights the fact that this text is crafted speech‚ meaning it will show a lack of spontaneous utterances‚ as Russell will have used specific lexis to add to the emotive aspect of his play. The piece is set in a northern university‚ which conveys there is sociolect‚ such a ‘y’’ in the play. With the participants both being educated‚ as we know Frank is a middle-aged lecturer while Rita is his Open University Student
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