• “It’s not their fault; they can’t help it. But sometimes I hate them. God‚ what’s it like to be free?” • “Frank: Do you know Yeats? Rita: The wine lodge? Frank: Yeats the poet. Rita: No” • “They come to the hairdreser’s cos they wanna be changed. But if you want to change y’ have to do it from the inside‚ don’t y? Know like I’m doin’.” • “I’m not‚ y’ know‚ confident like‚ but I wanna be‚ honest.” • “I think you’re marvellous. Do you know‚ I think you’re the first breath of
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Scene I: Close up of Frank in his office in Australia (The lights come up on Frank seated in the swivel chair at the desk and he smiles as he opens his video message) G’day Rita‚I ‘m Frank. Time has gone by so quickly and I have been in Australia for one year already. I have missed you so much. How have you been? Thank you for your encouragement. Now I am continuing to write poems using the pen you gave to me. I believe that I need to respect myself and live up to your expectations. I work at
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Educating Rita Discuss the ways in which an individual’s knowledge‚ values and beliefs develop as they travel into a new world. Transition is the process or period in which someone undergoes a change and passes from one stage to another. Within this time the individual is exposed to new experiences that allow them to grow in maturity and develop a broader understanding of themselves and others. However an individual’s past experiences may also challenge their existing knowledge‚ values and beliefs
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Russell’s play Educating Rita‚ demonstrates different pathways between the two protagonists‚ Frank and Rita and there coming ‘into the world’ journey. In the play Willy Russell uses visual techniques such as: positioning‚ colouring‚ facial expression‚ and symbols. The use of these techniques has allowed the composer to portray a better understanding of the play Educating Rita and how it represents the message of coming ‘into the world’. One of the main themes in Educating Rita is change. Rita want’s to
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"Educating Rita" Director: Lewis Gilbert Screenwriter: Willy Russell Released: 1983 With Julie Walters‚ Michael Caine‚ and others Rita (Julie Walters) is a twenty-six years old hairdresser from Liverpool who has decided to get an education. Not the sort of education that would get her just a better job or more pay‚ but an education that would open up for her a whole new world--a liberal education. Rita wants to be a different person‚ and live an altogether different sort of life than she has
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Into the World – Educating Rita • Educating Rita 1991 Director by Willy Russell • EDUCATION = CHOICE • Explores of a variety of texts that deal with aspects of growing up and transitioning into new phases of an individual’s life. ( Growth and change occurs CONTRAST: • Male/ Female • Educated class/ Working Class • Disillusioned/ Cynical/ Enthusiastic • Elite “Howards End” E.M. Forster/ Mass culture “Ruby Fruit Jungle” Rita Mae Brown CONFLICT:
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Educating Rita Essay In this essay I am going to talk about act 1 scene 1 from the play Educating Rita which was written by novelist Willy Russell. Willy Russell was born in 1947‚ Whiston‚ Liverpool. Willy comes from a working class background. And upon leaving school at the age of 15 with one O-level in English‚ he became a ladies hairdresser for 6 years and ran his own salon‚ Which he said helped him become a good listener. He then had numerous jobs‚ including writing songs that he preformed
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Rita was reaching for a better life‚ as she was frustrated with the limitations that her old life had to offer her. Rita wanted to close the gap that existed between the world she had lived in all her life and the richer world that she had aspired to live within. Rita desired to find herself through education with Franks help. In making this transition into the new world Rita resulted in change‚ both physically and mentally. The setting of this scene takes place in Frank’s office. This room serves
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Educating Rita and Pleasantville The concept of ‘Into the world’ refers to the transition of an individual into a broader world which transcends class restrictions‚ enriching their sense of identity and freedom. Willy Russel’s play “Educating Rita” depicts Rita’s transition from her working-class background into the world of education while Gary Ross’s film “Pleasantville” similarly displays the journey of an individual from their restrictive background into a new society which. Catalyst The
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(worlds and ways of coping) that are available. Educating Rita - Willy Russell explores notions of personal growth and self awareness through the transformation and process of change that occurs in Frank and Rita. the playwright describes the play as “a love story”‚ although the relationship that unfolds between Rita and Frank is also a story about “literature‚ language and education”.
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