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    process of moving away from the past and entering a new world is a complex one that involves sacrifice‚ change and a sense of unknown.The movement into a new world may be physical‚ emotional or psycholigcal as evident in Willy Russel’s ’ Educating Rita’. Similarly a newspaper article ’ A Getting Of Wisdom’ published on March 3rd 2007‚ an Indigenous boy expericens mental and emotional obstacles throughout his life which he eventually overcomes by accepting challenges. With the help of a tutor she

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    ducating rita How does Willy Russell show change in the main character in Educating Rita?   Educating Rita is a drama which was first published as a play in 1983‚ written by Willy Russell; subsequently‚ it was made into a film which quickly became a box-office hit. The play consists of a particular theme (education) and it explores the processes that inflict change upon the main character Rita.   The content of the storyline was considered to be quite controversial and diverse for it’s time

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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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    faced with a range of consequences. The play Educating Rita by Willy Russell and Ian Mudie’s poem My father began as a god demonstrates that moving into the world could be from the character’s choices‚ transitions‚ social class which are shown through symbolism‚ metaphors and dialogue. Rita has been faced with many consequences with her fixated desire to seek new experiences; this is firstly shown through her name change from Susan to Rita‚ indicating the aspiration to change herself to a standard

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    encounter obstacles but may also gain significant rewards. This is present in the text ‘Educating Rita’ written by Willy Russell and the film ‘The Help’ written by Kathryn Stockett. In this text we see a fairly un-educated woman blossom and find herself through education; the obstacles she faces on her way to knowledge are the stepping stones in finding herself and entering the new world of education. Rita is a typical uneducated woman; her life is already planned out for her consisting of children

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    Act 2 scene 7” by Willy Russell and the science fiction masterpiece‚ “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley. The transitional journey often can be difficult and challenging. The two protagonists‚ Rita and Frank‚ undergo a transformation process involving personal growth and self-awareness. In Act 1 Scene 5‚ Rita emphasis how important the course is to her as shown in the quotes‚ “I’m busy enough findin’ myself‚ let alone findin’ someone else” and “It’s not takin’ the place of life‚ it’s providin’ me with

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    Stephanie Haberer Voces Latinas Rita Moreno On December 11‚ 1931‚ I was born in Humacao‚ Puerto Rico as Rosa Dolores Alverio. Rosa Maria‚ my mother and hardworking seamstress saved up every penny for us to move after her and my father divorced. At five years old‚ my mother and I moved to the next chapter in our lives in New York City. As coming into the United States‚ my mother changed my last name to Moreno after my stepfather. One day while I was dancing to a record in my living room

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    Rita Dove: Literary Analysis Rita Dove has written many different kinds of poetry. She also wrote books‚ short stories plays and all types of literature. This essay will focus on specifics of her writing by analyzing three pieces of poetry that Rita Dove has written. The works we will be looking at are In the Old Neighborhood‚ My Mother Enters the Work Force‚ and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works you will see examples of Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry‚ her use of figurative

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    World Speech “Explain how Educating Rita and Step Brothers portray the consequences of moving into the world” When a person moves into the world‚ they are often met with consequences for seeking this change. Willy Russell’s “Educating Rita” and Judd Apatow’s “Step Brothers” portray both positive and negative consequences of this change. Both protagonists experience the change of moving into a new life; however they are met with different consequences. Rita is first portrayed as a poorly educated

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    Nearly all of Rita Dove’s poetry deals with aspects of history. Shakespeare‚ Boccaccio‚ and Dove’s grandparents are topics of her poetry.  Dove puts a light on the small truths of life that have more meaning than the actual historical facts.  In a time when African-American poetry has been criticized for too much introspection‚ Rita Dove has taken an approach to emotion and the person as human. Dove’s poetry is not about being black‚ but about being alive.  In Rita Dove autobiography she

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