Belonging implies change‚ and change rarely comes without consequence. The progression to belong into a now culture or place may be physical‚ emotional or mental. Rita‚ driven by feeling inadequate is the main character in Willy Russell’s play‚ Educating Rita. She achieves a successful move into her new world. However‚ she must overcome change which will come at a personal cost. Throughout the play Willy Russell depicts many themes; these include relationships‚ choice and consequence‚ social class
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Educating Rita Setting The play takes place entirely in Frank’s office at a university in the North of England. The Playwright “I wanted to make a play which engaged and was relevant to those who considered themselves uneducated‚ those whose daily language is not the language of the university or the theatre. I wanted to write a play which would attract‚ and be as valid for the Ritas in the audience as well as the Franks.” Literary Elements Characters Frank – Frank is a middle aged‚ middle-class
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Educating Rita – summary & themes Educating Rita‚ written by British playwright Willy Russell‚ was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company‚ and premiered at The Warehouse‚ London‚ in June 1980. The play went on to win the Society of West End Theatres award for Best Comedy in the same year. The play was adapted by Willy Russell into a 1983 award-winning film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. Setting The play takes place entirely in Frank’s office at a university in the North
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English literature‚ but poetry and politics preoccupied him more than anything else. Progressive Writers’ Movement (PWM)‚ Faiz was an avowed Marxist-communist‚ long associated member of Russian-backed Communist Party and was a recipient of Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union in 1962. Despite being repeatedly accused of atheism by the political and military establishment‚ Faiz’s poetry was like flowing water making its way straight to the heart of readers. For writing poetry that always antagonizes
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Willy Russell made the character of Rita comical? The play ‘Educating Rita’ was written by Willy Russell in the late 1970’s during a time of great social change. Willy Russell’s life was just like the character of Rita in the play making it autobiographical. He was born in Whiston which is just outside Liverpool. He was a hairdresser before he went back to college to pass his O level English Literature. ‘Educating Rita’ is a play about a 26 year old called Rita who goes back to university as a hairdresser
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Poetry Poetry is written to be heard the way a song is meant to be sung. Poetry has been around for ages and enjoyed from children to adults alike. Poetry is not just words on paper that imparts data; it is much more than that. Poetry is an art form that in order to be fully understood‚ one has to be able to analyze read between the lines. Analyzing poetry can be a daunting task. One may have to read the poem several times with a dictionary handy‚ just to get an idea what the poem is about
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Visualize Poetry Through the ages of poetry‚ many poets have been making images with the expressions that they use to become leaders in creating the art of language. Several authors of the poems that we study daily use personification to make animals and objects do things that people do everyday to give the poem a twist. Poets also use imagery to give their readers a good portrait of what they are trying to describe. “Southbound on the Freeway” by May Swenson and “Once by the Ocean” by
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption When comparing the novel and the film of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Steven King there are many similarities. The film follows the novel plot very closely in many aspects of the book. The similarities found in the film and novel is character portrayals‚ key scenes and overall messages. The film accurately captures the essence of the novel. In both the film and the novel‚ Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption‚ the characters are portrayed
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audibles of the woman "muttering against / a tree‚ exhausted‚ purged." This closing scene allows the reader to see and hear the woman worn out and mumbling about her past as a child‚ where she too was whipped for her ill doings. "Daystar‚" by Rita Dove This poem is about a stay at home mother who uses nature and her imagination to escape
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Different Approaches to Romantic Poetry Practical Analysis 1- Introduction For passion or profession‚ for hobby or obligation‚ for delight or duty‚ for this reason or another‚ one takes his pen and devotes few minutes he steals from time to trace expressive words on paper. I am among many‚ in ruptures about literature and this study day comes as a golden opportunity to show how much my fancy is caught and how far my love is increased when the heart excitingly beats and the feeling increasingly
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