How does Rita and Franks Relationship change between Act one scene 1 and Act 2 scene 1? Frank is a university lecturer and will be teaching Rita what she wants to know about literature and another world outside of her own. Russell has interpreted the character of Rita as a copy of himself. This is because he was also a hairdresser and went to a night school to do his O levels before he became a famous writer. When we first see Frank he is in his office and appears to be looking for a book on the
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Restoration comedies ‘often deal with the absurdity of a world with elaborate rules and codes of behaviour or manners.’ To what extent is this view also true in Educating Rita? There are a lot of rules and codes of behaviour that are presented to be absurd in Educating Rita‚ most are introduced by the character or what the character says. Frank sets up the first code of behaviour when he stereotypes his impending student‚ calling her ‘silly’ before he’s even met her‚ a word that can be considered
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happy conclusion will have emerged. How far do you think Educating Rita has a happy conclusion? Educating Rita is a play by Willie Russell‚ set in 1983. It is a semi-autobiographical play about Rita‚ a young working class Liverpool hairdresser who decides wants to gain an education using an Open University. Her tutor is the disillusioned and alcoholic Frank‚ who teaches at the Open University to pay for his drinking habits. Rita decides she wants to learn everything‚ even if it means ‘abandoning
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Educating Rita True comedy explores themes as serious and important as appear in any tragedy. Demonstrate to what extent Educating Rita contains serious and important themes as well as being a comic play. Willy Russell’s play entitled ‘Educating Rita’ is a dark and comic drama set within the confines of a University classroom. The play features two characters‚ Frank a troubled lecturer who has grown disillusioned with his existence‚ and Rita‚ a working class Liverpudlian with a thirst for
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Roberto Diaz The poem “Daystar” by Rita Dove sheds the spotlight to the opposite side of the joys of motherhood. Dove’s invented speaker is a metaphor of a woman caught between her internal battle for personal bliss and her social role as a mother and wife who cannot go beyond her predetermined status. The first and second stanzas of the poem give the impression that the woman is overwhelmed by motherhood and all the duties that come with being a mother. During the course
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Mora English 111 Prof Kumar 29 November 2012 Loneliness is the Common Ground Loneliness and alienation is a feeling that most everyone feels at one point or another anywhere in the world. The poems “Embrace” by Billy Collins and “Daystar” by Rita Dove share this theme in common. After thoroughly reading both I was able to compare the two poems beyond its similar theme and as well as highlight their differences by analyzing the different ways they utilize literary devices to convey their message
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Culture has no colour: Cultural Amalgamation of Cosmopolitanism *M.Kalai Nathiyal and **Dr V.Malarkodi Abstract This paper surveys and critically reviews of the major research works on Culture has no colour‚ a brief study of cultural amalgamation of cospmopolitanism.This paper analyze Cultural amalgamation which describes not only about race and culture apart from that it also focuses on intexuality on language and indigenous and international cultures. Cultural amalgamation happened when
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Motherhood What is motherhood? Being caring and having patience are the main two components that make a good mother. In the poems “Daystar by Rita Dove and “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan both of the mothers are going through different stages of motherhood. In both poems we see the similarities that both poems have and we also see the differences. Dove and Pastan show us an early stage of mother and a late stage of motherhood. Although they are different stages of motherhood‚ they are both
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American Poet - Sylvia Plath." Modern American Poet. Web. 14 Apr. 2012. <http://poetsylviaplath.blogspot.com/>. "Stanza 8 Summary." Shmoop. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. <http://www.shmoop.com/skunk-hour/stanza-8-summary.html>. "Some of Rita ’s Poems." Rita Dove- American Award Winner. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. <http://ritadovespage.tripod.com/id11.html>. "The Thought-Fox." Enotes.com. Enotes.com. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. <http://www.enotes.com/thought-fox-salem/thought-fox-681298>.
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Contemporary poetry and traditional poetry are analogous and diverse in multiple ways. The poems “Vacation” by Rita Dove‚ and “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins‚ are both modern poems that can be comparable to the traditional poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Many people also criticize traditional poetry‚ and write how they feel about it and what they think the meaning is. When explicating these poems‚ you start to learn the real meaning of each one. Contemporary poets appear
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