Comic conventions in ’Educating Rita’ The 1980’s play Educating Rita by Willy Russel shows many of the main features of comedy. It involves two different societies clashing‚ for example. Rita‚ a hairdresser who comes from a working class family and is married to Denny whose aim in life is to have a baby‚ wants to get educated. She meets Frank‚ her tutor in the open University who comes from an upper class family. In the beginning‚ Rita appears to be the typical working class women. She is
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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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of an Individual freedom. This is explored in both the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell and "Pursuit Of Happiness" by Gabriele Muccino. In the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell‚ Frank is an alcoholic academic educator who has taken on the tutorship to pay for his drinks‚ and Rita‚ who is dissatisfied with her work and social life and seeks inner growth by signing up for an open university english course. Rita speaks in local dialect filled with slang and swearing which enables
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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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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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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’. Connection to: Into the World * Rita moves from an ‘uneducated’ working class life to a tertiary educated life. * It is this transition with its positives and negatives that is to be focused upon. Positives of Transition * Discovery & Enlightenment: Rita discovers a new world far removed from her ‘restrictive’ world as a wife and
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perspective on redemption. The author (2007) explains that in Scripture describes a redemptive funnel‚ that depicts redemption. According to McMinn (2007)‚ near the beginning of the Old Testament‚ it defines redemption as an all-purpose concept‚ but by the end of the New Testament‚ it has turn out to be rather specific and focused (p 296). McMinn (2007) explains the redemptive funnel concept. The redemptive funnel contains two type of act of redemption‚ which are general acts of redemption and specific
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Hannah Puckett Mrs. Taylor AP English May 7‚ 2013 The Writing Style of Rita Dove Rita Dove was born August 28‚ 1952 in Akron‚ Ohio. The African American poet loved music and poetry from a young age. She was an outstanding student and was invited to the White House as a Presidential Scholar out of high school (The Biography Channel). Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995 and as Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth
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ISU: Redemption It is only natural for humans to make mistakes‚ just like Amir in the novel The Kite Runner‚ but it is how the mistakes are resolved that will dictate ones fate. The main character of The Kite Runner‚ Amir‚ knows a thing or two about making mistakes. What he struggles with throughout the novel is finding redemption for those mistakes. Throughout all stages of Amir’s life‚ he is striving for redemption. Whether Amir is saying the wrong thing or hiding from a hurtful truth‚ he always
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