terms with it. ‘Educating Rita’ was voted ‘Best Comedy of the year’ when performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980. By 1983 it had risen to be the fourth most popular play on the British stage. Perhaps Willy Russell’s attitude towards his work might partly explain his appeal? As well as being concerned to pitch his work at the broadest possible audience he says that: “I really don’t want to write plays which are resigned‚ menopausal‚ despairing and whining. I don’t want to use any medium
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Bryant This I Believe I believe in my dog. When I look back at who I am and what I’ve become‚ I have my dog to thank. Yeah‚ I taught my dog to sit and lie down. And I taught him to stay and come. But this has no comparison to what he has taught me. Something tells me that responsibility‚ competition‚ patience‚ forgiveness‚ and happiness are more important traits or skills to learn. I believe in patience. In 5th grade I was given the opportunity to get a dog. My family and I went to a local
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LOST IN TRANSLATION? THE EFFECT OF CULTURAL VALUES ON MERGERS AROUND THE WORLD KENNETH R. AHERNa ‚ DANIELE DAMINELLIb ‚ AND CESARE FRACASSIc Abstract We find strong evidence that three key dimensions of national culture (trust‚ hierarchy‚ and individualism) affect merger volume and synergy gains. The volume of cross-border mergers is lower when countries are more culturally distant. In addition‚ greater cultural distance in trust and individualism leads to lower combined announcement returns. These
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another phase of their life and they need to take their place in society. I will be talking about the play educating Rita by Willy Russel and relating it to the movie pretty woman by Garry marshal. In educating Rita‚ Rita wants to change. She is being pressured by her husband Denny‚ to stay the same “he’s blind‚ he doesn’t want to see”. He’s happy living in the same old suburb watching the same old BBC programs‚ whereas Rita wants to discover herself. This discovery comes in the form of education
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Post-1914 play Educating Rita- To what extent do you agree that Educating Rita is a feminist play? The play ‘Educating Rita’ is set in Liverpool during the 1970s‚ with only two main characters: Rita White and Frank. Rita‚ a vibrant and bubbly twenty-six year old‚ uneducated‚ working class woman enrols at the Open University‚ her real name is Susan‚ but she changed it to Rita in honour of Rita Mae Brown‚ a junk novelist. Frank‚ however‚ is an educated‚ middle class man with a drinking problem
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Damaged Culture By James Fallows (Reaction Paper) I agree with what James Fallows (1987) had said in his article “that culture can make a naturally rich country poor” because that is how the Philippine culture is now. It may not be as a whole‚ but the identity of Philippine culture has been lost for a long time now. We were influenced by too many external cultures. We were blinded by what the other countries have. Thus‚ we lost the focus on what we already have and what we could make out of
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reading Nikki Giovanni “Poetry”out loud several times I was able to make my son laugh. I used a energetic voice. With this poem I was able to bring hope and happiness to the audience. In this voice felt as though I was at a seminar or in front group of people. I was definitely a speaker or motivational speaker inspiring many about the love I have for poetry. At the part when I became to talk about the feelings I have after midnight and while I was sleep seemed to have brought them in closer to the
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of us by referring to society’s norms and values. This could be an indication that some of us are indecisive because they are not conforming to society’s cultural and social acceptances. However‚ I feel that the some of us that do not conform to society’s norms and values are not indecisive. Instead‚ I think that some of us have acute senses of social awareness and cultural awareness that are practiced with caution. By using these acute senses‚ they would be able to justify their reasons for progressing
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Rita Dove’s imagery and writing style made this poem fairly clear. It tells the story of one woman’s typical day. The mother is exhausted by each day. She barely gets a rest. I did a bit of research on this poem‚ and I found out that Dove published “Daystar” in a collection of poems in 1985. It was the year that caught my attention. Current society prides itself on gender inequality‚ though it is obvious to anyone who looks that is not a reality‚ yet it has been getting better. The women in 1985
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Paradise Lost While watching the HBO Documentary “Paradise Lost”‚ I saw the horrific murder cases of three second grade boys at West Memphis Arkansas. The suspected murderers were Jessie Misskelley‚ Jr.‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Damien Echols‚ their ages were seventeen‚ sixteen‚ and eighteen. As a motive for the murders the prosecution believed they were performed as a satanic ritual. After an intense trial each of the teenagers were found guilty by the jury‚ although there was a fairly large lack
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