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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When considering the product Dove it is a deodorant which gives extra protection for people who have body odor and it helps when a person needs it to protect from getting body odor‚ therefore Dove deodorant won’t make the move‚ the tag line that Unilever use for Dove will be used by unity Consultant to promote the product by using a new promotional campaign. Basically Dove has wide range of antiperspirant deodorants to protect people from getting body odor and it gives 24 hours protection‚ further
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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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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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January 23‚ 2014 “Dove: Real Beauty Sketches” by Ogilvy & Mather Ad Agency‚ April 14‚ 2013 < http://realbeautysketches.dove.us/ > In April 2013‚ Dove launched a “Real Beauty” campaign after performing marketing research and discovering that only 2% of all women consider themselves to be “beautiful”. In an effort to boost self-esteem and moral‚ Dove introduced a television ad in the form‚ which incorporated a powerful and touching social experiment. In this commercial‚ several different
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The story of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption starts in 1947 when Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank prison. Unlikely the other convicts Andy is not a hardened criminal. He is a soft-spoken banker convicted of killing his wife and her lover. Andy claims he is innocent. Soon after he arrives at the prison "The Sisters"‚ a gang of prison rapists led by Bogs Diamond‚ turn their attentions to Andy. The story is narrated by Red. He is "the guy who can get stuff." Red his well known for being
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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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