Rita‚ Frank and their relationship change throughout the play. Rita’s education and confidence both grow as the story progresses. Frank’s attitude towards life declines dramatically en route for the middle of the play but there is hint of improvement at the end. Their relationship undergoes many changes during the play. They grow apart‚ slowly and eventually reach a point where their separation is much needed and inevitable‚ although their feelings towards each other are of affection once again.
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How does Willy Russell use minor characters in Blood Brothers to reveal society’s attitude to class in the 1980’s Willy Russell was born in Whiston‚ near Liverpool in 1947. Willy Russell’s aspired to bring the theatre to the people. Not just the rich but the working class and all who take pleasure in the theatre. He grew up in a progressive household and left school with one O-level in English. "When I grew up‚ on an estate‚ we lived with an extended family‚ but there were all my aunties
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Educating Rita is the tale of one working class women ’s struggle to find an escape to a boring‚ repetitive life and to find new things to conquer. To acheive this she begins university on a literature course despite the discouragement from family and baby-obsessed husband Denny. The play features only two characters‚ Rita and Frank. Frank- a middle class‚ well-educated‚ eloquent professor and Rita‚ an abrupt‚ crude excuse for a lady with no regard for or more precise‚ no knowing of social nouce
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Of course‚ it varies depending on which version you read. Ok well‚ Mrs Lyons employs Mrs Johnston to work for her. Mrs Lyons can’t have children‚ but Mrs Johnston (Known as the mother) has too many. When Mrs J finds out she is going to have twins she is upset as she can’t afford them. Mrs Lyons persuades Mrs J to let her adopt one of the twins. Mrs Lyons is very aware of her social and financial position and she uses it to influence Mrs J. (She offers to pay her for the baby at one point
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book. Among these are two‚ hard working men that can be a bit disillusioned by life. The main character of each book‚ Willy Loman and Troy Maxson are similar in many ways. They both try hard to be good men and fathers‚ but unfortunately‚ they are imperfect in both aspects. Troy distances his self from his youngest son‚ and many could say that he is too hard and cold towards him. Willy in a way believes that his grown sons could not have done any wrong when they were younger and do no wrong now. But
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Blood Brothers is a play written by Willy Russell about twin brothers whose mother was tricked into giving one twin to Mrs Lyons‚ a rich woman who can’t have children. Mrs Johnston keeps a child and raises him on a council estate with 7 siblings. The twins become best friends but their mothers push them apart. However they continue to be friends up until adulthood. This is a classic tale of nature versus nurture and it examines the debates surrounding fate‚ family and motherly love. The two women
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‘Willy Loman is an anti-hero and an “ordinary man” who chased the wrong dreams.’ In light of this statement‚ how are his death and the play itself a tragedy? Aristotle states that a tragic hero should have a high status in society whilst wielding some sense of nobility. The character must also have greatness and be of noble stature which should be apparent in the play. The protagonist of the play‚ Willy‚ is not obviously shown to have such qualities which could make him an anti-hero. However‚
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A major theme in ‘Our Day Out’ is the lack of education and opportunity for young people in the inner city. Using scenes from the play‚ show how Willy Russell makes the audience aware of this theme The lack of education and opportunity affects young people in inner cities like Liverpool‚ these young people have never been given the chance to have a good education‚ and therefore they were just stuck in a states school‚ where there aren’t many people who care what grades they get and what they
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Educating Rita by Willy Russell explores the relationship between the two characters involved in the play‚ Frank and Rita over a time span‚ of several months. A variety of themes are explored as Rita‚ a working class Liverpudlian‚ aspires to a higher social and academic level so that she may have choices‚ with Frank‚ a disillusioned and failed poet as her teacher. As Rita progresses‚ Russell uses a range of dramatic techniques and tensions between the two characters to explore themes of the personal
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Our Day out by Willie Russell is an energetic and humorous play‚ about a school trip to Conwy castle. The ’progress class’‚ a class for illiterate children‚ are on a trip to Wales where the liberal Mrs Kay and the strict Mr Briggs have completely different ideas about the day should be organised. Mrs Kay and Mr Briggs have two distinct personalities that clash frequently throughout the play and Willie Russell presents both in an interesting and comical way in his drama. Mrs Kay is a benevolent
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