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|...there’s less to me than meets the eye. | | |
|Possessing a hungry mind is not, in itself, a| | |
|guarantee of success. | | |
1. What have you learned in this scene about Frank’s life and his attitude towards it?
2. There is a lot of humour in this scene. Find some examples of it, and say why they are funny.
3. Explain the difficulties Rita has with literary criticism.
4. What does this scene reveal about the barriers Rita faces as a working class woman?
5. What significance does the door have in Rita’s first encounter in Scene one and her oiling the door in this scene?
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With the quotes we’ve used so far, write an introduction.
Scenes 3 and 4
Watch ten minutes of film
Scene 3
- Rita is less defensive about her ideas
- “I’m dead ignorant y’know” – lack of confidence in her education
- Cannot distinguish literature from pulp fiction = “they’re all books”
- Reading 3 books a week
- The gap between their worlds is still large at this point, which is shown through Rita’s inability to understand Frank
- She is far off of achieving self-knowledge – “junk” – she doubts herself – she criticises the people around her
- She idealises Frank’s world
|Key Quotes from Scene |Analysis |
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Scene 4
- Complains about Forster
- Producing personal essays but has difficulty writing “a considered
|...there’s less to me than meets the eye. | | |
|Possessing a hungry mind is not, in itself, a| | |
|guarantee of success. | | |
1. What have you learned in this scene about Frank’s life and his attitude towards it?
2. There is a lot of humour in this scene. Find some examples of it, and say why they are funny.
3. Explain the difficulties Rita has with literary criticism.
4. What does this scene reveal about the barriers Rita faces as a working class woman?
5. What significance does the door have in Rita’s first encounter in Scene one and her oiling the door in this scene?
While overcoming obstacles on our journey into new worlds, surprising revelations about ourselves are …show more content…
| | |
Read Excel Guide
With the quotes we’ve used so far, write an introduction.
Scenes 3 and 4
Watch ten minutes of film
Scene 3
- Rita is less defensive about her ideas
- “I’m dead ignorant y’know” – lack of confidence in her education
- Cannot distinguish literature from pulp fiction = “they’re all books”
- Reading 3 books a week
- The gap between their worlds is still large at this point, which is shown through Rita’s inability to understand Frank
- She is far off of achieving self-knowledge – “junk” – she doubts herself – she criticises the people around her
- She idealises Frank’s world
|Key Quotes from Scene |Analysis |
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Scene 4
- Complains about Forster
- Producing personal essays but has difficulty writing “a considered