Rita Peer Gynt Analysis

Register to read the introduction… We first see Rita struggling to open the door to Frank’s office, a barrier to her new stage of experience and moving into the world. We continue to see Rita burst through the door in Act One and wandering around the room showing her enthusiasm and curiosity towards education. ‘Don’t you ever just walk into a room and sit down?’ However, this enthusiasm gradually decreases as Rita becomes more educated and a role reversal between Frank and Rita is seen. It is Rita who ends up waiting for Frank in his office, Rita who begins to use less and less colloquial or ‘pop-culture’ terms, with Frank using these terms more and more. Rita, also, almost avoids any type of educational conversation with Frank on her first few tutorials, quickly interrupting or changing the subject to a more personal level ‘[Frank]The thing about Howard’s End…[Rita]why did y’ split up?’ We see this change dramatically in Act Two where Rita discusses more literature with Frank than her personal life which Frank does not like, ‘It struck me that there was a time when you told me …show more content…
It is demonstrated in her essays, especially of Peer Gynt, where she believes one simple sentence, ‘Do it on the radio’, can answer the given question. The gap between Rita and Frank also demonstrates the amount of growth and change required for her transition into the world. Russell uses humour to demonstrate this gap where both Rita and Frank find it difficult to understand one another especially with Rita’s colloquial language ‘oh sod it’, ‘off me …show more content…
Frank argues the fact Rita has not found a better song she has simply ‘found a different song’.

Educating Rita can be linked to the growth, changes, as well as, sacrifices made by Andy in The Devil Wears Prada where Andy is on a journey, seeking to begin her life as an adult who is faced with moral and ethical choices. Andy is fresh out of college and her dreams of moving into the world of editing and being a writer is her top priority. The best opportunity offered to her in The Big Apple was as a personal assistant to Miranda Priestly at Runway magazine.

Andy begins as a strong, grounded character, opposite to Rita, who becomes more and more preoccupied with success. When Andy comes for the job at Runway, it dawns on her that making it in this industry, of fashion, will take more than drive and determination. Andy is completely wrong for the job, as stated by Miranda, as Andy has ‘no style and no sense of fashion’ and a slow motion panning shot up and down Andy shows the audience her costume of a cotton blend sweater and shapeless skirt, but Andy refuses to fail and is hired as the ‘smart, fat