Educating Rita

from being big or small. By overcoming these challenges, individuals can be presented with transitions in life that may be confronting, exciting or transformative. In class we have studied the play ‘Educating Rita’ by Willy Russell and the feature article ‘The REAL Sarah Harris’ to provide us with examples of individuals that experience transitions that provide them with growth and change. These transitions allow the individuals to move to a better chapter in life giving them an improved attitude towards the world and themselves. In Willy Russell’s play ‘Educating Rita’, we as an audience follow the journey that the main female character, Rita, makes to transform herself into an educated woman. When we are introduced to her, we see…

challenges to face and difficulties to overcome, which is evident in Willey Russell’s drama play ‘Educating Rita’ and Slam Poetry of The Streets: ‘CAPITAL LETTERS’ by Omar Musa at TEDxSydney ‘Educating Rita’ consists of two characters: Frank and Rita. Frank is from the mid-upper class, the individuals who have tertiary education and are sophisticated, in which Rita aspires to be like. Rita is a woman who has the motivation and desire to pursue an education and leave the social working class…

Educating Rita “Transitions into new phases of life can affect perceptions of individuals and society” “Educating Rita” a play by Willy Russell composer and play write explores how transitions are revealed through the change of perceptions of individuals and society through the two protagonists Frank and Rita. In conjunction with “Then and Now” a poem by Aboriginal activist and poet Oodergeroo Noonuccal, explores the impact of the assimilation policy on aboriginal culture. Through…

and they create and disconnect relationships, due to new perspectives. Transitions are explored within the drama Educating Rita by Willy Russell and the collage picture book “Windows” by Jennie Baker. The drama explores transitions through the relationship between Rita, a working class women and Frank a university professor, as Rita strives to break free of the class boundaries that restrict her and become educated, allowing her to create a new life for herself. The book “Windows” displays the…

women face; then they may show them breaking away from the situation that oppresses them. In the two texts, the females suffer many different types of inequality. Even though Educating Rita was first produced in 1980 and A Doll’s House in 1890. They deal with similar issues like challenging male superiority and do it by using mechanisms like irony and metaphors. Men in the plays restrict women and attempt to form them in a way that society approves. Which then resulting in their rebellion. Nora…

Helen Dunmore’s “My Polish Teacher’s Tie” is a short story set in England, most probably after the war. Carla Carter is half Polish and she works as a part time catering staff but she isn’t very confident about her job and doesn’t really understand where she considers home. One day the head announced that the school was arranging a teacher exchange program to help Polish teacher’s improve their English and Carla was interested in writing to a Polish teacher, therefore, she went to get an address…

Bain’s reaction to the movie Educating Rita would have been positive because it demonstrates some of his points made in his book. One point Bain made was about stereotypes and how people can either believe that they are that stereotype or know that they are more than just a judgmental title put on them from others. In the beginning of the movie, Rita is already trying to change herself because her real name is Susan. Also, when she curses she says that educated people do not care, but when…

Next, as Karen mentions that the main character should be “likeable” and “in jeopardy”, readers like Rita because she sacrifices herself for humanity(Woodward). “[Since] the mimic with the antenna is the mimic server, which analyzes the situation and turns back time, there must be a backup mimic with the same ability. In order to get out of this loop, [Rita has] to destroy the entire network” (Sakurazaka 263-4). However, with Keiji, the situation changes. Since “[their] brains [pick up] the…

The Flower Girl’s Great Transformation “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” In George Bernard Shaw’s fictional play, Pygmalion, Liza Doolittle also known as The Flower Girl, is the protagonist and is under an experiment for six months. Liza lives with two old gentlemen, Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering. She later discovers her new identity, a better lifestyle where there is education, etiquettes, social class, and…

New experiences are often seen as both daunting and invigorating, by overcoming obstacles to reap extensive rewards. This is seen in both the play “Educating Rita” by Willy Russell and the TEDtalk “Overcoming Hopelessness”, Spoken by Nick Vujicic. Educating Rita follows the story of Rita, a married hair stylist in her 20’s going back to school to further her education and to have greater opportunities. Overcoming Hopelessness shows the choices we make and how important they can be to have…