Willy Russells Educating Rita :: Educating Rita Autobiography Social Class Essays

Willy Russells Educating RitaEducating Rita was a play, which was written by Willy Russell. Thebook is a carriage autobiographical story about a woman who has achieved nonhing in her life and wants to get an education before it is toolate. She is being strained to have a baby by her husband Denny andregrets not getting any qualifications. With a lack of learning shehad only hair oil to turn to. She started to feel like she wasjust an other(a) person in a crowd, nobody special at home so she starts aliterature course at the Open University. Where she is given Frank asa tutor. Frank teaches her literature. She is an outcast to begin butit doesnt bring long before she becomes a stereotypical studentsitting on the lawn.Frank is a middle-aged man, divorced but not single. His girlJulia who we find cheating on him. As an English Lecturer and former(prenominal)poet, he understands the deeper meaning behind literature, but hecant remember it half the time because of his little drinking problem.The character of Rita was base on the writers own life andexperiences. They twain grew up outside Liverpool with a poor educationand a lack of qualifications. They both set off to change their lives.Rita became a student while Willy Russell lived his day-dream of being awriter.In act 1 Rita is introduced. She is shown to be noisy and outwardlyconfident. An example is her use of inappropriate, crude language.When she sees a piece of artistry hanging on Franks office wall shesays insure at those tits. This quote expresses her attitude and givesyou the impression she is loud and always speaks her mind. Her onslaught to Franks sophisticated reality is crude and shocking.Thats S for Susan. Its not me real name. Ive changed it to Ritathough This is the funny side of Rita. She is make out to beentertaining and funny to make the interview laugh. When misunderstanding Franks comments her words are twisted into aninappropriate language. This shows her lack of education and herco mpletely different approach to literature, her experiences are only rendition pulp fiction books.. This lack in education causes her social term around school to be very low. She wants to be like the otherstudents and knows it will take a lot of work to get there. Theaudience sees that she is aware of her academic limitations and knowsthe change will have to come from inwardly they come to thehairdressers cos they wanna be changed, but if you want to change y