'The transformed character of Rita in Act 2 Scene 1 is unrecognisable from the comedic character presented to us in Act 1 Scene 1'. To what extent do you agree with this statement. Refer closely to Russell's use of Comedic anf Dramatic Devices. (You must reference to all AOs).
Although Rita acknowledges that being smart is important, she shows that her change in the play is not just learning, but through her personality too. Her education helps her overcome her working class background and for her not to follow the rold of a traditonal woman in the 1970's. Education completely changes Rita and effects her life enormously.
One of the greatest changes we see in Rita is the language she uses as the play progresses. In Act 1 Scene 1, the language
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Education was not important because women were expected to leave school and become a typical housewife. This is presented at the end of the first Act when Frank suggests that Rita finds another tutor and she replies with '...an' you're gonna bleedin' well teach me'. This is very comedic as the words she uses contrasts greatly with the acendemic and privilidged surroundings she is currently within. In this Act, her language also contrasts with Frank's. Frank is presented as a well educated, middle class university professor who's language is much more refined. An example of this is when Rita tells Frank she's 'Off his cake', even Frank, a very experienced university tutor does not understand this figure of speech. This adds humour to the scene as it reveals to the audience just how much educating Rita is going to need. Rita's language also consists of lots of swearing due to her feeling nervous and because she lacks confidence which allows the audience to empathise with her as she hasn't recieved the education in which Frank once had. Her taboo language is consistant through the first scene, such as when she sees the painting in Franks room and says 'Look at those tits', the first time she meets her professor. This
I will show understanding of the plot, character and themes and Shakesperes use of language and dramatic devices within the play.
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Everybody changes throughout life, either it from being around certain people, having people persuade you into doing something, or by seeing a certain event happen. Everyone goes through a type of change that can make a big difference in their life. I argue that people in the play “Witness” by Karen Hesse can change from being around others because Sara Chickering changed from being around the Hirsh’s, Viola ended up joining the KKK because of her husband pressuring her to, and Merlin by seeing Leanora saving Ester.
2. Explain Miller’s use of comic relief at the beginning of this act. How is this scene ambiguous?
language and limp which had been apart parts of that demonstrated who she was. Change is not
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is not quite good enough. Rita wants to be of a higher status than her
Her job and dialect optimize the way she grew up, and how the expectations of her upbringing limit her future, as being a working class woman she is expected to get married, have children and then become a housewife, ‘I should've had a baby by now. Everyone expects it.’ There were no further expectations for women and certainly no need for them to have an education, ‘Denny gets dead narked if I work at home’. Rita doesn’t like the housewife stereotype and decides to rebel against it by taking the pill and starting a formal education, ‘But I mean, I don't want a baby yet. No. I wanna discover meself first.’ Rita’s family refuse to see the benefits that this could give her and this leads her father to feel sorry for Denny and to feel annoyed at Rita’s lack of commitment to her family, ‘Denny, I'm sorry for you, lad. If she was a wife of mine I'd drown her.’ When Rita thinks about quitting the course to please her family, it’s her mother’s unintentional comment at the pub, ‘There must be better songs than this,’ which drives her forward in the course, ‘And I thought, ‘All I'm doing is getting an education. Just trying to learn. And I love it. It's not easy, I get it wrong half the time, I'm laughed at half the time but I love it because it makes me feel as
Educating Rita tells a story of a 26-year-old married hairdresser, Rita, who decided to get education by taking a course in English literature from the Open University. Through the development of the relationship between Rita and her alcoholic and cynical tutor, Frank, this story brings up many concepts in adult development and education. After watching the movie, I have a further understanding of the concepts of changes, motivation to learn, freedom, and stability.
An important character in ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare was Macbeth. Macbeth is shown as the protagonist of the play and is the person who drives the plot of the drama. Macbeth changes dramatically throughout the play as in the start he is portrayed as the tragic hero who would do anything for his King and country. As the plays continue he becomes ambitious and, encouraged by a prophecy. After that, he ends up killing a lot of people/becoming a tyrant.
In Summary, with these three examples it is shown that the play and the movie contrast quite a bit. Most of the story line and the dialogue were very similar to the original story in the movie but some things were changed, possibly to shorten the story to be able to make
“Her language, as I hear it, vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery. That was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world” (7). The author talked about her personal experiences with the different kinds of English. She talked about how her
In this essay I am going to answer the question above and I will do this by saying whether or not I feel sympathy for lady Macbeth and I go through different parts in the play. After reading parts of the play and watching the video I don’t’ feel very much sympathy for lady Macbeth, although I do feel some sympathy for her in some parts in the play. Over all I think that lady Macbeth is a fiend as she says stuff that’s not very nice to make Macbeth do the things that she is too scared to do herself. I also think that she is a caring person really but she needed to be made evil by witchcraft, as she would not be able to do what she does through out the play in her normal person.
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, malicious characters are portrayed as obviously evil and influential. Macbeth, however, is one character that is not represented in this way, in fact he is quite the opposite. The new king is seen as a victim of his foul wife’s influences and the witches prophecies but is really only supported by them and these ideas, leading him to make decisions based on evil ambition and a wicked desire for power. Readers are pushed to believe that Macbeth deserves sympathy, but as all humans do, Macbeth has free will allowing him to make his own decisions which means that if he were a victim, he would only be this due to his depraved actions.