Willy Russells Educating Rita Essay -- Willy Russell Educating Rita E

Willy Russells Educating RitaEducating Rita is a play just about a working gradation girl who is tired ofher lifestyle and asks a university tutor to educate her in an attemptto change her ways her life. Her tutor, Frank, shows her the culturesand values of the middle class world as well as t all(prenominal)ing her aboutliterature even though he too is tired of his lifestyle. Rita forcesherself to change and realises the damage she causes to herself,acting as someone she isnt. Willy Russel writes about the clash ofcultures from each of the side of meat classes.In the beginning of the play when Rita and Frank first meet, theyhardly understand each former(a)Frank stares at Rita who stands by the deskFrank You are?Rita What am I?Frank Pardon?Rita What?Frank (looking for admission papers) Now you are?Rita Im a what?The way of speaking in each class is so alien to the other and bothRita and Frank are totally bemused. Willy Russell uses this to showhow much each class is separated with the other and how little to dothey have with each other, each representative of each class in theplay is depicted as having made stereotypes of the otherRita Can I smoke?Frank Tobacco?Rita Yeh. Was that a joke?AndRita You wouldnt watch ITV would y? Its all BBC with you, isntit?Frank Well I must confessRita Its all right, I know. Soon as I walked I here I said tomeself, Y can tell hes a Flora man.Frank A what?Rita A Flora man.Frank Flora? Flowers?In these two passages in scene one, it is possible to see thestereotypes that both Rita and Frank have of each other. Frank thinksthat Rita might want to smoke cannabis, and Rita initially thi... ...hat she hadnt said it. But she had. Andthats why I came back, Rita feels that her family is acting inpointless ways, pretending to themselves, e.g. like her mother, andfeels she cannot bear to keep living a lie and wants to be able livehow she wants to live, yet in the end realises her education may nothave been as amazing for her as she thoug ht, in the last scene shetells of her flatmate and how she resented her lifestyle, in the end assay to kill herself. Rita realised she didnt want just to be ableto regurgitate quotes and empty phrases, but to be herself, to enjoywhatever aspects of each social class she wants.In conclusion, the message that Willy Russell is trying to convey isthat the boundaries of social class can be broken, and the key tosuccess is to be yourself and embrace individuality rather to line upto the sheep of society.