Educating Rita by Willy Russell :: Papers

Educating Rita by Willy Russell Educating Rita is a play written by Willy Russell. It is about a woman called Rita who feels her life is not fulfilled so she goes to Frank who whole caboodle at an Open University to tutor her. Rita has a husband called Denny. He is working class and has never been to university, like Rita before she goes to she Frank. Frank on the other slide by is a lecturer of literature exactly does not have everything. He is unhappy at home and is oftentimes drunk at his tutorials. The audiences first image of Frank is that he likes a drink (or two) because in the first scene he is looking for his hidden bottle of whisky. We know straight away that he is a heavy drunk. We only hear Frank talking on the telephone with his partner, Julie. Frank doesnt treat Julie with any respect. He has no intension of spillage home for tea, he would much prefer to get drunk at the pub. After putting down the phone Frank says yes thats it you go and put your calculate in the oven. This shows frank has no feelings for her. Frank works in a university but also tutors for the Open University. Franks wife has quite a few friends but frank doesnt because he is always out at the pub. Frank uses clever words and talks in an intellectual manner. When Rita looks at the picture and says thats a tight-laced picture frank thinks it is a strange thing to notice because he has never really noticed it. Actually I dont think Ive noticed it in about 10 years. Frank feels it is a very strange thing to talk about. He takes his surroundings for granted, For example the window I dont often consider it actually and jokes about throwing a student out of it. I think Frank likes and respects Rita because he said, Would you like to borrow it meaning the book. He also must have had respect for her to let her come to his dinner party.