Part one of term paper
‘Educating Rita’ is a play by Willy Russell. It follows two people and their ever changing relationship. It takes place in just one room at a redbrick university in “the North of England”. Frank is an English lecturer at the university. He takes on an Open University teaching course “to pay for the drink”. Rita is a mature s ...

Part two of term paper
... Denny, think that she “should have had a baby by now; everyone expects it.” She has changed her name from Susan to Rita, which although she doesn’t realise it, is part of her attempt to change her personality. She says “They walk in the hairdressers an’ half an hour later they expect to walk out a different person.” Here she is being ironic and hypocritical. This helps the audience to realise that she has a lot to learn and emphasises the ‘problems’ Rita is trying to overcome. In ...