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    the time and reproduced all the time, so to say gender is performative is to say that nobody really is a gender from the start.’ (Butler, 2011) When looking at the two clips, DV8 and Educating Rita, you can see multiple signs which inform us of things and signs which reference gender/ gender stereotypes. Educating Rita was originally written for the Royal Shakespeare Company by Willy Russell. He has been noted to say that ‘[he] wanted to make a play which engaged and was relevant to those who considered

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    Educating Rita Analysis

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    Rita sat by her husband facing the window. He stared out into nothing. There was little evidence of any thought process from either of them, only an occasional whine from the patient. A nurse entered the room, greeted Rita, but received no response. The nurse bathed and manipulated Morrison’s legs and arms as if to invoke an act of movement from her patient. Earlier, the doctors and attendants spoke to Rita about the slight improvements they had detected. They found the sounds he made relating to

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    “Matilda” movie essay What techniques does the director, Danny DeVito use in the film to illustrate that the character, Miss Agatha Trunchbull, is malicious and evil (mean)? The film “Matilda” directed by Danny DeVito was released in 1996, on the second of August. The main characters of this film are Agatha Trunchbull, Jennifer Honey, Matilda Wormwood, Zinnia Wormwood and Harry Wormwood. Ms Agatha Trunchbull is the legal guardian of Miss Honey and has very strict rules at her school, as she despises

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    Hi today I will be analysing two of the major themes present in Willy Russell’s play “Educating Rita” But first I will read an excerpt from act 2 scene 4 page 68 This scene shows two of the major themes that run throughout the play, and are closely linked education and finding yourself. Finding Yourself Both of the main characters Rita and Frank go on journeys of self-discovery throughout the play. Rita Rita is a woman of working class background who makes the decision to undertake an English course

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    the case in Educating Rita. In these times working class women were always stereotyped as starting a family for their husband’s and not being as equal as men therefore not treated the same. In the 1980’s women were expected to start family’s and to be a housewife for their husband. They were known as the working class. Most women did go along with this stereotype and had children however in Educating Rita this is not the case. The stereotype of women having children is challenged by Rita in the book

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    Educating Rita: The Power of Education Educating Rita centers on a twenty-seven-year-old woman names Susan, who goes by the name Rita. She is experiencing an internal struggle involving her social class and feels that she should fall into a higher class. Rita begins attending Open University at tutorial sessions with Dr. Frank Bryant. These tutorials eventually lead Rita to her love with literature and realization that it is possible to have a choice in life. Rita is from a lower-class family and

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    “The History Boys” and “Educating Rita” have common themes running through the spine of each text, regarding formal education and learning for self-satisfaction. The History boys tells the story of 8 academic working and middle class boys from a grammar school in Sheffield whom are applying for Oxford and Cambridge university in the 1980’s and are studying intensely to succeed. Their teachers, Hector and Irwin have a conflicting approach to education. Irwin teaches the boys specifically how to pass

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    EDUCATING RITA Significant experiences in people’s lives provide opportunities for growth and development. Going ‘into the world’ means moving from familiar experiences to new horizons. When going from familiar experiences to new ones, obstacles are usually overcome before being totally successful. Individuals might be given advice and/or guided through the transformation to reaching new horizons. Great rewards and opportunities also come about while going through the process of growth and development

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    experience and passion to get there, something sometimes lacking in a less mature mind. Rita sought education to create a better life for herself and through that pursuit found herself and a friend. She helped Frank possibly realise that he wasn’t so useless after all and got the education she so desired. Comment on my choice of content and what it shows about frank and how he changes over the play Rita is a working class Liverpudlian and aspires to a higher social and

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    Notes for Educating Rita

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    |Elective 2: Into the World | |In this elective students explore a variety of texts that deal with aspects of growing up or transition into new phases of life and a | |broader world. People encounter different experiences and respond to them individually. These personal experiences may result in growth, | |change or other consequences. Students respond to and compose a range of texts

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