Discuss the ways in which Willy Russell develops the characters of Rita and Frank in his play 'Educating Rita'.

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Educating Rita-Coursework Assignment.

Discuss the ways in which Willy Russell develops the characters of Rita and Frank in his play 'Educating Rita'.

In my essay I shall write an analysis to 'discuss the ways in which Willy Russell develops the characters of 'Rita' and 'Frank' in his play 'Educating Rita'. This play is a 20th Century play and was set in the 1980's. The plays write Willy Russell has also written many other famous plays such as: - 'Blood Brothers', 'Our day out' and 'Shirley Valentine. He is also well known for writing plays with female protagonists. The play 'Educating Rita' is basically about a woman who wants to be educated when she finally realizes the fact that she has wasted her whole life and now is faced with not much respect and class in society. So a professor from 'The Open University' has the choice to either teach or abandon the woman but he decides to teach her because in my opinion I think that Frank likes the woman's attitude and personality but hides it. The theme of the play is that two characters lives are completely changed because of education and the opportunities it can give