Increasingly Frank becomes crucial to Rita’s struggle to change herself and escape her work and class stereotype. In 1: 6 Rita runs to Frank to tell him about the theatre this is a significant as she is starting to understand and to enjoy middle class delights such as theatre. Also it is significant as Rita runs to Frank as he is the only one she can go to, I think that this is one of the high points of there relationship. Frank is very happy about this fact “I am honoured that you choose to tell me”. In 1: 7 she goes to the pub and she realises that she can no longer socialise with people there as they “do not talk about things that matter” this shows that she is middle class enough to not be working class, I think when Denny’s moth says that “we could be singing better songs” it is I think the epitome of the book, is when Rita decides that she can not stay doing the same in the ‘middle class’ or at least could not do the same thing every day, its when she decide to keep bettering herself. This shows that you cannot be part of to class you with one or the other, this is intensified when Denny throws Rita out of the house, I think he does this because Rita is no longer the same person he had once loved. When Rita say “the only thing she values is coming her once a week” she is saying just how much she wants to change and how much she ‘hates’ her life or at least what she has done with her life.
As Rita becomes more educated she begins to be independent. Frank is less significant to her. In 2:1 she has returned from summer school wearing new cloths, second hand cloths, Russell tries to show a new begging and a new way of thinking for Rita, educated, but still just a new dress or a new quintessential way of doing thing, a second hand way of doing things, and he goes further by proving this; Rita has already studied Blake This was terrible for Frank as he wanted to teach Blake to Rita (possibly as it closely relates with sex) also for once Frank feels that he is not needed or at least as needed because Rita has other teachers and mentors including Trish. Rita takes advice from her cousin Trish, her new flat mate. This is a shock to Frank as Trish is the type of people who he has complained about for the whole play. To have a student influence Rita was a terrible thing for Frank he thought that she would take away Rita’s ‘shine’, and its not just Trish. Rita talks to students on the lawn Frank is jealous.
Their relationship is strained when Rita struggles to understand why Frank is wasting away his life trough heavy drinking. This is when Rita criticizes him, which in the begging she said she would not she also said she did not mind the drinking, and seeing him less. In 2 : 2 Rita is late as she was talking to a group of pupils on the grass fitting in quite nicely with them as well she is able to put her view across and defend her points of view, it all so says that Frank is not the one person that she can speak to and that he is less important to her, not only that but she comes in talking in a posh voice, she is only messing about but, but that just shows how seriously she take the once a week she sees Frank a huge contrast to when she would say “the only thing I value is coming here” I think that Frank is in a bit of a mood about this a is defensive when speaking to Rita, he even puts Rita into a bad mood. In 2:3 Frank is reported by one of the pupils for being drunk during a lecture Rita then tries to change him again! I don’t think that the Rita in the begging of the play would I actually would think that she would laugh. When Rita tells Frank that she cant agree on all of his views and that he should drink less, it may be out of character or at least it would have been in the begging of the play, but it is by no means unreasonable I think that Frank should grow up and realise that he was the one to do this to her. It is after all what she wanted. When Rita is late again a had missed the last tutorial in 2: 4 Frank is still hanging on to the old Rita he phones her old work and she is not there any more then it turns out that she has moved work and s working in a bistro I think this is symbolic of Rita’s and Franks relationship Frank pushes her to a direction like the bistro and Rita goes there with out telling Frank gets a job. Frank is still thinking that she works at the hairdresser and being the old Rita and she is not she’s out at the bistro. The only problem is Frank doesn’t like coffee so he makes a big fuss over nothing. I think they both have very different views on what is important. Rita is only going to franks tutorials trough habit she does need him any more she knows what to read and how to right essays that’s all she needs to pass tests and fit in to the middle class.
Now educated, Rita realises that she now longer needs Frank and it appears to be the end of there relationship, Rita is only going to franks tutorials trough habit she knows what to read and how to right essays that’s all she needs to pass tests and fit in to the middle class. She says things like “I don’t need you any more. I’ve got a room full of books” 2:5. I think that the of frank and Rita should of been at the phone call when he can not find her and he is not even sure who she is any more.
The purpose of Frank and Rita’s relations ship has now been fulfilled, the end of the play sees frank and Rita part on pleasant terms, it is over as Rita passes her exams. Frank gives her a new dress like he said he would in the begging, in the begging Rita says he only way to cheer up is to buy a new dress, that is all she did through out he play just got a new dress to wear. Frank does ask if Rita wants to join him but I don’t think that it would of worked if she had. Rita does accomplish one thing in this play, other than turning into a cow, she gets her freedom Rita has choices, “I might go to France. I might go to me mother’s” note, she said me not my, that’s just a bit of the old Rita shining through “I might even have a baby. I dunno. I’ll make a decision. I’ll choose. I dunno.” (2:7)