How does the environment effect education in the educating Rita?

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How does the environment effect education in the educating Rita?

Introduction to the play

        The play “educating Rita” was written by Willy Russell. In the play Willy Russell shows how the relationship between two people (frank and Rita) both of different classes Frank of the upper class and Rita of the lower class and how they form a relationship. This relationship changes during the play and I will be analysing how the relationship does change I will also see how the way in which they live effects their education. The play is set in Liverpool in the area around a university. The main themes of the play are education, culture and class in general. Willy Russell wrote the play as a comedy but by doing this he also covered many life issues.

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Introduction to Rita

        Rita is 26 years old and works in a hairdressers she represents the lower uneducated class in the play. Rita turns to education she believes that it is very important and she wants to be educated more than anything. She says she wants to talk about “the things that matter” because she feels that her life is currently going nowhere. Rita’s husband Denny doesn’t like the idea of Rita being educated and he thinks by the age of 26 Rita should be pregnant or already have a baby. She say that “she has to discover ...

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