Russell, Willy: *1947
Educating Rita, 1980 - Information about the Book
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- The play deals with the concept of freedom, change, Britain's class system, the shortcomings of institutional education, and the nature of self-development and of personal relationships.
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- You may find it interesting to compare "Educating Rita" with "Pygmalion". It is also interesting to speculate whether Willy Russell intended Educating Rita to be his version of the Frankenstein story. When this novel is mentioned in Act II Scene V of Educating Rita, it is implied that Frank's creation (Rita) has turned on her creator, who can no longer control what he has made. The strong sense of the loss of the power to control is exactly what Frank feels.
- Articles
- Language and Identity: an essay by Kenneth Hermansson based on the reading of two literary plays, George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and Willy Russell's Educating Rita.
- Similarities and differences between Frank and Rita
- The different worlds of Frank and Rita
- The basic problem of the play
- Rita's approach to literature compared to "proper students"
- What Rita expects from literature
- Rita's dilemma
- The new Rita
- What Educating Rita teaches us about individuality: "Russell’s message from this play is actually opposite of how it initially appears, i.e. Rita has actually lost her individuality through the process of “becoming an academic.” " Nathan Robino; December 2, 2019