Saturday, February 2, 2019
Choose to scenes from the film that illuminates the text of Educating :: English Literature
Choose to scenes from the film that illuminates the text of Educating Rita by Willy RussellWhen the forgather was written there was a still a heathen start out between the uneducated (as in no higher instruction) working mob and the pagan and educated upper class but higher genteelness was slowly beingmadeavailable to the masses.This was partly due to Open University (OU) with provided a university education to those who normally would rescue not been able to go due to battle or the fact that they might feel they wouldnt fit in, like Rita, because of the cultural differences.Rita feels she needs an education to fill her life, as she knows that whateverthing in her life is not right and so she turns to the part of a life she doesnt have -education and companionship of culture- to fill the gap.However as we find out this is not needfully what she is missing, but in her search for an education she finds a new Rita, she even changes her recognize back to Susan. Susan is Rita s real name, however when she started OU she changed it to Rita after Rita Mae Brown, someone who she thinks writes literature, but in fact writes pulp-fiction stories, because at this time she thinks all books are literature- this shows the cultural difference.The play Educating Rita by Willy Russell gained great popularityespecially during the early eighties. There has overly been a movie madefrom it starring Julie Walters and the more famous Michael Caine. Asso often the case, the movie was more elaborate with additionalscenes, some of which were spoken of or retold by the actors in theplay. The movie also include several actors while the play onlyfeatured two, Frank and Rita. In this essay I am going to explore howthe film illuminates part of the text when performed on stage.Although most of the details are small and subtle, they have a great impact on how the story portrayed. The movie offers oftentimes more background information on other characters and events that are pri ncipal(prenominal) to the story. The play is much more restricted in the sense that a great many things are bound not to happen on stage, especially as there are only two characters. In fact nothing taking place outside Franks office faeces be seen by the audience. All action is then confined within the stages four walls. When Frank invites Rita to his home for dinner in the play the
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.