... Frank which is emphasised more than it would be with other characters, and would notice any subtle changes that occur in the play. For example, when Rita starts to use the correct form of speech for talking about literature and ...

... the struggle and frustration of a woman, caught in the working class. Willy Russell uses wit, humour and his knowledge of that time period to create and develop his two characters as they travel through substantial changes in their lives. ...

... and is well spoken. He appears to be a stereotypical middle class academic but he has hidden qualities. Frank likes to drink; "Yes I suppose I did take it on to pay for the drink." He constantly refers to the ...

... audience may realise that Frank hiding his bottles of whisky that this may be a predicament that will feature later in the play in a big way. Not only this, but the informal approach to his drinking, pouring a ...

... to his house for dinner. Frank contradicts himself when it comes to the matter of independent learning. He encourages Rita to go to the theatre. Yet, on the other hand, when Rita comes back form Summer School, Frank comes across ...

... One way to appreciate it is to think that she is doing it for the sake of finding her true self. Through reading and understanding literature she believes that she will ascertain a new part of herself that she never ...

... relationship. However Rita readily comes in to argue her point with Frank at great lengths. Rita is in a way dependent on Frank she come to see him whenever she discovers something new or does something new. He is ...

... show off and prove to people that she could do whatever she wanted. "I wish I could talk like that. Its brilliant." Rita suggests that she would like to say "dead clever things" to almost impress people more then she ...

... reactions. 'Difficult. Withdrawn.' Frank appears to be pushed beyond his patience and to begin with, the reader has some sort of sympathy for Frank. 'That STARING all the time like I'd done something wrong.' It can be the case that teenagers can be ...

... her feet bathing in her shoes full of murky, stagnant water didn't bother her. As she reached her street and turned to face her house, she could see the silhouette of a person in the door way. A voice sounding ...

... with it's bookcase lined walls, represents the education that Rita wants. When she first enters, she wants to be able to read all the books, understand them, and be able to talk knowledgeably about them. Rita loves the room, and ...

... with it's bookcase lined walls, represents the education that Rita wants. When she first enters, she wants to be able to read all the books, understand them, and be able to talk knowledgeably about them. Rita loves the room, and ...

... are trying hard to achieve academic success, the more we are starting to grow apart from our love ones and it is changing everyone in certain way. According to Jimmy Santiago Baca in, "Working in The Dark," "Only by action, ...

... than a Law Enforcer. With Julian wanting to protect his family name and pride more than he does the law he goes on to threaten Wes, "My God, boy. Stop this now. Stop this before I have to." You can ...

... effect on the Hayden family, David brings to mind a series of memories of his parents who are strong enough to withstand the pressures exerted by Frank Hayden's crimes, Julian's rage, and the townspeople's ability "to look the other way". ...

... In other words, acquaintance is knowing first hand that something exists, where as knowledge about something is simply knowing it exists without actually seeing it. Russell's theory takes the "notion of the variable as fundamental;" he uses 'C(x)' to mean ...

... of a stereotypical cowboy, being a rough, gun slinging nomad. However, when more closely examined, a more sophisticated and mysterious character is revealed. Harmonica, of medium stature with a stone face, possesses a focused, purposeful personality. We are quickly convinced ...

... would scold them greatly for getting dirty after scrambling up the steep path home using that route so they took the road home instead after a time. "Hey, with us around those ruddy Huns will run right back with their tails ...

... that all books are literature", a view she changes later on. Rita calls Frank a "geriatric hippie" just because of his hairstyle. Rita also chooses to read pulp fiction, and does not appear to be familiar with any of the ...

... respect from society. In reality, some Japanese disagree with his thoughts and claimed them to be 'plunging (Japan) into the most evil disaster in the entire history'. Shiego, one of Jiro's close classmates wrote an article at the Education Digest ...

... into the normal 'category' for a woman of twenty-six and she doesn't want to have a baby or at least not until she has discovered herself. The issue of having a baby appears frequently throughout the book, like in the ...

... centred on two main characters, Frank, a middle class, alcoholic University tutor and Rita, a working class, scouse hairdresser, who are very different. Rita decides to enrol on an Open University English Literature course in order to try to create ...

... also telling his partner Julia that he is going to the pub afterwards. Russell would have found it hard found it difficult to show that Frank and Rita are from to different social backgrounds and setting the scene is a ...

... when Rita enters Frank's room by saying "I'm comin' in, aren't I? It's that stupid bleedin' handle on the door?" this clearly shows the audience that Rita can be pushy and also bossy. I think that this gives the audience ...

... in 1983. Other well known Russell works include Shirley Valentine and Blood Brothers. Before Rita came to study with Frank, she was a wife and a hairdresser with no ambition in life. She felt that she needed to be educated and ...