In this scene, we see Frank at his desk with yet another mug of whisky, not a glass, but a mug which shows the signs o a substantial drinker. Rita does not like to speak to him when he is drunk, so she asks, "Are you sober?"

Frank comes back with his usual sharp and witty comments, and because he insists that e is not drunk she continues the conversation with him. Rita had come for a reason, to compliment Frank on his poetry and to try and convince him to start to write again, but Fr

I feel that this is a very important scene in the play, as it is where everything from the start of the play all becomes reality. At the beginning of the play, she is not educated at all, but at this point in the play, w see her fully educated, and holding a good argument, with her tutor, and Frank does not like it one bit. Rita is now "educated" she knows " what clothes to wear, what wines to buy and what plays to see" Which is more or less what Rita wanted to know. To Frank that is nothing, he has had it all of his life, but to Rita, it is remarkable. I suppose that it isn't really that much when you think about it, but that is what Rita wanted, and that is the reason she was now happy.

This shows that Frank is in a state of refutation, meaning that he is depressed and doesn't really care about anything anymore, he has lived his life, got to the top of his profession, and there isn't really much more for him to do, apart from drink. Rita tries to tell him that her friend Trish, that she had recently moved in with, also thought th

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