The audience might be shocked by the amount of swearing in the play but because frank likes Rita he allows it. The audience might expect the play to be more formal as it is in a theatre and they are probably higher-class people. Willy Russell, the author, based this play upon his life and his experiences, the modern themes such as marriage, divorce and going on the pill were purposely written about because it is what R

This is quite a different Rita the audience begin to see compared to the 'old' Rita who always seem to question what it was she was saying like 'I'm comin' in, aren't I?' and 'they made it religious, didn't they?' It was as if she could not make a statement without questioning it in case it was wrong. By questioning the things she would do it appeared she was unconfident, she was not sure what she was doing.

At first Frank does not want to teach Rita because he can not be bothered, in act one scene one he says 'you want a lot, and I can't give it'. She is common and appears to know nothing about literature so if Frank were to teach her it would be a lot of hard work for him, he would much rather be down the pub than teaching her. Then as the play goes on Frank begins to warm to her, mainly because he sees that she looks up to him, she sees him as her mentor. He is flattered by the compliments she gives him ' you've got taste'. She believes he is a wonderful person, she sees him as her ideal, she wishes to be just like him 'I'm gunna have a room like this one day'. Rita sees Frank as her ideal because he knows what to drink, what to wear and what to say. He knows that she looks up to him, when she copies him and uses the word patina. He smiles because he is flattered by the thought that Rita wants to be like him but does not tell her she has used the word in the wrong context. He is happy with the way Rita always runs to him when she does something like going to see Macbeth 'I gorra tell someone' and how he can teach her his own opinions on certain pieces of literature.

ita experienced. The play was meant to reflect what life was like in the 1980's so that younger, working class people would be drawn in the theatre. Willy Russell wanted people to stop thinking that the theatre was for higher-class people, he wanted everyone to be able to enjoy the experience. He wrote this play because he knew it would be of interest to the working class, everything from the swearing to the modern themes were intentional as they are relevant to them.

The audience will know that Rita is intelligent but she has not been educated so she can not put her view across properly. She decided she would not read all of Howards End because it said 'we are not concerned with the poor'. The point she makes is her own opinion 'that's why it's crap' but she does not argue it well or in proper grammar. It is Frank's job to teach her about literature and the English language

On the other hand Rita is trying to gain an education to make her life better. She has gone on the Open University course to gain an education and wants Frank to teach her. 'You are my teacher-an you're bleedin' well gunna teach me.' This shows us how determined she is to gain this education. After Frank has said she can go to another tutor because he can not really be bothered to teach her she still comes back.

Throughout the last stages of the play it is clear to see that Frank is uneasy about Rita becoming an educated woman. He does not like the fact she has other people to influence her and for her to tell her problems to them instead of him. But he realises that he can not have everything he wants and has to let Rita lead her own life. He tries to get her to go to Australia with him but she declines. When frank gives Rita the dress he bought her it shows that deep down, even though he probably does not like the fact that she is educated because it meant

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