![]() It is also a careful study in the uncertainty of transformation as we go through life wishing for something we don’t have.History of Education: Selected Moments Selected Moments of the 20th CenturyĪ workin progress edited by DanielSchugurenskyĭepartment of Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology, The play is an insightful look into the ways that social class and education can shape who we are. It is also up to the reader to decide if what Frank thinks is truly important. It is up to the reader to decide if Rita was changed for the better by her lessons or if she became exactly what Frank hated about academia. For Rita, education offers an escape from what she considers to be a lackluster life, but for Frank, it is a rigid system that squelches everyone’s personality. The play deals with the ideas of social class and what it means to be educated. She tells him that she has something to give him, and the play closes with her giving him a haircut. One day, Rita comes by and mention that he has been a great teacher. Frank is upset by the school forcing him to take a sabbatical and he prepares to go to Australia without Julia. Rita gets busier and busier and eventually, their meetings are few. They fight, but when he tells her that he read Rubyfruit Jungle and liked it, which makes her laugh. When Frank gives her negative comments on an essay, she accuses him of only wanting a copy of himself. She gets a new flatmate, starts speaking differently, and continues her lessons. Rita starts to become more like the world of academia that Frank hates. Frank tells her that none of that matters, that she only had to be herself, but she gets offended and feels like he wants to show her off as an attraction. She didn’t feel like she was wearing the right things or bringing the right wine. She tells him later that she felt all wrong to show up. Frank invites her to a dinner party Julia is hosting, but Rita doesn’t attend. Rita feels trapped by what he thinks are choices, however, saying that they aren’t real choices. Denny feels scared and betrayed by her changes, and believes that they already have choices. ![]() Rita reveals Denny burned all her things though out of anger because she is changing and trying to improve herself. The next lesson, Rita does not have her essay, which annoys Frank. Frank reluctantly agrees after a few probing questions. They talk about culture, and Rita insists that the working class has no culture. She tells him that Denny, her husband, doesn’t like for her to do the essays at home. Frank doesn’t care, but he mentions that her latest essay is rather short and that he has questions. In Act III, we see Rita rushing in late because of a talkative customer. Rita doesn’t take these comments seriously. He says that he wouldn’t hide so much from his girlfriend if she were more like Rita. As they continue their lessons, Franks world-weariness begins to show, and he is more down than up. Rita asks Frank if he is married, and he says that he was once. She read a Forster book that Frank mentioned but couldn’t get into it because Forster mentioned that he hated poor people. ![]() He wants her to produce real criticism, but this is difficult for her to do. ![]() She writes an essay on her favorite book, but Frank criticizes it saying that it was too subjective. ![]()
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