I have seen the movie made based on this play some years ago, while studying English... I don't remember if I liked it or not, but reading the book now brings some memories...
I've chosen question 1: Why does Rita want to study?
Rita is a twenty-six-year-old woman from the working classes who enrolls in a course from the Open University. This programme is meant for people who didn't have the chance to go to university in the ordinary way due to time or money issues.
Rita is a hairdresser and her husband wants her to have a baby in order to start a family. In spite of this, she wants to study Literature. She longs for knowledge she believes she can get through the course. She wants to know everything possible in order, according to her, to become a better, more complete person in life. In her own words, she wants to "discover" herself before doing anything else in life.
3 comments:
Hi l@u!
Great we can interact this way, though we couldn't meet f2f today...
Have you noticed Rita's words, L@u? If you were here tutor, how would you choose to react to them? Do you take them literally?
BTW, I believe you'd enjoy reading Roy's post on this.
See you around!
Love,
Gladys
Hi, Gladys! Long time no see...
If I were Rita's tutor I'd say to her that she already knows herself. She is very determined and centred in what she wants and believes. I think that by "discovering" herself she means she wants to find out more about what she can accomplish in life...
C U
L@U
Do U believe Rita's ready to hear such a remark, L@u? Perhaps she'd mistrust Frank, or suspect he might not be "so knowledgeable" if he told her so at this stage?
Let's keep reading!
Gladys
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