In the play Educating Rita Willy Russell tells you about two people, these are the main characters Frank and Rita. Rita is a working class person who wants choice, she has little education and a poor job as a hairdresser and during the play she tries to break free from her social class, she wanted to succeed in school and be happy but her friends and family say that school is not cool and so …showed first 75 words of 694 total…

…showed last 75 words of 694 total…enthusiastic about literature again he starts to believe in his ability as a teacher again. Rita starts to influence Frank, his drinking problem has been cut down severely however Rita’s changes affects Frank as she becomes more educated Frank gets more unsettled and annoyed to an extent he is jealous of Rita. As Frank loses Rita’s presence he starts to drink again and this resulted in Frank being made to leave the university.