Educating Rita- the summary Act one Scene one The hairdresser Rita wants to become educated. She enrolled into an open university and was accepted. Rita get a tutor- Frank-. This scene describes the first meeting between both.
Frank expects an insecure, shy woman. But Rita is self- assured, extroverted and speaks a lot. They talk about irrelevant themes like pictures alcohol and about smoking. Rita tells Frank, that she wants to know everything. Frank hesitates, because he is undoubted about his qualification to teach her. Scene two Rita visits Frank for the second time.
While entering his room she is oiling the door handle. She wanders and takes a seat. They start talking about education and they begin to discuss about books. Then they speak about Howards End by E. M.
Foster Rita has a different opinion about this book than Frank does. Then Rita starts a conversation on Franks wife. He tells that they broke up and that he is now living with an former student. Then Rita says again that she wants to get teacher by Frank and he agrees. They argue about the best teaching method, but finally they agree that if Rita wants an education she needs to discipline herself. Then Rita leaves the room.
Scene three Rita complains about a book (E. M. Forster), she had to read. The essay, she wrote about another book seems to be bad, Frank said.
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Rita wanted to do well, but she didn’t does it in a way Frank expected. So he tells her to be more objective. Later they talked about a book and its title, if it is perverted. Scene four Rita and Frank were talking about Rita “Peer Gynt” essay. Frank wonders about its shortage. Than they were talking about, what is expected in an examination and how to write an essay.
Later they had a talk about the meaning of live and the society. Rita also tells about a customer in the hairdressers shop. At the end, Rita completes her Peer “Gynt” essay and Frank reads it. Scene five Frank asks Rita if she has finished her assay. But Rita couldn’t give him her assay, because her husband Danny has burned it and all the books of Rita, too.
Frank wants to talk with Rita about the problem between her and her husband, but she doesn’t want to. We get to know that she doesn’t like to have a baby in opposite to Danny. And she has changed and Danny is searching for the old Rita. Bit she wants to go on learning, even when Danny doesn’t like this. Frank takes a drink of booze and they have a short talk about his alcoholism. […
] Scene five [… ] Then they begin to talk about “Chekhov” and Frank asks Rita if she had ever been to the theatre. She had not but she really wants to. So she has the idea to go with Frank to the theatre this evening. At first Frank doesn’t want to (because he thinks his wife would be jealous) but at least he decides to go with her. Scene six On Thursday Rita runs to Frank for telling him that she watched Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” at the theatre last night.
She is very impressed of this tragedy. She felt introduced and wanted to warn Macbeth. Rita also talks to Frank about the definition of tragedy and she comes to the conclusion that there is a difference between a tragedy and something that is tragic. At the end Frank invites Rita to a dinner together with his girlfriend and some friends. Scene seven Frank is worried because Rita didn’t come to the dinner.
Rita explains him why she wouldn’t come: she bought the wrong wine and she wasn’t dressed well. She doesn’t want to be someone who is only funny, charming and delightful any longer. She wants to talk seriously. She wants to be acknowledged. Rita hasn’t reach the point to talk to people in a confident way.
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After she saw the people through the window she went back to the pub where Danny and his family were. Scene eight Danny set an ultimatum: either Rita stops go to university and comes off the pill or she could get out. Therefor Rita left Danny. After this Frank and Rita talk about Macbeth essay. Frank won’t really tell her the truth He likes the essay but Rita has to change her style when she will pass the exam. Rita understands this but she wants that Frank tells her his real opinion.
Act two Scene one Rita was at summer school and now she is back and tells Frank how fantastic it was: she had a lot of fun and got to know a lot of people with whom she spoke about poetry and went to theatres, bars, etc. Frank is very quiet and tells Rita about his holiday in France /he drank and wrote a bit and Julia left him).
Rita is very happy. She tells Frank something about her new flatmate, Trish, and gives him a present from London: an expensive pen with engraving “Must only be used for poetry… .” . Rita is worried about Franks addiction to alcohol, but he isn’t interested in reforming himself.
Frank wants to tell Rita something about W. Blake (English poet) but Rita did him at summer school. Scene two While the tutorial Rita and Frank are talking about the discussion between Rita and some “oral” students about literature. Rita was invited by one student to come to France with him and Frank tells her not to go because of the exams at Christmas. Rita seems to be very proud and more self- assured you can see that Frank is very bad- tempered about this.
He wants to forbid Rita everything, e. g. going to France, talking with a “new” voice (like Trish advice her), etc. Scene three and four It’s time for Frank’s weekly tutorial to Rita, but this time he enters the room being totally drunk. Before doing his lectures he felt off the rostrum twice, and the heads of the university suggested that it might be good for him to leave the college for some time. Rita is about to walk out, but Frank pulls her back.
He starts a fight about Rita’s essay on Blake’s poem “The Blossom”, although the essay is not what they are really talking about. Rita is changing and Frank is afraid that she will loose everything that made her so special and will become like all other “educated people.” But apparently that is what Rita wants, so she asks him to give her some room for herself, to leave her alone a bit. In the next scene Rita enters the room. but she is late for her tutorial. Frank is upset, because he thinks that Rita is moving away from him. He struggles with the educated world and doesn’t want to loose Rita on them.
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Frank makes things worse by acting like a lover, a jealous husband. He asks her about everything she does and complains about the way she acts. Rita doesn’t need Frank anymore, but now Frank needs Rita. They get into a fight which Frank breaks up by handing her some sheets of his own poetry. He wants Rita to write an essay about it, due the next week. Scene five Rita likes Frank’s poems but he hasn’t the same opinion.
He rips them up. A trouble between Rita and Frank thickens because he is angry that she is independent now and she can live without his help. Scene six Frank tries to call Rita to tell her where and when the examination takes place, but she isn’t at home. He said to Rita’s flatmate that he has entered her for her exam. Scene seven Frank is sacked and so he packed his books into the chests because he has to go to Australia for 2 years. Rita thanks Frank for entering her for the exam.
Frank gives her a dress for an educated woman and Rita cuts his hair.
