Question 10
In what way is Educating Rita a play about the clash of class and culture?
Taking into account the play as a whole, I think it is in a way a clash of classes and culture. Rita, which is the embodiment of lower class, as well as a kind of rudimentary woman who goes to this open university looking for a change in her life. She wants to be refined , she wants to be independent. On the other hand, there is Frank, a well-educated teacher who in spite of his knowledge and class cannot cope with his life. Despite of the fact that they belong to different worlds, they get on really well and help each other. That`s way I think that in a way there is some kind of clash between them. Still, this clash can be called a blending of classes more than a clash of culture. In the development of these characters, the word clash gives the idea of pairs strongly opposed ,and here as the story is portrayed , and though characters are quite different, they are able to interact with each other perfectly well.
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It is true that by the end of the play Frank and Rita have really learned to "live together", Lucía, but has it always been so? The play shows an interesting case of the relationship between socio-economic backgrounds and academic success, which is reflected at different instances of conflict all throughout... Can you identify any, and see how the characters go about overcoming them?
Love,
Gladys
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