Act 2 Scenes 6 and 7

The end of the story

These last two scenes show these ideas that after all we have said and done we come back to our roots. we make a distiction of what is worth it from what is not.. It also makes out the concept of "choice", to be able to make choices in life. The importance of taking some kind of responsability when making choices and if we feel we were wrong , we face it and we go on with our life.

Scene six starts with Frank calling to Rita`s house to let her know that he has entered her for the examination.

So in scene seven Rita goes to Frank`s place to greet him for Christmas and finds him packing all his stuff to go Australia. H e tells her that the university has decided no to dismiss him but to send him to Australia.

The interesting part in this scene arises when Rita tells Frank that she has come to see him and tell him she he is really a good teacher. She tells him that after all she has told him she realizes that he has influenced her for the better. She also tells him that she has chosen herself in spite of all her obstacles and that it is her and only her the one who is going to start a new life. She is not sure if she is going to go to France with Tyson and his group or if she is going to stay with her mum or even to have a baby,she is not sure of anything but she. It is in this moment when Frank gives her a dress that he has bought for her. he makes it clear that he has bought the dress thinking in the woman more than in the educated. Here Frank`s feelings are seen overtly without any kind of restriction. And Rita responds to this by giving him a hair cut. From my point of view Rita`s hair cut could embody Frank`s new life. In fact when she says that she is going to take years off Frank she may mean than life is going to give him a second chance. It is the hair cut and the trip to Australia a possibility to make a new fresh start. However, I don`t think Rita will be part of it. I think that from the beginning Rita has had very clear objectives. She has been able to separate the man from the teacher. On the contrary, It is Frank the one who gets confused. Well, it is at this right moment that he has the opprtunity to start again.

Act 2 Scenes 4 and 5

These two scenes are really telling!! First of all it is in scene four that we learn Frank hidden passion for poetry. It is here when he gives Rita part of his works as a poet. But at first he doesn`t tell her the truth , he wants her to be able to discover it . In fact, he gives her the task to be able to elaborate a critical assessment of an lesser known English poet. By doing this I think he has two aims: first he wants Rita to keep on developing her critical thinking without resorting to any other`s opinion, secondly he wants her to realize of his hidden passion.

However, this event leads to a terrible argument among them because when Rita tells him that he should start writng again he becomes really ironic and tells her that he should also change his name. He even becomes kind of reprouchful to her by telling her she has now got the knack to understand any kind of "shit" she reads. It is here, at this point when Rita expresses very simply what he cannot bearand it is this new Rita what he cannot bear, he cannot bear the fact that she can perfectly do without him . She has become in an entirely new person now. She feels she can do on her own. She has really made progress. However, we can see Frank has fallen behind. At the beginning of the play it is Rita the one that needs Frank desperately, but now things are the other way about. The difference is that now Rita has wings and she is not willing to stay inside a cage any longer she wants to fly and Frank cannot cope with this idea. the idea of Rita leaving him, making a new fresh start.

Act 2 Scenes 2 and 3

Scene two starts with Rita`s new voice. She has changed her voice because Trish ,her new classy friend, has told her that this voice is much more refined that the other one. In fact, Rita thinks that this new voice is part and parcel of talking properly. Of course, Rita`s decision really pisses Frank a big deal. H ecannot understand why she wants to be a person she is not. That`s why he tells her that she is not a " dalek" and that she has to be herself. Yet, Rita ignores Frank`s comments and keeps on talking about the heated dicussion she has had on the grass with some students who have dared to compare Chatterley with Sons and Lovers. In fact Rita feels that these people know nothing about Literature and that they cannot look down on Lawrence by comparing such good novel with the crap they are comparing it. Here we can clearly see how superior Rita feels. Infact, she feels in the position of a Literature expert. She feels like discussing even correcting peers. this , of course, makes Frank a bit uneasy. He realizes that Rita has become completely independent even arrogant at times. Whatsmore, Rita finishes this scene by telling Frank that after this heated discussion she has made friends with these students and that they have invited her to go to France with them for Christmas time. She also mentions a boy called Tyson who likes Rita. This clearly pisses Frank a lot to the point that scene three starts with Frank being completely drunk.

Frank has been teaching completely drunk. Of course this will cause him lots of trouble. However, he feels there is nothing wrong with being drunk as long as he can keep on giving the lecture. This is a hint on how lost Frank is. Here we can perfectly realized that without Rita Frank feels his life has no sense. Rita has filled his life with joy but now she seems to be having a new life, alife in which Frank doesn`t feel like fitting ; he feels completely at a loss. However, Rita is also becoming a bit at a loss. Here we see how difficult it is for Rita to express her own ideas without letting others to influence her. At this point I think she also may feel a bit confused.

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Act 2 Scene 1

In this scene Rita comes back from her trip to London ( summer school). Here we can see a new Rita , a woman who has experienced life in a completly different way. Now she is surrounded by classy - as she calls them- people and she has been able to stand up for herslef for the first time. It is now that we can clearly distinguish this Rita from the one she used to be. She is more mature, self-confident with even a clear picture of what she wants and what doesn`t want for her life. On the other hand we see Frank who seems to be completely puzzled by Rita`s change.

He seems to be at a loss at times. In my opinion there are two important factors that may cause Frank`s attitude: on the one hand it can be difficult to accept that the person who used to dependent 100% on you has now started to be more independent. And on the other hand Frank`s life has been quite empty till Rita arrived. And now that she has started having new friends he may be jelous even scared that she might leave him making him feel empty again.