Examine Franks Unease as Rita Becomes More Educated

From the opening scene of the play Rita comes across as a confident women who is common and speaks her own mind. However, in act one scene one when she says ‘the proper students’ it means that she does not think that she is a proper student. She thinks that real students are the people who have passed their A-levels and who go out drinking and partying all night. This shows that she does not …showed first 75 words of 2357 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2357 total…realises that he can not have everything he wants and has to let Rita lead her own life. He tries to get her to go to Australia with him but she declines. When frank gives Rita the dress he bought her it shows that deep down, even though he probably does not like the fact that she is educated because it meant he lost her in a sense, he always knew she would do it.