https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1 Important Themes & Character Development en-us 2019-10-18 02:01:26 UTC 2019-11-26 14:00:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 1411391 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357188 The rigidity of institutional views on academia contribute to the misunderstandings  between Frank and Rita

]]> 2019-10-18 02:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357188 15110512 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357277 Rita wanting education to discover herself and also believing that education will give her freedom.]]> 2019-10-18 02:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357277 1510222 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357289 His alcoholism is similar to the likes of Rita with education and knowledge. He uses alcohol as means to escape a certain part of reality, compared to Rita wanting education to pursue a different life.]]> 2019-10-18 02:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357289 1511371 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357311 Many Books and Poems were referensed in order for frank to teach Rita about liturature in it's whole but both rita and frank had different views on it like analising and enjoying]]> 2019-10-18 02:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357311 15110512 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357475 Frank being in the higher class and then Rita being in the lower class. And Rita wanting to be with the higher class as she doesn’t want to be with ‘her people’.]]> 2019-10-18 02:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357475 1511371 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357578 Due to Rita's determination to recieve an education to advance her social class,Denny fears he may lose the rita he knows causing him to lash out by stopping her advancement like burning her books]]> 2019-10-18 02:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357578 1510921 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357634
She is a hairdresser and she wants to be middle-class]]> 2019-10-18 02:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399357634 1510222 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399358233 Rita is a no-filter person -who isn't afraid of expressing herself using curse words or terms such as 'erotic' and 'tits', while Frank is hesitant on using those terms and expressing himself freely without filters.]]> 2019-10-18 02:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399358233 jvchoi https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399358265 Act 1 Scene 4 p. 40
Rita: "Hey! Why don't we go tonight?"

Act 1 Scene 6  p. 46
Rita: "I was thinking of going to the art gallery tomorrow. It's me half-day off. D' y' wanna come with me?"

]]> 2019-10-18 02:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399358265 1510921 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399358922 She feels as if she doesn’t fit in with the middle-class people when Frank invited her to a dinner party. She also feels that she doesn’t fit in with her family as well as she did before because she is pursuing literature (?]]> 2019-10-18 02:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399358922 1511291 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359129 2019-10-18 02:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359129 15110512 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359147 The conflict between husband and wife wanting a child and not wanting a child due to wanting self-discovery.]]> 2019-10-18 02:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359147 1511291 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359442 Rita’s  inner conflict on going to the dinner party or not ]]> 2019-10-18 02:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359442 1510921 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359477 Rita opens up about her concerns on belonging. Frank also opens up and invites her to a dinner party. They often joke around with each other, Frank compliments Rita’s looks.]]> 2019-10-18 02:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359477 1511371 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359654 Rita wants to change herself by doing an education which acan help move up the social class but in doing so she is sacrifing her position in society and her family relationship for it]]> 2019-10-18 02:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359654 1510921 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359661 Rita, wanting to become part of the cultured middle-class, loses the sense of belonging in bother the middle-class and working-class. Frank pursues alcoholism because he is bored with his position of the “cultured middle-class”.]]> 2019-10-18 02:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359661 1411391 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359686 Rita's attempt to further her own social status through education and in turn moving upwards in society shows the role of working class people in society, and in turn, the self-worth of working class women]]> 2019-10-18 02:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359686 1510222 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359882 The role of education itself to many like Rita is because it can allow them to pursue a life and potentially move to a higher catergory of the social ladder. With more knowledge through education, they are ensured with more oportunities. And through education, people can 'escape' their reality and migrate to another.]]> 2019-10-18 02:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399359882 1411391 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360188 A symbol of escapism

Frank's Room - Rita's escape from reality

]]> 2019-10-18 02:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360188 1411391 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360242 Rita keeps looking out of the window, which symbolises her looking outside of her working class status

]]> 2019-10-18 02:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360242 1511371 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360276 The knowledge of her education and the foundation of her change]]> 2019-10-18 02:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360276 1511291 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360390 Rita’s mother thought it was too late for her to make a change caused Rita decide to made change when she has a chance ]]> 2019-10-18 02:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360390 15110512 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360635 Changing your outer appearance doesn’t necessarily change ones personality.]]> 2019-10-18 02:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360635 1411391 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360956 Julia symbolises Frank's subtle misogyny through his dismissive attitude towards her, and her contrast towards Rita shows how privileged men cast off privileged women in favour of uneducated women due to fearing them as equals

]]> 2019-10-18 02:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399360956 jvchoi https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399361531 The dinner
- upper class expectations 
- Rita's expectations vs Frank's expectations]]> 2019-10-18 02:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399361531 1511371 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399361686 The song choice shows how different social classes are]]> 2019-10-18 02:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399361686 1510222 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399362437 Denny is the one who is constantly preventing Rita from doing what she wants as he believes that everything seems content to him. Rita wants more opportunities and choices, but Denny thinks that it is good enough- like that he is have a lot of choices of alochol when compared to those of even lower position to him. Denny represents those of working class that are satisfied with their current life, and does not consider the possibilities of potentially 'climbing up' to another part of the social ladder.]]> 2019-10-18 02:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399362437 15110512 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399362601 When she was young she did what others did-not take education seriously. But now she strives for education even though married women at her age might be housewives.]]> 2019-10-18 02:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399362601 15110512 https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399364129 She can be herself. Her escape.]]> 2019-10-18 02:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jvchoi/ERAct1/wish/399364129