Educating Rita explores the way in which a woman, in her late twenties, Rita, has to deal with everyday

life, conflict change and different phases as she becomes educated. The play is based on Willy Russells own life. At the start of the play, Frank is a more relaxed character. Rita is a hyper and open minded character, searching for adventure. She comes from the working class society and tries to become educated and well respected. Frank on the other hand is from the upper-class society, well educated but has lost most of his respect through drinking. As the play progresses Frank starts to show a romantic and affectionate side of himself towards Rita, she starts to move away from Frank as she makes new friends and as she becomes more educated, creating a sense of jealousness in Frank. Russell focuses on Franks actions in the beginning of the play. Frank is a relaxed character that gets excited by alcohol Jubilantly he moves to the Dickens section and pulls out a pile of books to reveal a bottle of whiskey. The quotation implies that Frank secretively drinking and hiding his alcohol from others view. The quote could also be used as a metaphor where the alcohol is his real life being