Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Educating Rita- Metaphors
and Symbolism
- 'First Floor'
- Gives Rita a different
perspective on life
- Look down on people
- Contrasts to her position in society
- 'Victorian Built'
- Symbolic of permenance,
structure and stability
- What Rita is looking for
- 'Scratches out the intial 'S' '
- Hatred for past self
- What she wants to do to her past self
- 'Walls lined with books'
- Symbolic of the world of knowedge
- Rita Aspires to
- 'Stupid Bleeding Handle on the door'
- Metaphor
- Barrier between the working and middle class
- 'Rita is standing in the doorway,
holding a small can of oil'
- Breaking down the barrier
- 'Keep your mouth shut or she'll make
us write an essay on it'
- As soon as she tried she was told no
- when she tried to get educated she
was told no
- 'Small'
- Not enough ,
Insignificant
change, only for
her.
- 'Fantastic bird, all coloured it was, like dead out of
place round our way'
- Metaphor for Rita
- Symbolic of Freedom
- Birds- Flight
- 'I like walking around this room'
- Shows freedom she is offered by
being there
- 'Perfect mess'- Room
- Symbolic of how Rita sees Frank