“If you want to change, you have to do it from the inside, right? I know how I do it," Rita says in Act 1, Scene 1. How does the playwright show the changes in Rita and her guardian Frank, in two key scenes of the play (1.6 and 2.3)? Educating Rita" shows the major changes that occur in the main character, an initially narrow-minded, outspoken and socially naive Liverpudlian, trapped by her working class life. Rita believes that an increase in her intelligence and knowledge of the world will change this and make her "free". She strives to change classes and, although she is different from her working class peers, she is still not ready to be accepted into the middle class Elle. aims to achieve her goal through a course at the Open University, but naively thinks that knowing what books to read and what clothes to wear will allow her to be immediately accepted into her chosen social strata. Change is an important part. of the play, affecting Rita in both positive and negative ways. It shows how the influence of education helps bring about these changes and how Rita is ultimately able to overcome negative issues and find a happy balance. Rita is also shaped by her tutor, Frank, and learns much from him, while teaching him in many ways. Rita's bright, bold and bubbly character is revealed in the very first scene, as the two characters are introduced. She makes a very dramatic entrance, bursting through the door screaming and immediately drawing all the attention to herself. She doesn't really know how to act, and her insecurity and nervousness make her seem so loud. This shows how little she understands formal interview situations - one might expect her to appear quite meek, perhaps shy, and also very formal, but she acts insolently...... middle of paper......themes are introduced including maturity. In the middle of the play, she thinks that Frank is a bad teacher, but in the end, she realizes that he is the one who made all this possible for her, and his maturity means that she is not too stubborn to thank Frank and truly appreciate what he has. made for her. Even though she changed in negative ways, she learned from it. She realizes that she doesn't want to risk getting trapped again, like with Denny, but wants to dictate her own destiny with the choices she makes. The ending is left very open, not telling viewers what happens to Rita or Frank. , but allows you to imagine for yourself what paths they take and where and how they live their lives. This reflects the theme of choice, letting the viewers decide what happens, but also letting the characters decide and change the direction they will take and the choices they will make..