Tuesday 16 December 2008
On these two chapters Franks learns that Rita has quitted her job at the hairdresser's and that now people call her Susan again. Apparently, the only person who was not aware of this was Frank, when there was a time when Rita used to tell him everything. This situation makes him feel that she doesn't want to attend his tutorials anymore, which is true. They have become different people from what they were at the beginning of the play, and also different from each other. Frank's drinking problem is evident, his students have reported him, and his wife left him. On the other hand, Rita is turning into the kind of person that she had always wanted to be. "I've got a room full of book. I know what clothes to wear, what wine to buy, what plays to see, what papers and books to read. I can do wihout you." However, Franks doesn't want her to be like him and his other students, he wants her to be the Rita he met for the first time.
I have more sympathy for Rita because she has to do what makes her happy. Sha has made difficult desicions such as leaving her husband and her house to continue studing. She may make mistakes in the future, but that can't stop her from trying to achieve her dreams.
3 comments:
Call me an old nagging lady, Adri, but I don't sympathise with Rita that much at this stage, you know... :-S!
I do agree Rita has the right to try and go after her dreams, but... is she really being that different from Frank (the "depressed, frustrated Frank" whose life seems to be a complete failure) when she's talking/behaving/thinking just the way others expect her to? Was THAT what she started this process for?!?
Lots of love,
Gladys
You're right Gladys, I've been thinking and I don't sympathize with Rita either right now. She has gone a long way just to become arrogant and leave the only person in wich she could trust when she neede it the most. I think that she needs to rethink what she's doing and listen to Frank's advise.
Aha! So... if you were her teacher, how do you think it might be best to respond to this new Rita, Adri?
(glad to read you once again!)
LOL,
Gladys
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