What does she think about Frank's room and about the "proper" students?
Rita wants to have a room like Frank's one day although she sees it a perfect mess. To Rita it is the mirror of Frank's life, his own reality.
She perceives that it is quite neglected. That is why she compares it to a patina and love that loses its romanticism through the years.
As far as the proper students are concerned, Rita thinks that they are those students who had a prep, a matron and a tuck-shop, that is students who belong to upper social class. They also had the good luck to have parents and people around them who considered education a great value to take profit of. What can you expect from having a mother who tells her she is mad because she wants to become one of those students?
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NOw, I do find this puzzling, Lili: if Rita "perceives Frank's life is quite neglected", why would she want to have "one like that" one day?
And here's a challenge for you: can you try and see things from the point of view of Rita's mother and husband? In what ways can Rita be said to be "mad"?
Warmly,
Gladys
PS: just remember, people are NOT programmed... At least in principle, you can expect anything from anyone, and that includes Rita's mum!
Hello Gladys,
I think that what Rita wants is not to have a neglected life like Frank's but to live her own life.
The room is according to Frank's taste, his own choice but she wants to have a room to her taste, to live at ease, far from her husband's pressure.At least, it's what I've interpreted.
From her mother's point of view, I think she finds it impossible for Rita to become one of the proper students. Moreover, her mother has never studied so she does not know that her daughter can achieve her goal by making efforts and persevering.
As far as her husband is concerned, I find him quite selfish, jealous and fearful. He does not want her to change her ways. In fact, she has already changed and he does not like this Rita because she is much absorbed in her studies. He can't understand her and he does not want to follow her, either. I mean he does not want to be an educated person like for example her teacher, and
so he runs the risk that she could become in love with him. I mean it is difficult for her husband to be in a lower level than she is.
Hi! Reading Gladys and your comments, now I could understand why that part of the scene is ambiguous...
On the one side, it is a mess...on the other side, it is perfect...
I agree with you when you says that Rita maybe would like to have her own "mess"...
Who doesn't have a "mess" in some part of ours homes? it is part of us, and this is another thing which makes us feel unique although sometimes we forget we are!
big hug!
Here I am again!
I agree with you when you say Rita wants not to neglect her life, Lili, but I doubt she already has her own criteria about what makes "a perfect room/life/etc".
Something else: Rita's mother is not necessarily wrong just because she's never studied at college herself. Just think of traditional education: what would Rita`s chances be within such a framework? As she put it later in the play, "if I'd had some other kind of tutor... one that objected to sweearing, for example"... As for her husband, I share your views on what he must be feeling, and certainly understand hime. But I'm not sure this means he's "in a lower level" than Rita!
Eager to read your next post!
Love,
Gladys
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