Educating Rita

He points out that her sister is already four months pregnant and she just got married . He also tells Rita that her mother was three months pregnant at the time of her marriage to him . Such information only makes Rita more determined to be able to choose when , if , and under what circumstances she would become pregnant . At the reception , where the camera comes in for a close-up on Rita and her husband 's faces , they are discussing having a baby . She has her hair in an upsweep and wears a silver necklace

with silver earrings . The husband explains that she will have to choose between her education and him and leaves her standing on the dance floor . The kind of isolation Rita experiences at the wedding and reception make her more secure in her intellectual identity . She wears clothing made of high-quality fabric and this quality distinguishes her visually , matching the subject in her discussions with her father and husband

The audience understands how serious Rita has become about her studies when we see her with Frank at the train station . Rita spends a summer of intensive study in London . She writes Frank while he is away in France . When she returns to Cambridge , he is there to meet her . Rita is dressed all in white , blouse and pants . She wears a blue sweater /jacket with pockets and a white silk scarf . Her hair color is back to its natural brown . As Rita walks away from the train , she throws her scarf across her shoulder and the same scarf holds a central place visually as Rita gets into Frank 's car . Rita 's self-confidence is evident . They drive to a park . When Frank explains that they will study William Blake in their next round of tutorials , Rita says that...