In Act 1 scene 1,Rita is completely shown as a working class hairdresser who is around educated middle class and expensive things like art and hundreds of books. "The wall are lined with books and on one wall hangs a good print of a made religious scene." Russell is showing here, the differences between what Rita is representing and what she is aiming for by pointing out the differences between her and everything she represents. People who she didn't have knowledge of also surround her, which made her react in an uncomfortable way around them.

Rita is shown to be violently apart from her actions, she is totally different from other people. "The door swings open revealing Rita."

Russell is describing Rita here, as an...