l setting. But as she doesn't know this, she first asks Frank about his money problems, and later about his wife and girlfriend. She constantly swears and uses lower class slang, which is also inappropriate, especially since this is their first meeting. "So y' switch it off an' say, that's fuckin' rubbish." – Rita, 6. She also makes inappropriate comments without realizing how rude she sounds. "Look at those tits...when he painted it do y' think he wanted to turn people on?" – Rita, 3.
             When Rita feels like smoking, which isn't good etiquette in this kind of situation, she asks Frank if she may. She then proceeds to pull out her cigarettes and lighter without even waiting for his permission. She thinks she can smoke wherever she wants to and that asking for permission is just a formality. She offers Frank a cigarette. Instead of seeing it as inappropriate, he takes one, and in turn offers her a drink. She then tries to warn him about drinking, but in a gentle way, and tries to exert her influence to see if she has any power over him. "Y' wanna be careful with that stuff, it kills y' brain cells." – Rita, 5. She doesn't have any power over him, though. Frank finds it amusing that she thinks she's so influential. "You've not been drinking, have y'?" "No." "Is that because of me, because of what I said last week?" "(laughing) My God. You think you've reformed me?" – Rita, Frank, 15-16.
             Rita is naive when she sets unrealistic goals for herself. She believes that if she gets an education, she'll know everything. "Because I wanna know." "What do you want to know?" "Everything." – Rita, Frank, 6. She fails to realize that knowing everything is unachievable. At the end of the first scene, though, the audience realizes that she is ambiti...