Is the ending of Willy Russell’s “Educating Rita” dramatically satisfying?

... Is the ending of Willy Russell's "Educating Rita" dramatically satisfying? To tackle the question, is the ending of the play dramatically satisfying? We must go back in time and look at how their relationship has evolved throughout the play. From the first day Rita comes into Frank's office to the day on which they go on their way. Two completely different characters meet in the beginning one young woman eager and willing to learn how to become an educated woman and then you have the grumpy old academic who tries to drown his sorrows in drink. Frank as soon as he meets Rita something goes off inside him. He likes Rita's vitality from the start and says that he is not the kind of teacher she wants because he does not have the skill required to feed a hungry mind like hers but Rita refuses to hear anything of the

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