Miracle Worker depicts the themes of discipline‚ learning‚ growth‚ family respect and communication‚ and hope. Helen Keller‚ a young southern blind and deaf girl becomes aware of language‚ love‚ and obedience‚ which changes not only her future but the lives of everyone else connected to her‚ especially her family. Annie Sullivan‚ her slum-bred‚ half-blind teacher dedicates herself to releasing Helen from the prison of silence and unknowing. Students can be encouraged to select a project as a team and present
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Cast of Characters: Helen Keller (Hallie Kate Eisenberg) a six-and-a-half year old daughter of Kate and Arthur who is left deaf and blind after a serious illness as an infant. Despite her handicaps‚ she’s a girl of exceptional intellect and cleverness. Anne Sullivan (Alison Elliot) she is a very kind and hard-working governess.the miracle worker to which the title of the play refers. Captain Arthur Keller (David Strathaim) a hearty gentleman in his forties. He is a newspaper publisher who
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as a memento that there are things we believed to be impossible‚ but became possible because we exerted sufficient perseverance into it. I salute the passion and commitment of Annie Sullivan to tutor a deaf‚ mute and blind child in the person of Helen Keller. Annie Sullivan is just one out of many teachers out there who have given their life to become catalyst for well –rounded development of the differently able children. In relation to the subject EDUC. 1 Child and Adolescent Development‚ I can say
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How hard could communication and life be for a deaf and blind person? Life was like this for Helen Keller after she got sick at 19 months old. She lived a normal life until she got ill‚ which caused her permanently to become deaf and blind. Learning was very hard for her because no one knew how to teach her and she was technically spoiled. Life wasn’t easy for Helen because only having touch‚ taste‚ and smell doesn’t teach a child a lot. She couldn’t play with anybody‚ communicate with anyone‚ or
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however‚ a unique account of one young woman’s passage from almost total despair to success in a world mostly populated by hearing and seeing people. This book is relatively short‚ but the modern editions also include letters written by and to Helen Keller and an analysis of her education from a later standpoint. The Story of My Life begins with Keller’s vague memories of early childhood. She was born in 1880 in Alabama‚ an apparently normal child. According to her recollections‚ she began to speak
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based on Helen Keller learning how to communicate without sight hearing or speech. Helen Keller was a normal baby until her parents realized that was blind and deaf. They suffered with not disciplining her so she had no manners and couldn’t learn until Annie Sullivan came to try and teach her how to act‚ talk‚ and live. The theme of never giving up was revealed by Annie always believing in Helen‚ by the things that happen to them and by the author’s tone in the play. Annie and Helen work relentlessly
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The Miracle Worker’ from the point of view of language Helen Keller‚ blind‚ deaf‚ and mute since infancy because of a severe case of scarlet fever‚ is in danger of being sent to an institution as her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. Unable to communicate her desires‚ the isolated Helen flew into uncontrollable rages that terrified her helpless family. In desperation‚ her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute‚ which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl"
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teachers. Being half blind herself‚ she could relate to Helen in some ways. Annie Sullivan exemplified many heroic qualities such as patience‚ perseverance‚ and self-determination. First‚ Annie Sullivan showed patience in many different situations throughout the story. Patience appeared in this play when Annie requested to stay with Helen‚ alone in the cabin for two weeks. She stated‚ “Two weeks‚ for only one miracle.” (Act II). Helen tested Annie’s patience when choosing not to cooperate
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Annie Sullivan is called to the Keller household to help six-year-old Helen‚ blind and deaf from a high fever. The entire household caters to Helen’s tantrums‚ rewarding her with candy for her highly-inappropriate behavior until Annie steps bravely forward with her belief that “obedience‚ is‚ the‚ gateway‚ through‚ which‚ knowledge‚ enters‚ the‚ mind‚ of‚ the‚ child –” (I.1). While obedience is the first step to learning‚ it cannot be the last. Annie teaches Helen what she needs to know about obedience
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examples of symbolism the most prominent being keys. Symbolism is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. In “The Miracle Worker” that abstract idea is keys. The play ¨The Miracle Worker¨ is about a young Helen Keller and her struggles of being deaf and blind and how Helen’s parents hire a teacher to help with Hellens problems the teacher is named Annie Sullivan. Furthermore¨The Miracle Worker¨ is not only a well known play and movie but it’s a very moving
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