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    Anna Marie Duke also known as Patty Duke is one of the greatest and talented actresses in the world. She has starred in many classic movies such as “The Miracle Worker”, “A Killer among Friends”, “Love Finds A Home”, and even her own TV show “The Patty Duke Show. She has starred in over seventy-two movies throughout her acting career. Being an actress is not as easy and fun as some people think. Starring in movies and TV shows is hard work and takes a lot of dedication. Patty Duke started acting

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    communicate with others. The Kellers find a teacher for their child. Annie Sullivan, Helen’s teacher helps her unlock language. “The Miracle Worker”, a movie also about Helen Keller was directed by Arthur Penn in 1962, starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. The play and movie have similarities and differences along with advantages and disadvantages of each medium. The Miracle Worker movie and the play were similar in some ways. In both dramas, Kate Keller and Annie Sullivan know that Helen has a

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    Journal The questions in this assignment cover all the reading of William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker. You will be prompted to answer these questions as you work on the lessons. You will need to turn in this assignment after you complete the lessons covering the entire play. Your answers should be written in complete sentences and include examples from the text. 1. Consider the differences between reading a play and seeing one performed. What are some of the advantages of reading a play

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    Helen Keller Analysis

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    Helen Keller was born normal, however, shortly after being born she suffered an illness that caused her to be both blind and deaf. There is a movie about Helen’s struggle called “The Miracle Worker”. There is also a story by Helen Keller with called “The Day Language Came into My Life”. Both the story and the movie, display how the miracles of language and learning allowed Helen to overcome many obstacles in her life. This essay’s purpose is to perform a literary critique of both the movie and the

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    The Pardoned Parent Essay

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    The Pardoned Parent There is a new breed of parent walking among us. Whether we recognized it or not, we have all run into one of them at one time or another. Maybe it was the young mother in the grocery store who handed her screeching child the candy she had just finished telling him he could not have. Maybe it was the man who sat obliviously behind you on the airplane, while his little boy ran up and down the aisle, screaming at the top of his lungs. These are the pardoned parents. To pardon

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    The Miracle Worker The play "The Miracle Worker", by William Gibson is based on Helen Keller, a young woman who was blind and deaf and her teacher Ms. Sullivan. Helen grows up and becomes educated and matures. The play starts off with Helen nearly dying from a sickness, but surprisingly survives. Kate, her mother, notices that the baby can't see or hear her, after surviving the sickness it left her blind and deaf. Helen starts growing up and Kate and Captain Keller, her father, argue over what to

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    The Miracle Worker, is written by William Gibson. It recounts the transformational story of Helen Keller, a visually impaired and hard of hearing young girl who learns from a unique instructor, Anne Sullivan, how to live in the world. At the point when Helen is nineteen months old, she had gotten a disease that left her visually impaired and hard of hearing. Not comprehending what to do about this condition, her family ruins her. When she was six years of age, Keller's discouragement and disappointment

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    Arnisa Bufaj Analysis Questions – The Miracle Worker Act 1 – Pages 5-47 1. Kate discovers that h;+e.r baby is in disability to see or hear when Helen began to cry and she was trying to take care of her. She moved her fingers in front of Helen's eyes and then desperately moved her hand in search of a reaction, but she got no response. 2. When Martha removes Helen’s hands from her biting mouth, Helen reacted in a physical manner. For instance, it states “Helen topples Martha on her back, knees

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    The Miracle Worker is a play written by William Gibson. It takes place in southern U.S. and is a story about the Keller family. Captain and Kate Keller are the parents of Helen, a child who is both deaf and blind. There are many disagreements in the Keller household which causes tension. Annie Sullivan comes to see if she can teach Helen, and she finds that Helen’s disabilities are not the only factor causing tension. In the end, Annie not only creates a miracle by educating Helen, but she also causes

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    Essay On Helen Keller

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    Helen Keller House and Museum at Ivy Green When I heard about this assignment I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I heard about a special lady who was born in Tuscumbia Alabama. The special lady I was referring too was Helen Keller, I didn’t really know much about her except for the fact that she was blind and deaf. I have also heard about the play and the movie “Miracle Worker” that was based off of her life. Little did I know I was in for a treat, learning about this magnificent woman’s

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