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    John Donne is famous for being the poet who started a new tradition in England and created a new style of poetry, Metaphysical Anthology of English Literature. Metaphysical poems are not a completely new branch of poetry, but an extension of the point of the Elizabethan tradition. “The Sun Rising,” by John Donne in which the rhyme scheme in each stanza is almost repetitive. “The Sun Rising,” is a vivid lyrical poem imagining a pair of lovers bringing their entire worlds unto themselves. The poem

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    Helen Keller Essay

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    reason. It is screaming and kicking for someone to listen, to fulfill her needs. This was exactly the way Helen Keller lived part of her childhood. If we think about Erik W. and Uncle Jim, they were only blind, whereas Helen Keller was deaf and blind. Living with two disabilities, going against society and reaching up to great heights, I believe Helen Keller faced the greatest obstacles. Helen Keller had come across tremendous difficulties, but the aspect that made her stand out was that she was

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    The Miracle Worker Essay

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    Worker” is a story in which a blind-deaf child with the name of Helen Keller learns to see and hear through words. From the story shown in both movie and book, this movie deserves a 4.5 rating for the fact that they show both the struggles of being blind and deaf, and how difficult teaching them is. The book and the movie are also good because they show how a woman known as Annie Sullivan, gets to meet and teach blind and deaf Helen Keller. This movie deserves the 4.5 stars, and everyone should watch

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    Anne Sullivan's Legacy

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    Honor’s Project “The sign of a great teacher is that the accomplishments of her students exceed her own.” stated by Aristotle, a Greek philosopher and scientist. Anne Sullivan Macy was a great teacher, because her student Helen Keller’s achievements were outstanding. She has influenced and helped hundreds and thousands of people around the globe, due to the Sullivan’s guidance. Anne Sullivan dedicated her entire life on the education of people with disadvantages. She grew up mostly independent and

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    the people we know that genuinely improve the world in some way. To improve the world these heroes affected people. Most of the heroes we hear about overcame many challenges to get where they ended up. Helen Keller was born with all of her senses, but lost two before she reached the age of two. Helen Keller is an epic hero because she showed great strength and courage, because she demonstrated warrior qualities, because she traveled to help others, and though it seems strange, because she even received

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    Helen Keller Obstacles

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    the chocolate chip cookies. He knows exactly what he wants, but his goal seems impossible to achieve. Helen Keller, a young woman who became blind and deaf at an early age, knew she wanted to communicate and overcame what some might have considered impossible obstacles. After analyzing several online biographies, it is clear that Helen Keller was a woman who refused to accept defeat. Helen Keller, even though blind and deaf, proved to be a very intelligent child. For example, after Keller lost

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    Essay On Marlee Matlin

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    Actress Marlee Matlin has been a long time advocate for deaf rights and deaf culture. At 18 months old an illness permanently destroyed all her hearing in the right ear and 80% of the hearing in her left, making her legally deaf. However, Marlee did not let this impairment stop her from pursuing a professional acting career. In 1987, she received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Children of a Lesser God, becoming the youngest winner of a lead acting award and the first deaf individual

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    couldn’t move or couldn’t listen to anyone’s advice because it meant nothing to you? Helen Keller had this physically happen to her. She experienced a severe childhood illness when she was nineteen months old and became deaf and blind. For the first few years of her life, it was extremely hard to communicate with people. Then, she created a relationship with Anne Sullivan who made a goal to teach Helen to communicate. Helen was courageous throughout her entire life because she was determined to learn to

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    most people heard the name Helen Keller, they would think of that poor girl who was deaf and blind. They would think of her and remember the stories they heard about how she was taught how to communicate by a teacher named Anne Sullivan. That is probably all they would think about her. How she was world famous because of how she learned to read through Braille, letters pressed into her hand, and how she eventually learned to speak, however, this is not all there is to Helen Keller. It is true that

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    Helen became deaf and blind at 19 months old in February 1882. Helen went to many different schools to get the help she needed. Helen did many things and always believed she could achieved her goals. "Duty bids us go forth into active life. Let us go cheerfully, hopefully, and earnestly, and set ourselves to find our especial part. When we have found it, willingly and faithfully perform it; for every obstacle we overcome, every success we achieve tends to bring man closer to God." Helen believed

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