The Miracle Worker

Miracle Worker
        I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Helen Keller
  1. Describe the setting of the play:
  2. How does Helen become blind and deaf?
  3. Describe the follwoing characters' hopes and plans for Helen:
    A. Kate:
    B. Captain Keller:
    C. James:
    Annie Sullivan:
  4. Give three examples of the Kellers' failure to discipline Helen:
    A.
    B.
    C.
  5. What is it about Annie Sullivan that makes her more effective as Helen's teacher than Kate?
  6. How does Annie try to teach language to Helen? How much does Helen understand?
  7. Describe the struggle between Helen and Annie in the dining room scene. What is so significant about Helen "folding her napkin"?
  8. Kate and Annie are convinced that Helen is very bright. Give examples that demonstrate Helen's high intelligence:
  9. Why does Annie insist that she must work alone with Helen in the garden house?
  10. What does Annie teach helen during the two weeks in the garden house?
  11. What else does Annie want to teach Helen?
  12. Why does Helen go back to her former behavior after returning to the Keller house?
  13. Who finally supports Annie's efforts to teach Helen now? Why?
  14. Describe the climactice scene at the water pump. What is the "Miracle"?
  15. Considering this story about Helen Keller, what is so imnportant about learning a language?
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