How and when does the Keller family discover tha Helen can neither see nor hear?
Baby Helen was recovering from a fever. Kate waved her fingers in Helen's face but couldn't get Hellen's attention. She yelled in her ear and Helen didn't flinch.
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What mistakes ahve the Kellers been making with Helen accoring to Annie?
The Keller have let Helen rule the house; they have catered to her every desire.
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What are flashbacks?
Memories of an earlier event that help us see a character's past.
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What miracle occurs at the end of the play?
Helen understands that water has a name, that everything has a name.
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A lack of spirit, interest, energy, or activity; mental or physical fatigue
What is languor?
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What is Annie's history/childhood?
Annie and her brother, Jimmie, were sent to live in the state poorhouse. After just a few months Jimmie died.
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Twice during the play, Annie says that God owes her a resurrection; has that debt been paid?
The debt has been paid because annie was given the chance not only to love Helen, but also to help her live fully.
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In The Story of My Life, How does Helen Keller describe her state of mind before Sullivan arrived?
Helen was angry and hopeless.
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Why was it difficult for Helen Keller to understand the word love?
Love is a word for a concept that Helen could not touch.
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word for word; in exactly the same words
What is verbatim?
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How do each of the Kellers recive Annie?
James is sarcastic. Kate is unsure of Annie's youth but grows to like her. The Captain is offened by her boldness. Helen is curious.
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What purpose to flashbacks serve in this play?
Flashbacks show Annie's childhood and her relationship with her brother.
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What purpose do flashbacks serve in this play?
Flashbacks show Annie's childhood and her relationship with her brother.
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Define Languor.
a lack of spirit, interest, energy, or activity; mental or physical fatigure
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to pass across or through
What is traverse?
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Describe Annie's attitue toward the Keller family and toward her job.
Annie is serious about the job. She tires to behave as the Kellers expect her to.
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Who is the protagonist in this play?
Annie
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Who might be considered an antagonist in the play?
Helen and Captain Keller are annie's antagonists.
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word for word
What is verbatim?
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exactly agreeing in size, form, and arrangement on both sides of something
What is symmetrical?
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Describe Captain Keller's relationship with Kate and James?
Captain Keller tries to control them. He gets along with Kate, although they don't appear to be close. His relationship with Jame is fill with resentment and misunderstanding.
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Why won't Annie let Helen go with her parents when they arrive to pick her up?
The Kellers arrived too early and Annie wants to have Helen until the very last minute.
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Summarize the event that lead up to Annie's reture with Helen to the water pump.
Helen has antoher tantrum in the dining room. She tosses the water from the pitcher and Annie drages her outside to the water pump to refill it.