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| Loves helen but doesnt know how to care for her |
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| Doesnt want to pursue doctors anymore for Helen |
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| Frusturated by the fact she can't communicate |
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| Angry because he doesnt feel like his family is his own |
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| Believes that Helen has a lot of smarts(more than the men Kellers) |
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| Looking forward to starting a new life and facing new challenges |
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| Depended on his sister to protect him |
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| Servent who cares alot for the Kellers |
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| Essentially helped raise Annie |
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| Who invented the deaf-blind alphabet and why or when |
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| spanish monks under a vowe of scilence |
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| what three reasons did Annie give to Kate saying why she was to trust her |
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1. Shes young so she has lots of energy
2. She studied with Dr. Howe
3.Shes been blind |
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| How do we know what Helen is doing when reading the play |
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| The setting in this book affect the ________ of this play |
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| How do we know that James does not like Kate in act I |
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| This play occurs right after the ____ war |
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| When Kate and Viney are talking... the train that plays in the backround meant what? |
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| How does Annie feel about leaving the Perkins institute for the blind |
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| Is Helen aware of her disabilities? Provide Two examples |
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Yes
She puts her hands in peoples mouthes, and knows they are doing something but isnt sure what
She pulls buttons off Aunt Ev's dress so that she can put them on the doll to make her see. |
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| Other than Helen, what dificulties does Annie initially face when she arrives at the Keller's. List at least two exmples |
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1. She is doubted by James and captain Keller
2. She is offered by Keller to have him carry her bags, but she refuses, but Keller doesnt take no for an answer |
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Why doesnt Keller want to pursue doctors to help Helen
List two examples |
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1. He doesnt want Kate's heart to break again.
2. They have been to every doctor around, and none of them have been able to do anything |
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| memory a character has from his/her past |
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| What does Annie flashback to? |
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1. When her and Jimmy had tosplit up at the asylum
2. When Jimmy dies |
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| Why do you think Annie has flashbacks |
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| She feels guilty for Jimmy's death |
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| What do we learn about Helen when she locks Annie in her room, hides the key in her mouth, and drops it down the well? WHy isnt Annie upset of mad about what helen did to her |
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we learn she is inteligent, sly, and mischievious.
Annie is not upset because it showed that helen was smarter than everyone thinks she is |
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| How has helen been shaped by her family |
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| THe kellers pity, spoil, and do not discipline her |
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| Why does Gibson share where everything is on the stage |
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| So we know where Helen is at all times |
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| What's the setting of the play |
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the keller homestead in Tuscumbia, Alabama
the perkins institute for the blind in Boston Massachusetts
During 1880's(right after the civil war) |
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1.What happened to helen as a baby
2.What effect did this have on her |
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1. She had a high fever(meningitis or scarlet fever)
2. She became blind deaf and mute |
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1.WHos buttons does Helen pulll of
2.Why
3.What can we infer abbout this episode |
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1.Aunt Ev
2.To give her doll eyes
3.She doesnt want anyone to have the disabilities that she has |
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obstinate
irish
20 years old
does not have very good sight
has a scense of humor |
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What does Anagnos' simile mean?
what does it symbolize in helen |
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| There is someone who can open Helen up to to the world |
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| What happened to Annies brother Jimmy |
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| How is Capt keller and james' relationship |
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| How is Kate and James' relationship in act I |
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rocky
ironic
James calls Kate mrs. Keller |
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According to Annie what is Helen's worse handicap
WHy
how does she overcome this handicap
what drastic steps does she take |
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the kellers love and pity
they dont discipline her
she takes her to the garden house for two weeks
she needs complete control |
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What does Annie reread in the perkins report
what does it make annie do |
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she rereads that if there was a blind, deaf mute person trapped in a cave, people would help him/her, but they most likely wouldnt help to save her soul, and help her communicate
it makes annie realize that she needs full control over helen and needs to take her to the garden house |
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In act II we learn alot about Annie's past.
What do we learn
how does annie's past influence what annie does with helen |
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we learn that her and her brother jimmy used to play in the asylum with the rats and he dead bodie.
this makes annie realize that she is helens last hope, if annie quits, helen will have to go to an asylum |
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How is Annie and James' relationship
how is it developing and/or changing |
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getting better because they both now believe that helen is smart, he is starting to respect annie
getting worse because james is jealous of annie because she is getting alot of attention |
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| Why does annie have helen feel the differnet expresions on her face |
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| so that she can see how annie feels |
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| HOw do the kellers react to helens table mannors |
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| they just go on with their meal |
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| how does kate feel about leaving helen |
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| she feels sad about leaving her, but feels its the right thing to do |
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| What use is percy to annie the first night in the garden house |
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he makes helen feel jealouse
and he makes helen feel like she is safe |
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| What are some things that are symbolic of helen |
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water
the deaf blind alphabet
tapping the hand to the cheek |
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| Keller says to James there are two kinds of seperation, katiie has lived with one kind for five years. And another is dis apointment in a child, what does he mean? |
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Kate and Helen have been seperated because they could not communicate
also that he is dissapointed in james because he can not stand up for himself |
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what two questions does james ask kate
is this important
why or why not |
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WHat his father wants from him
Could he and kate be friends
yes
because it tells how he really feels |
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What does Annie ask Kate
What is Kate's response |
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more time
no-- --because I cant-- |
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| Acccording to james who is helen testing |
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| why is helens first word significant |
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| because it was the first word she spoke as a baby |
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| what does annie sign and whisper to helen at the end of act III |
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| I love Helen. Forever and ever |
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