The Miracle Worker é uma peça baseada na autobiografia de Helen Keller de 1903, The Story of My Life . Quando a doença deixou a bebê Helen cega e surda, parecia impossível que ela pudesse aprender, se comunicar ou viver qualquer tipo de vida real. Quando uma jovem chamada Annie Sullivan entra na casa dos Keller, tudo muda para Helen e sua família. The Miracle Worker é verdadeiramente uma história de perseverança, paciência e amor.
Set in Tuscombia, Alabama, Helen is born a healthy baby, but illness leaves her blind and deaf at 18 months old. When she is 6 years old, 20 year old Annie Sullivan comes to live with the Keller family, with the hope that she can teach Helen to communicate.
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EXPOSIÇÃO: Annie Sullivan chega
Annie, conheça Kate e Helen.
Olá!
At six years old, young Helen is unkept, unruly, and uncontrollable. When Annie Sullivan comes into her life, big changes occur and life changes for the better.
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AÇÃO DE RISCO: The Garden House
BONECA
After many chaotic incidents, Annie decides that in order for her to be successful, she must have complete control over Helen's care and basic needs. They live together in the garden house for two weeks, and Helen makes exceptional progress.
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CLIMAX: Água
Wah wah !!
After the two weeks, Helen returns to her family and immediately reverts back to her old ways. After a particularly difficult incident, Annie takes Helen out to the water pump and Helen remembers her first word from before her illness: wah wah.
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AÇÃO DE QUEDA: Novas Palavras
Casa!
A light bulb goes on. Helen realizes that Annie has been trying to teach her words all along. She runs around with Annie and wants her to teach her as many new words as possible.
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RESOLUÇÃO: As Chaves
The keys are important throughout the play. Helen hides them from the family as a way to control something. At the end of the play, Helen gives the keys to Annie, showing her that she has earned Helen's trust.