The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

During a point in every individuals life, in that respect is often a time where they feel apart(p) or alone. Playwright William Gibson illustrates this detail in life finished Annie Sullivan, in his play The Miracle actor. The Miracle Worker takes place in Tuscambia, aluminum in the 1880s. At this time, in that respect were damage acts against women and Afri after part Americans, curiously in the South. Because of this, thither argon many examples of the theme prejudice in the story. When Annie Sullivan is hired by the Keller family to double-decker their blind, deaf, and mute daughter, Helen, there be already assumptions make by different characters. macrocosm that Helen is Annies first savant and Annie is a young women from the North, Helens father, police captain Keller does not estimate Annie will be confident to teach his child. crowd together, Helens honest-to-goodness brother does not swallow faith that his sister can learn. Despite these prejudiced assumption s, Annie is equal to teach Helen to understand, comprehend, speak, and read. Although Annie may bet headstrong and persistent when arriving at the Keller household, and while living there with the family, she displays forms of isolation regardless of the fact she is surrounded by others. \n eyepatch it can be argued that in the company of others you cannot be isolated, Annie is in many ways alone. She feels criminality from her childhood and past, and her ideas and teaching methods are rejected, questioned, and frowned upon by the majority of the characters including, James Keller, Captain Keller and Aunt Ev. She is not integrated with the family, putting her in a position of twain physical, professional, and emotional isolation. When Annie appears at the Kellers home, she is ridiculed by James for seek to teach Helen and doubted by Captain Keller, Helens father. James more often than not reflects societys views of Helen and her limitations. Hiring Annie to tutor Helen will b e nil but an exercise in futility in his opinion. James has no confidence ...