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Comparing The Miracle Worker Play And Movie

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The Miracle Worker wrote in 1956 and was wrote by William Gibson and the play was adapted to a movie in 1962 and was directed by Arthur Penn and the movies most important characters are Patty Duke as Helen and Anne Bancroft as Annie. In this paper, I will be explaining the comparisons and differences between The Miracle Worker play and movie. The play and the movie both had the scene were Captain Keller and Kate find out Helen is blind and deaf how they found out is when they were shouting at Helen but she couldn’t hear her parents then they shown a lantern in her eyes but she didn’t close her eyes she just sat there blank. Both the play and the movie had the breakfast scene where Annie tries to get Helen to fold her napkin and eat with a spoon also Annie first had to get Helen into her seat she finally did then she started to roundhouse punch Annie but Annie slapped her hard enough she stopped and sat back down. Then, Annie tried to force a spoon into Helen's hand she would throw …show more content…

To contrast, In the movie there way over dramatic because when they found out Helen was blind and deaf Kate let out a huge cry of grief and they were a little over dramatic when Helen finally figured out what everything was because Helen figured out what water was and what the ground was after that Annie was screaming yes. A difference between the play and the movie would be the fight with negro kids because in the play they said that helen was touching the kids mouths trying to feel what they said but when the negro boy bit Helens finger she tried the girls mouth and then she tried to cut her hair but the negro girl stopped it but then Helen jumped on the negro girl but then Kate pulled them apart but in the movie they just showed the part where Helen going through the sheets then goes to the part where Helen is wrestling the negro girl on the

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