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->Portrayed by: Creator/JohnDrewBarrymore (''Playhouse 90''), James Congdon (Broadway), Andrew Prine Creator/AndrewPrine (1962 film), Stanley Wells (1979 film), Creator/LucasBlack (2000 film)
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->Portrayed by: Burl Ives (''Playhouse 90''), Torin Thatcher (Broadway), Victor Jory Creator/VictorJory (1962 film), Charles Siebert (1979 film), Creator/DavidStrathairn
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-->'''Annie''': Well, what should I say, I’m an ignorant opinionated girl, and everything I am I owe to you?
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-->'''Annie''': Well, what should I say, I’m I'm an ignorant opinionated girl, and everything I am I owe to you?
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* TroubledChild: She is a violent child who cannot communicate and frequently puts herself and others in danger. Her parents fear being forced to put her in [[BedlamHouse an asylum for "mental defectives"]].
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* YouMakeMeSic: Annie admits from the start that she isn’t good at spelling, but she starts studying her dictionary to be sure that anything she spells to Helen, she spells right.
--> '''Annie.''' What a dictionary. You have to know how to spell it before you can look up how to spell it.
--> '''Annie.''' What a dictionary. You have to know how to spell it before you can look up how to spell it.
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->Portrayed by: Creator/TeresaWright (''Series/Playhouse90''), Creator/AnneBancroft (Broadway and 1959 film), Creator/PattyDuke (1979 film), Alison Elliott (2000 film)
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->Portrayed by: Patricia [=McCormack=] (''Playhouse 90''), Creator/PattyDuke (Broadway and 1959 film), Creator/MelissaGilbert (1979 film), Hallie Eisenberg (2000 film)
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!!James Keller
->Portrayed by: Creator/JohnDrewBarrymore (''Playhouse 90''), James Congdon (Broadway), Andrew Prine (1962 film), Stanley Wells (1979 film), Creator/LucasBlack (2000 film)
Helen's older half-brother
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* CallingTheOldManOut: During the climax of Act 3:
--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you that on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
* DeadpanSnarker
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: James Keller starts off the film as an apparent {{JerkAss}} who cares little for his half-sister, recommending that she be sent off to an asylum, and is rather condescending to Anne in his reference to her as someone else "to look after" after discovering that she's partially blind. That said, as the film goes on and Helen's gradual process in communicating becomes clear, James softens somewhat and sees Anne's presence as beneficial. It gets to the point where, right after his father insists on having her removed again in the film's climax, James actually defends Anne's methods and [[CallingTheOldManOut calls his father out]] on finally being wrong for once in his life.
** The real Jimmy did care for Helen, and treated her as a real child rather than accommodating her; he stood up to her, resisted her wild fits and tried to give her some structure. Years later she remembered someone trying to comfort her during the illness that took her sight and hearing. It was Jimmy.
* TheUnfavourite: Implied.
* WellDoneSonGuy
->Portrayed by: Creator/JohnDrewBarrymore (''Playhouse 90''), James Congdon (Broadway), Andrew Prine (1962 film), Stanley Wells (1979 film), Creator/LucasBlack (2000 film)
Helen's older half-brother
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* CallingTheOldManOut: During the climax of Act 3:
--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you that on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
* DeadpanSnarker
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: James Keller starts off the film as an apparent {{JerkAss}} who cares little for his half-sister, recommending that she be sent off to an asylum, and is rather condescending to Anne in his reference to her as someone else "to look after" after discovering that she's partially blind. That said, as the film goes on and Helen's gradual process in communicating becomes clear, James softens somewhat and sees Anne's presence as beneficial. It gets to the point where, right after his father insists on having her removed again in the film's climax, James actually defends Anne's methods and [[CallingTheOldManOut calls his father out]] on finally being wrong for once in his life.
** The real Jimmy did care for Helen, and treated her as a real child rather than accommodating her; he stood up to her, resisted her wild fits and tried to give her some structure. Years later she remembered someone trying to comfort her during the illness that took her sight and hearing. It was Jimmy.
* TheUnfavourite: Implied.
* WellDoneSonGuy
->Portrayed by: Katharine Bard (''Playhouse 90''), Creator/PatriciaNeal (Broadway), Creator/IngaSwenson (1962 film), Diana Muldaur (1979 film), Kate Greenhouse (2000 film)
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->Portrayed by: Burl Ives (''Playhouse 90''), Torin Thatcher (Broadway), Victor Jory (1962 film), Charles Siebert (1979 film), Creator/DavidStrathairn
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!!James Keller
Helen's older half-brother
* CallingTheOldManOut: During the climax of Act 3:
--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you that on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
* DeadpanSnarker
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: James Keller starts off the film as an apparent {{JerkAss}} who cares little for his half-sister, recommending that she be sent off to an asylum, and is rather condescending to Anne in his reference to her as someone else "to look after" after discovering that she's partially blind. That said, as the film goes on and Helen's gradual process in communicating becomes clear, James softens somewhat and sees Anne's presence as beneficial. It gets to the point where, right after his father insists on having her removed again in the film's climax, James actually defends Anne's methods and [[CallingTheOldManOut calls his father out]] on finally being wrong for once in his life.
** The real Jimmy did care for Helen, and treated her as a real child rather than accommodating her; he stood up to her, resisted her wild fits and tried to give her some structure. Years later she remembered someone trying to comfort her during the illness that took her sight and hearing. It was Jimmy.
* TheUnfavourite: Implied.
* WellDoneSonGuy
Helen's older half-brother
* CallingTheOldManOut: During the climax of Act 3:
--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you that on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
* DeadpanSnarker
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: James Keller starts off the film as an apparent {{JerkAss}} who cares little for his half-sister, recommending that she be sent off to an asylum, and is rather condescending to Anne in his reference to her as someone else "to look after" after discovering that she's partially blind. That said, as the film goes on and Helen's gradual process in communicating becomes clear, James softens somewhat and sees Anne's presence as beneficial. It gets to the point where, right after his father insists on having her removed again in the film's climax, James actually defends Anne's methods and [[CallingTheOldManOut calls his father out]] on finally being wrong for once in his life.
** The real Jimmy did care for Helen, and treated her as a real child rather than accommodating her; he stood up to her, resisted her wild fits and tried to give her some structure. Years later she remembered someone trying to comfort her during the illness that took her sight and hearing. It was Jimmy.
* TheUnfavourite: Implied.
* WellDoneSonGuy
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->Portrayed by: Carroll [=McComas=] (''Playhouse 90''), Kathleen Comegys (Broadway and 1962 film), Anne Seymour (1979 film), Patricia Gage (2000 film)
Helen's
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!!Mr. Anagnos
->Portrayed by: Creator/AkimTamiroff (''Playhouse 90''), Michael Constantine (Broadway), Jack Hollander (1962 film), Titos Vandis (1979 film), Damir Andrei (2000 film)
Director of the
--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you that on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: James Keller starts off
** The real Jimmy did care for Helen, and treated her as a real child rather than accommodating her; he stood up to her, resisted her wild fits and tried to give her some structure. Years later she remembered someone trying to comfort her during the illness that took her sight and hearing. It was Jimmy.
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* WellDoneSonGuy
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* AndIMustScream: Far more realistic and less gruesome than most examples, Helen spent five years in complete darkness and silence with no way of communicating with the people around her except for a few vague gestures -- in reality she had over sixty home signs, but that wasn't nearly enough -- and horrible tantrums.
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* AndIMustScream: Far more realistic and less gruesome than most examples, Helen spent five years in complete darkness and silence with no way of communicating with the people around her except for a few vague gestures -- in reality she had invented over sixty [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_sign home signs, but signs]][[note]]The only one we see in the play is ''Mom'' -- stroking her cheek with the back of her hand. Some of her other home signs were pretty sophisticated. These signs were what told Annie that wasn't Helen connected gestures with concepts, so would be able to learn to connect finger spelling as a way of conveying her thoughts and ideas.[[/note]] long before Annie got there, but those weren't nearly enough as she got older -- and horrible tantrums.
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--> '''Annie.''' What a dictionary. You have to know how to spell it before you can look up how to spell it.
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* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: Anne wears sunglasses even indoors due to her sensitive eyesight, having been previously blind in her childhood until she underwent operations to restore her vision.
* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: Anne wears sunglasses even indoors due to her sensitive eyesight, having been previously blind in her childhood until she underwent operations to restore her vision.
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* BadDreams
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* ToughLove: Her methods of disciplining Helen are undeniably harsh, but that's because she genuinely wants to teach the child how to function in society.
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* ToughLove: Her methods of disciplining Helen are undeniably harsh, but that's because she genuinely wants to teach the child how to function in society.society, and most of all, to communicate -- she knows Helen is smart as a whip, she should have a chance to use it.
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* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Annie tells other characters (and the audience) what words Helen is finger-spelling.
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* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Annie tells other characters (and the audience) what words she and Helen is are finger-spelling.
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* EpiphanyTherapy: Once she learns about language, everything gets better.
* TheSpeechless: While not physically mute, Helen does not know how to speak, and most of her vocalizations are wordless, feral sounds (the real Helen eventually did learn to speak by feeling people's mouth and throat as they said various words).
* TheSpeechless: While not physically mute, Helen does not know how to speak, and most of her vocalizations are wordless, feral sounds (the real Helen eventually did learn to speak by feeling people's mouth and throat as they said various words).
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* EpiphanyTherapy: Once she learns about language, a language that can say ''everything'' she wants to say, everything gets better.
* TheSpeechless: While not physically mute, Helen does not know how to speak, and most of her vocalizations are wordless, feral sounds (the real Helen did retain the word "wah-wah" for water, as shown in the play, and eventually did learn to speak by feeling people's mouth and throat as they said various words).
* TheSpeechless: While not physically mute, Helen does not know how to speak, and most of her vocalizations are wordless, feral sounds (the real Helen did retain the word "wah-wah" for water, as shown in the play, and eventually did learn to speak by feeling people's mouth and throat as they said various words).
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Finger-spelling in her sleep. Annie said she really did, and during the way went around chattering to herself if nobody was around.
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* WildChild: Being unable to see or hear other people, Helen has no idea how to act around others.
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Finger-spelling in her sleep. Annie said she really did, and during the way day went around chattering to herself if nobody was around.
* WildChild: Being unable to see or hear other people, Helen hasno only the faintest idea (whatever she can pick up from touch) how to act around others.
* WildChild: Being unable to see or hear other people, Helen has
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* DotingParent: Geniunely wants the best for her child. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the courage to discipline Helen when she does something wrong, which has resulted in Helen being nearly uncontrollable.
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* DotingParent: Geniunely Genuinely wants the best for her child. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the courage to discipline Helen when she does something wrong, which has resulted in Helen being nearly uncontrollable.
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* AndIMustScream: Far more realistic and less gruesome than most examples, Helen spent five years in complete darkness and silence with no way of communicating with the people around her except for vague gestures and horrible tantrums.
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* AndIMustScream: Far more realistic and less gruesome than most examples, Helen spent five years in complete darkness and silence with no way of communicating with the people around her except for a few vague gestures -- in reality she had over sixty home signs, but that wasn't nearly enough -- and horrible tantrums.
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** The real Jimmy did care for Helen, and treated her as a real child rather than accommodating her; he stood up to her, resisted her wild fits and tried to give her some structure. Years later she remembered someone trying to comfort her during the illness that took her sight and hearing. It was Jimmy.
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* {{Determinator}}: Annie is determined to get Helen to realise her potential, and will stop at nothing to make it happen.
* DontYouDarePityMe
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* {{Determinator}}: Annie is determined to get Helen to realise realize her potential, and will stop at nothing to make it happen.
*DontYouDarePityMeDontYouDarePityMe: She gets aggravated when other people express sympathy for her disability.
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* ToughLove: Her methods of disciplining Helen are undeniably harsh, but that's because she genuinely wants to teach the child how to function in society.
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* DotingParentDotingParent: Geniunely wants the best for her child. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the courage to discipline Helen when she does something wrong, which has resulted in Helen being nearly uncontrollable.
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* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Annie tells other characters (and the audience) what words Helen is finger-spelling.
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--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you at on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
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--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you at that on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
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* CallingTheOldManOut
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* CallingTheOldManOutCallingTheOldManOut: During the climax of Act 3:
--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you at on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
--> "She's right, Kate's right, I'm right and you're wrong. If you drive her away from here it will be over my dead--chair. Has it never occurred to you at on one occasion you might be consummately wrong?"
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: An abrasive teacher than nevertheless wants Helen to thrive.
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* TheSpeechless: While not physically mute, Helen does not know how to speak, and most of her vocalizations are wordless, feral sounds.
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* TheSpeechless: While not physically mute, Helen does not know how to speak, and most of her vocalizations are wordless, feral sounds.sounds (the real Helen eventually did learn to speak by feeling people's mouth and throat as they said various words).
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* DeadpanSnarker
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty arrogant and rude, and originally thought Helen should be institutionalized. However, he realizes the good Annie is doing for Helen.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty arrogant James Keller starts off the film as an apparent {{JerkAss}} who cares little for his half-sister, recommending that she be sent off to an asylum, and rude, is rather condescending to Anne in his reference to her as someone else "to look after" after discovering that she's partially blind. That said, as the film goes on and originally thought Helen should be institutionalized. However, he realizes Helen's gradual process in communicating becomes clear, James softens somewhat and sees Anne's presence as beneficial. It gets to the good Annie is doing point where, right after his father insists on having her removed again in the film's climax, James actually defends Anne's methods and [[CallingTheOldManOut calls his father out]] on finally being wrong for Helen.once in his life.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGoldJerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty arrogant and rude, and originally thought Helen should be institutionalized. However, he realizes the good Annie is doing for Helen.
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* GeniusCripple: Partially blind (and totally blind later in her life), but smarter than shit.
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* CoolShades
CoolShades: Justified in late 19th-century America as they protect her weak eyes, but they're still cool.
*DeadpanSnarker DeadpanSnarker: In the dinner scene in both the 1962 and 1979 movies, Annie snarks ''silently'' at Helen, knowing that she can neither see nor hear her. Helen has been lying on the ground, acting out by kicking her boots, but when nobody comes to pick her up, she falls silent. Annie, who's been sitting at the table eating her dinner, lifts a forkful of food and raises it ironically at Helen, as if to say "Screw you, kid, I'm eating."
* {{Determinator}}: Annie is determined to get Helen to realise her potential, and will stop at nothing to make it happen.
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* {{Determinator}}: Annie is determined to get Helen to realise her potential, and will stop at nothing to make it happen.
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* TheUnfavorite: TheUnfavourite: Implied.
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Struck by illness as an infant which left deaf and blind, six-year-old Helen is wild and out of control with no way of communicating with others.
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Struck by illness as an infant which left her deaf and blind, six-year-old Helen is wild and out of control with no way of communicating with others.
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Southern Gentleman
Well Done, Son Guy
James:
Calling the Old Man Out
Jerk With a Heart of Gold
Well Done, Son Guy
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Southern Belle
Captain Keller:
Doting Parent
Officer and a Gentleman: Tries hard to be this, though his temper and impatience often get the better of him.
Southern Gentleman
Well Done, Son Guy
James:
Calling the Old Man Out
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Well Done, Son Guy
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Helen's mother
* DotingParent
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Helen's father
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* OfficerAndAGentleman: Tries hard to be this, though his temper and impatience often get the better of him.
Well Done, Son Guy
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Calling the Old Man Out
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Well Done, Son Guy
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Helen's older half-brother
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!!!Annie:
Anne Mansfield Sullivan is a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" who moves to Alabama to try to teach language to Helen Keller.
* BadDreams
* CoolShades
* DeadLittleBrother
* DontYouDarePityMe
* MagicalNanny: Type Two
* SelfDeprecation / StealthInsult:
-->'''Annie''': Well, what should I say, I’m an ignorant opinionated girl, and everything I am I owe to you?
-->'''Anagnos''': That is only half true, Annie.
-->'''Annie''': Which half?
* YouMakeMeSic: Annie admits from the start that she isn’t good at spelling, but she starts studying her dictionary to be sure that anything she spells to Helen, she spells right.
!!!Helen:
Struck by illness as an infant which left deaf and blind, six-year-old Helen is wild and out of control with no way of communicating with others.
* AndIMustScream: Far more realistic and less gruesome than most examples, Helen spent five years in complete darkness and silence with no way of communicating with the people around her except for vague gestures and horrible tantrums.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Once she learns about language, everything gets better.
* TheSpeechless: While not physically mute, Helen does not know how to speak, and most of her vocalizations are wordless, feral sounds.
* SpoiledBrat: Her parents can’t find it in their hearts to “discipline an afflicted child.”
* TalkingInYourSleep: Finger-spelling in her sleep.
* WildChild
Kate:
Doting Parent
Southern Belle
Captain Keller:
Doting Parent
Officer and a Gentleman: Tries hard to be this, though his temper and impatience often get the better of him.
Southern Gentleman
Well Done, Son Guy
James:
Calling the Old Man Out
Jerk With a Heart of Gold
Well Done, Son Guy
Anne Mansfield Sullivan is a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" who moves to Alabama to try to teach language to Helen Keller.
* BadDreams
* CoolShades
* DeadLittleBrother
* DontYouDarePityMe
* MagicalNanny: Type Two
* SelfDeprecation / StealthInsult:
-->'''Annie''': Well, what should I say, I’m an ignorant opinionated girl, and everything I am I owe to you?
-->'''Anagnos''': That is only half true, Annie.
-->'''Annie''': Which half?
* YouMakeMeSic: Annie admits from the start that she isn’t good at spelling, but she starts studying her dictionary to be sure that anything she spells to Helen, she spells right.
!!!Helen:
Struck by illness as an infant which left deaf and blind, six-year-old Helen is wild and out of control with no way of communicating with others.
* AndIMustScream: Far more realistic and less gruesome than most examples, Helen spent five years in complete darkness and silence with no way of communicating with the people around her except for vague gestures and horrible tantrums.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Once she learns about language, everything gets better.
* TheSpeechless: While not physically mute, Helen does not know how to speak, and most of her vocalizations are wordless, feral sounds.
* SpoiledBrat: Her parents can’t find it in their hearts to “discipline an afflicted child.”
* TalkingInYourSleep: Finger-spelling in her sleep.
* WildChild
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Doting Parent
Southern Belle
Captain Keller:
Doting Parent
Officer and a Gentleman: Tries hard to be this, though his temper and impatience often get the better of him.
Southern Gentleman
Well Done, Son Guy
James:
Calling the Old Man Out
Jerk With a Heart of Gold
Well Done, Son Guy
