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Obstacles In The Miracle Worker

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Everyone has to overcome some obstacles in life even if you don't want to. The characters in the play The Miracle Worker by William Gibson are Helen, James, Annie, Captain Helen's dad, and Kate Helen's mom. Multiple characters had to overcome obstacles in the play . Two main characters had to overcome obstacles, especially, Helen because she had multiple disabilities. Helen was very spoiled and mostly only did what she wanted. Annie, Helen's teacher, believed in Helen and tried to teach her manners and language. Annie tried a lot of things and even got full control over Helen for two weeks but nothing worked in teaching her language. Helen is a smart child and when she is at home she freaks out and has tamper tantrums and won't listen to Annie

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