Reread the text medium: Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” As you read, fill in your ideas about pace, character, and mood in the organizer. Consider the techniques used in the text, such as your imagination, descriptions of setting, and mood. How do these affect you?
Listen to the audio medium: "The Tell-Tale Heart."
As you listen, fill in your ideas about pace, character, and mood in your organizer. Consider the techniques used in the audio production, such as voice, music, and sound effects. How do these affect you?
Write your claim in the organizer. Are there differences in how the medium affects you, are there similarities, or are there both similarities and differences? What is your opinion?
Write your responses in complete sentences.

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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