How did Frank Russell try to increase interest in Annie Taylor's stunt?

He made Annie's plans national news, left the barrel she would use in an exhibition open to the public, gave information to the media about the places Anne would go to, and invited the public and the media to watch the moment that she would throw herself into the falls.

Explanation:

Annie Taylor was an adventurer, but she was not known. She had decided to jump into Niagara Falls in a barrel and needed to make this adventure known and make her a media personality. Frank Russel was responsible for this, letting people know about Annie's plans before she jumped. He started spreading her plans to all the media in the country, put the barrel she would use on public display, gave information to the media about the train Annie would take and the places she would go, and invited people and media representatives to attend Annie's descent to Niagara Falls.

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themes and meanings

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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.”