Factual - 1-What is a tradition?
2-Do traditions vary from place to place?

Conceptual -
1-How are traditions created?
2-Why are traditions important?
3-How can traditions help us develop a sense of personal and cultural identity?
4-Can traditions be harmful?
5-Is it OK to compromise the safety of animals for the sake of tradition?


Debatable -
1-Should we stop harmful traditions?
2-How can we protect others from dangerous traditions?
3-Is tradition an obstacle to progress?

in this alternate universe, renaissance romeo is now seventeen, an apprentice to a glass maker in venice. modern romeo is planning to go to college. what major do you think he’ll elect?

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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.”

this answer to this question is c. allegory

why?

stories with allegories have a hidden symbolic meaning with a theme. the hidden meaning can be political, or other real life problems.