The Miracle Worker | Act Three Summary
Act Three begins as the deadline for the end of the ''Garden House'' experiment approaches. Helen is clean and disciplined and has learned to hand-spell many words to get treats, but Annie frustratedly feels that she has accomplished little more than "fingergames—no meaning." Helen has gestures and concepts—she touches her cheek to signify her mother—but has yet to connect these with the movements of Annie's fingers in her palm. Annie begs for another week, but the Kellers, seeing the improvements but not the gap left to close, refuse. Annie insists on keeping Helen until six,...
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