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Read the final line from the play.

FAITH: —if mother says I may.
What is the effect of this final line?

A
The tone is cynical; Faith is bitter as she reminds Bobbie that she is not entitled to make her own decisions.

B
The tone is indignant; Faith is beginning to feel disgusted that Bobbie still has not accepted her need for permission.

C
The tone is anticlimactic; the two sweethearts have discussed the topic to great lengths but no decision can be made.

D
The tone is humorous; it is ironic that the conversation comes back to where it started.

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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.”

a. she is a young, beautiful woman who deeply cares about her husband.

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