A Tale of Two Cities: Kate Keller vs. Annie Sullivan

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but she does not realize that her spoiling Helen, makes helping Helen harder to accomplish. Kate unlike Annie, pities Helen. She only wishes to love and comfort Helen, even to the extent of turning Helen into an indulged, undisciplined child. In the play Kate explains to Annie, “…We catch our flies with honey I’m afraid. We haven’t the heart for much else, and so many times she simply cannot be compelled.” (Gibson II: pg 51) Kate is saying that the only way anyone has been able to get Helen to behave is to reward her. She states that no one has had the ‘heart’ for much else, meaning that no one else has actually tried to correct Helen, therefore their pity overpowers all means of her immoral behavior. Kate also states that sometimes Helen is sometimes impossible to reach and trapped in her own world resisting any corrections of her behavior.
Next, Annie and Kate come from different backgrounds. Annie is from the North and has lived in an institution for blind ones (an asylum), ...

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