Question

read this scene from the miracle worker act 2. (annie insists, and helen gets rid of annies hand by jabbing it with the needle. annie gasps and moves to grip helens wrist; but kate intervenes with a proffered sweet, and helen drops the card, crams the sweet into her mouth, and scrambles up to search her mothers hands for more.) how do these stage directions add meaning to the play? the stage directions explain the characters facial expressions. the stage directions illustrate the appearance of the room. the stage directions describe how characters react to helen. the stage directions reveal annies manner of speaking.

Explanation:

The stage directions show Annie's reaction (gasps, moves to grip Helen's wrist) and Kate's reaction (intervenes with a sweet). These are character reactions to Helen's actions (jabbing with needle, dropping card, etc.). They don't focus on facial expressions (no mention of faces), room appearance (no details about the room), or Annie's speaking manner (no dialogue tags about speaking style).

Answer:

The stage directions describe how characters react to Helen.