Although the battle between creationism and evolutionism triggered the trial in the play Inherit the Wind, as the trial goes on in the play it becomes clear that the conflict goes much further then these two concepts. Society at the time was being controlled by, religious, political and national forces. The battle between religion and evolutionism was only one of many struggles occurring. The authors of the play developed a series of opposites in the form of personalities, environments, and concepts to highlight these contrasts. Like Drummond and Brady for example, although they use to be two attorneys with a close friendship, they had now split due to their views on different philosophies. Brady had become famous not only for his skills in politics, but also for his role in the religious community. Drummond had become a criminal defense attorney and had a reputation for being disbeliever, and because of this he always found himself defending the under dog. The environment also held opposites, for there was the separation between the urban and small town life. People in the urban areas were being exposed to new technologies and ideas, and were also more diverse. In small towns fundamentalism still had control over the beliefs of the people. In the story they use the citizens of Hillsboro in conflict with Hornbeck and Henry Drummond to display this.
I main situation that comes up in this play is a conflict between man and society. Cates challenges the law by teaching evolution in his class. People react to this with full aggression, Cates describes this when he says, "people look at me as if I were a murderer, worse than a murderer!" This shows how strongly the citizens of Hillsboro believed in their religion, and how sensitive their minds were to new ideas. At the end of the play when the verdict is announced, Drummond tells Cates that now that you have stood up to society you have helped give people the guts to stand up too.
In Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. ... Jerome Lawrence, one of the authors of Inherit the Wind, is a playwright and director. ... Lee, the other author of Inherit the Wind, was educated at Northwestern and Ohio Wesleyan Universities. ... Lee wrote several other publications together besides Inherit the Wind. ...
Inherit the Wind SUMMARY Inherit the Wind, published by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, is a dramatized account of an actualized trial called the Scopes "Monkey Trial". The play takes place during the hot July summer, in a small town named Hillsboro. In the first act, the major characte...
Dehumanization - "Inherit the Wind" "Inherit the Wind" displayed the dehumanization of characters in two different manners. The first one, exhibiting hatred so deep towards someone that it demotes him (and we say "him" because no women were dehumanized in such a way) to a level lower than a huma...
Inherit the Wind Character Analysis Clearly the hero of this play, Henry Drummond represents a character who simply wants to think. ... Drummond, a hero to Inherit The Wind and a hero to society, is the main reason the play had the outcome it did. ... After all it was Drummond who spoke the title ""He that troubleth his own house shall Inherit The Wind!...
Inherit the Wind is an explosive drama which compels the reader to think about their own beliefs and views. ... In Inherit the Wind the teacher's name was changed to Bertram Cates, the prosecutor Matthew Harrison Brady, the defense attorney Henry Drummond. ...
Inherit The WindThe film "Inherit the windaE is about a young schoolteacher who dares to introduce his students to Darwin"s theory of evolution in Hillsboro. ... The source for the film"s title was taken from Proverbs 11:29 in the bible and reads, "He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind,aE meaning that to question the bible is a sin. ...
"Inherit the Wind" was a movie based off of Christianity Idealism. The South has always been known as the bible belt of America. This story takes place in a small town called Hillsboro, Tennessee. A teacher (Burcham T. Cates) who has opened his mind to learning and has come out of the dark ages, st...
Changes are a key factor in life; and the play, Inherit the Wind, was a book of changes. The largest change probably between the two main characters, Matthew Harrison Brady and Henry Drummond, who are lawyers who square off in a match of Faith against Science. There are many similaritie...
