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 characters are introduced. Bertram Cates, a schoolteacher in Hillsboro, has taught his kids about Charles Darwin's Origins of the Species even though it's against the law to teach evolution in the state. Being the Fundamentalist town that it is, the people of Hillsboro have decided to prosecute Cates who believes that evolution is the truth. Matthew Harrison Brady, a politician and lawyer, comes into town to prosecute for the state against Cates. He is well respected and even honored with a parade and picnic when he arrives in Hillsboro. E.K. Hornbeck, a reporter for the Baltimore Herald comes into town to cover the Cates trial. He feels that the people are backwards and even make fun of the town calling it " Heavenly Hillsboro. The buckle on the Bible belt"(13). Henry Drummond, the defense attorney for Cates and also a former friend of Brady, comes into town unwanted and unwelcomed. He is described as "A vicious, godless man!"(24). And is personified as the Devil himself.
All the people of Hillsboro give their support to Brady and ignore Drummond. Cates seems to be abandoned by those that knew him and is treated badly. He remains in a cell while he awaits his trial. Throughout the trial, Brady constantly objects Drummond when he calls for his witnesses and sustained by the judge. Brady holds a standing ground until Drummond calls him to the stand and makes a fool out of him. At the end, Cates is found guilty and is only fined $100. The defense team loses the case but gains a respect from the people. Brady dies later on that day and Hornbeck says that he "died of a busted belly"(112). However, Drummond, his opponent shows respect for him and honors his greatness.
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. ...
IR For Inherit the wind 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. ... In Inherit the Wind the town's people are all under an elaborate conformity. ...
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...
