Analysis Of Inherit The Wind By Jerome Lawrence And Robert E. Lee

Karl Marx once said, “Religion is the opiate of the people.” The play Inherit the Wind written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, helps us as readers expose and learn from problems in our society. This play teaches us that arrogance of your religion could lead to your own demise, and the addiction to your religion could cloud your mind, as well as that these sort of religious problems are still prevalent in our society. Becoming arrogant about one’s personal opinions and beliefs can be destructive to the human nature of our society.
Arrogance in one’s own religion can be detrimental to societies as well as yourself. Arrogance can be seen explicitly from Mr. Brady as he is first introduced to the people of Hillsboro, saying “I am here to defend that is most precious in our hearts of all of us: The Living Truths of the Scriptures!” pg. 20. This scene Mr. Brady is addressing the crowd and from the beginning trying to win them over with his first impression and speech. The town of Hillsboro is already a town in which the people agree that they, as readers of the Bible, should take everything literally.
This idea can be explicitly seen when Drummond asks, “How can they pass judgment on it if they don’t know what it’s all about?” pg. 81. Drummond accuses the jury of people, all of which are from Hillsboro, hearing the case of being ignorant towards the fact they do not know anything about Darwin’s theory of evolution. He doesn’t think that the trial will be fair because the people hearing the case are uneducated about one of the subjects of the case. In Karl Marx’s quote, mentioned above, he states that religion can become an addiction and take control of you. This is exactly what happens to the people of Hillsboro as they are involved with this case in their town. The people of Hillsboro are so short sighted and can only see the world and this particular case from their own