The first scene of the second act is the shortest in length, but one of the largest in significance. In the beginning of the scene, the town is preparing for Reverend Brown’s sermon with eager anticipation. The religious fervour that Brady has been carefully nurturing and cultivating in the people of Hillsboro was to make a dramatic plateau at this sermon. Act 2 – Scene I is also the first time that the slow unceasing progress of the religious fervour was, if only momentarily, stopped. After Rev. Brown’s extreme warlike prayer, Col. Brady steps in to stop Brown, and states “… It is possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save.”…
- Cates said being in jail had two advantages: food was better, temperature is cooler.…
The Divine Wind’ is a book/novel written by Garry Disher. The novel is set in the Pearling town of Broome which is located in the North-western region of Australia. The novel explores prejudice, friendship, love and betrayal. The novel is mainly set in World War 2, with Hart as the main character. Hart is the narrator of this story, he is retelling his story during WWII with all the problems that he faced. The novel displays “ the dislocation and emotional suffering people experience when their lives are severely disrupted”. There are two main characters that endure this feeling of isolation, dislocation and severe disruption. Ida Penrose and Mitsy.…
“He weighs the volume in his hand; this one book has been the center of the whirlwind. Then DRUMMOND notices the Bible, on the JUDGE’S bench. He picks up the Bible in his other hand; he looks from one volume to the other, balancing them thoughtfully, as if his hands were scales. He half-smiles, half-shrugs. Then DRUMMOND slaps the two books together and jams them in his briefcase, side by side. ) At the end of the trial, Henry Drummond finally learns to accept Darwinism with the Bible. He understands that they can exist together and that they don’t have to be exclusive. The lesson from the author is that Darwinism and the Bible should be equal and be treated fairly. Sometimes, there can’t be only one right side of the issue because people…
13. Rev. Brown uses words such as vicious and a Godless man to describe Drummond.…
John Brown was born in 1800 to a God fearing man. His father, who was a tanner by trade, raised him in the wilderness of Ohio. These early years would give no indication of the turmoil and battles yet to be fought. At the age of sixteen John traveled to New England to study for the ministry. He returned home after only a few months. He clung to his Calvinist beliefs of the Old Testament. His God was an angry God who believed in “an eye for an eye”. John left home at seventeen to start his own tannery shop that would be in direct competition with his father’s. This would become the first of what would be a long list of failures.…
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, written in 1955, is an exceptional play that depicts the events of the Scopes Trial in 1925. The Scopes Trial or “Monkey Trial” was held in Dayton, Tennessee. Previous to the trial, the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee to ban the teaching of evolution. In an attempt to test the law, high school teacher John Scopes taught the theory of evolution to his class. After violating the act, Scopes was taken to jail where he waited for a trial to be held. Clarence Darrow would later represent him in the trial against William Jennings Bryan on the prosecution. Inherit the Wind uses the Scopes Trial as a basis for the play by comparing the views of fundamentalists and evolutionists. In the play, the fundamentalists include the townspeople, Matthew Harrison Brady (William Jennings Bryan), and Reverend Brown. They represent the “backwards” ways of the town of Hillsboro where the play takes place. The evolutionists in the play include Bert Cates (John Scopes), Henry Drummond (Clarence Darrow), and E.K. Hornbeck. In Inherit the Wind the evolutionists are cast in a more favorable light because of their intelligence level versus that of the fundamentalists, the ideas presented by the defense in the trial, and the stylistic devices used throughout the play.…
Inherit the Wind is written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Bertram Cates is an evolutionist who plays a big part in the story. He and I have many similarities and differences.…
Even though 12 people say you're wrong and you broke the law, millions of other people are standing behind you saying you won. In the book Inherit the wind a man of the name betts cates was against the whole world. The two side are fighting over if Evolution should be taught in the classroom. Cates shows that he helped the world against a law that really showed up the facts about the past. I even though he didn't win the case, he won by gaining millions of people support.…
The authors, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s, main purpose through Inherit the Wind is proving that humans hold the right to think. Henry Drummond is vital in this discovery because of his firm belief that one should hold this right. Drummond’s hero archetype is the cause for his strong feelings, and he succeeds when convincing the audience of his beliefs by revealing the contradictions underlying his witnesses’ inherited religious beliefs.…
Elbert Hubbard was an American publisher, philosopher and a writer. He once said “Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.” In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” Goodman Browns faith is destroyed when he embarks on a journey through the woods; where he encounters a mysterious man who is a devil figure. His temptation brings him to a ceremony where he sees people he knows, including his own wife. Seeing people he once trusted at the ceremony makes him think twice, and in the end he loses his own faith. Young Goodman Brown showed that even the most self-righteous people can lose faith.…
There is no doubt a conflict of good and evil in “Young Goodman Brown”. Goodman Brown seems to be struggling internally about whether to seek out what it would be like to become a witch, all the while feeling as though he’s leaving behind all the good things in his life. He has to decide if he really wants to become a part of the Black Sabbath worship, or if his true desire is to enjoy life in the village of innocence. The setting itself affirms indecision and conflict in the long winding journey through the woods having to take time to ponder the consequences of his actions. There are many instances in which we see conflict in this story. We see how Goodman Brown grieves at the loss of his “Faith” throughout the tale. After returning to Salem, he becomes skeptical. (UKEssays, Web) He feels he can no longer trust the people he once thought he knew. The conflict is the theme here. It portrays how he spends the rest of his life in distrust.…
The characters: Goodman Brown, a round and dynamic character, is the main character in this short story. He is dynamic due to the fact that he undergoes a realization of what is happening and has been happening in the world around him. Faith, the wife of Brown, is defined be a flat and static character. She serves as a point of reference for her husband and her position is unchanging. With that being said, Faith serves a dual purpose; not only as his wife but as the term Faith is conveyed within itself. The Old man/ Devil, is established as a round and static character. Without his part this story would not have the same effect. He is the protagonist, and as always he is looking for new followers. Goody Cloyse was the woman dubbed as a witch in the Salem Witch Trials, and she ultimately lost her life during the era of the Puritans. She is considered flat and static because her character remains unchanged, and quite frankly exposes her true self without shame. Deacon Gookin, the town’s teacher of the Lord’s word, is considered flat and static. This stems from the fact that he is merely used as an image to belittle the strength of man for Goodman Brown. The Minister, yet another man of God, is a flat and static character and travelling companion of Deacon Gookin. He serves no real purpose other than contributing to illustrating the fall of those who we hold dear with our salvation.…
At the beginning of the story, Brown thinks he is religious and attends all the ritual but, by the end of the story, Brown is affected by the words of the devil he met in the forest. As the reader know that when he walks into the woods, he doesn’t know that he will meet the devil instead, he says to himself, “What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!” (Hawthorne, 586). The devil influences Brown by making him think that the society is evil and “there is no good on earth” (Hawthorne, 590). He attempts to disregard the devil because he knows that he will not commit any sins and not become evil himself. After seeing the change in society from righteousness to wickedness, Brown realizes that following the society will turn him evil and he wants to stay…
When an individual’s beliefs or values are contradicted by that of their society, they must make a choice as to whether belonging to themselves or to the group is more important. Miller explores the reactions of many characters to this dilemma, in particular Reverend Hale. Initially Hale is strongly respected and connected to the town, being described as “an expert”. He uses the metaphor of “Theology sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress can be accounted small”, to indicate his strong belief in the value of a theocratic society. Hale struggles to come to terms with the failings of this system as indicated by the juxtaposition of Miller’s stage direction “Hale in a fever of guilt and uncertainty” with his words “Proctor, the court is just”. This demonstrates that he was not able to instantly relinquish his connection to the Salem community, despite the moral ramifications. He loses all sense of self-respect as he encourages Proctor to “give his lie”, which directly contradicts one of the Ten Commandments reiterated throughout the play “Thou shalt not bear false witness”. The disintegration of both Hale’s connection to the community and to God is clearly demonstrated by the contrast of Hale’s joyful analogy of his former self “I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion”, with his new perception of his role, “I come to do the Devil’s work.” Thus by examining the character of Reverend Hale one can see how the value an individual places on being respected and connected to others and how this affects their integrity and perception of self.…