Inherit the Wind “Here in Hillsboro we are fighting the fight of the Faithful through-out the world!” (53) Inherit the Wind is the epic legal drama‚ written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ of a controversial subject: creationism versus Darwinism. Hillsboro is extremely determined to defend creationism. Though fictional‚ Inherit the Wind is based on the Scopes Trial‚ which occurred in July of 1925 in Dayton‚ Tennessee. The play was published in 1957‚ a period of time where
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what to believe. Inherit The Wind is a play revolving the Scopes Monkey Trial‚ where a school teacher‚ Bertram Cates‚ taught evolutionism to his students without being allowed. He is then accused and brought to trial where many people come to join in the fight. Brady‚ a lawyer‚ has the job in the play to prosecute this “lawbreaker” while putting up a strong personality. With many obstacles in the play he puts up a hard fight and wins the trial proving Cates guilty. The character of Brady progresses
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“When you’re through learning‚ you’re through” – Will Rodgers. The book‚ Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ takes place in a small town in the heart of Tennessee‚ Hillsboro‚ and the Bible Belt in the 1920’s. The play covers one of the first evolution v. religion cases in the South. A teacher named Bertham Cates thought the teachings of Darwin were fascinating. Even though it was outlawed to teach evolution‚ he decided to teach his students the teachings. Not soon after‚ he finds
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The Accuracy of Inherit the Wind The movie Inherit the Wind gave an ample‚ in depth view as to what the Scopes Trial was all about. The film uses information about the trial and the law it was about‚ but most times misconstrues that information. The film does give a great perspective as to what the actual trial was all about‚ but it is not very factual. The movie portrays some in a positive way and others in a negative way‚ but overall the movie Inherit the Wind get its point across about the Scopes
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radical and revolutionary by today’s standards. Due to its obvious conflicts with Creationist views brought about by the Bible‚ the theory was not commonly adopted by people who worshipped the Bible’s teachings. The play Inherit the Wind‚ written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ models itself directly after the famous 1925 Tennessee v. Scopes trial in which Darwin’s theory of evolution and the Bible’s Creationism which were at odds. The defendant Bertram Cates and his defense attorney Henry
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The play‚ Inherit the Wind‚ by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is about a trial with a teacher who teaches evolution. Bertram Cates knows that the studies of evolution is against the law but decides to teach it anyways. Henry Drummond is the lawyer who defends Bert Cates in the trial. Drummond’s changes his goals throughout the play. In the beginning of the play‚ his goal is to defend evolution. Throughout the play his goal is to prove Cates is innocent and win the case. After the trial he wants
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evolved concepts and adopted ideas in order to obtain a better understanding of the world around it. However‚ it is very difficult for people to accept new theories that contradict their existing belief systems. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s play Inherit the Wind focuses on the rejection of evolution because of a society’s religious beliefs. The story defines the struggle that citizens of a rural area experience while attempting to maintain their faith in a partially secular world. The play started
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minds about the real world and how past events relate to today’s society. Inherit the Wind describes the proper role of education as religion based and central to Catholic beliefs. The view on religion in public classrooms has greatly changed‚ shifting more towards an open curriculum. Inherit the Wind raises the question of classroom regulations
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was for Rachel to take her father’s side. 4. The Mayor uses words such as warrior who fought for ordinary people to describe Brady. 5. Rev. Brown was referring to Brady about the community. 6. Hornbeck was referring to Mrs. McClain about the 35 cent fan. 7. Hornbeck calls the monkey grandpa. 8. Hornbeck was referring to Matthew Harrison Brady. 9. Mrs. Brady tempers Brady’s enthusiasm. 10. Brady refers to Cates as a criminal by nature. 11. Rev. Brown responds fiercely. 12. Agnostic is someone
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Inherit the Wind Journal In my opinion‚ the world was created through the Big Bang Theory. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model that describes the early development of the Universe. According to the Big Bang theory‚ the Universe was once in an extremely hot and dense state‚ which expanded rapidly. This rapid expansion caused the Universe to cool and resulted in its present continuously expanding state. This is how the world came to be the way it is today. Another common
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