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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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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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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19th century was both 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
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Inherit the Wind‚ a play written by Jerome Lawrence‚ and Robert E. Lee‚ is one of the greatest and most controversial plays of its time. It was written at a time of scientific revolution to benefit people of the day and in the future‚ however‚ people of the day had a hard time accepting new ideas. It is societies unwillingness to change‚ and accept new ideas that create racism‚ and hate groups of today. This unwillingness is one of the major themes of this play. This thesis will be further explained
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Inherit the Wind: historical allusions * *What is a historical allusion – reference to people or events that have historical significance and symbolism * In literature this helps the character become more relatable as well as more easily create a connection with the reader * *Inherit the Wind’s has various historical allusions such as the 3 Kings; Julius Caesar‚ Charlemagne and Richard I * We will discuss how the 3 Kings allow the reader to understand the character and
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against injustice is the duty that people need to do to bring justice. Bringing justice plays a huge part in The Crucible. The Crucible is a play about the Salem Witch Trials and how it started. One of the main reasons so many people hanged for witchcraft was the fear of authority. It is clear that the courts are unjust‚ but no one spoke out against it until the end of the play. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller expresses the theme of “Defiance becoming the duty of the people in the face of injustice” using
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Are innocent people safe in court? Many people are falsely accused of a crime they did not commit and punished for it. What leads to this injustice? It can be because people have pride‚ greed‚ and hypocrisy driving them against others. Reverend Parris from the The Crucible had all the previous factors when he dealt with the Salem Witch Trials. Parris had was a very greedy man. He let greed lead him to his malpractice as a reverend. When Reverend Hale was talking to John Proctor on why he did not
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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. Henry Drummond arrives in Hillsboro as an atheist
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INHERIT THE WIND- STUDY NOTES ACT 1 - Howard calls Melinda and her whole family worms - The crime the defendant (Bert Cates) in the play is charged with teaching the theory of evolution - Rachel went to the courthouse to visit Bert - Play takes place in the town of Hillsboro - Brady arrives by train - E.K Hornbeck‚ newspaper reporter from Baltimore Herald - Discussion between Howard and Melinda to introduce the conflict evolution vs creationism - Darwin’s book "The Origin of Species"
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