Essay on Inherit the Wind (Scopes Trial)

For example, Brady brings attention onto himself during the trial by mentioning how uncomfortable the hot weather makes him feel. This is further proven by the quote “it is called to my attention that the temperature in this courtroom is now 97 degrees Fahrenheit. And it may get hotter! I do not feel that the dignity of the courtroom if we remove a few superfluous outer garments”(page 35). This shows Brady’s constant need for attention as no other individual in the courtroom mentioned the temperature of the courtroom. Moreover, he took out a large handkerchief and mops his forehead and proudly tries to take off his expensive coat. This causes people in the courtroom to laugh as his request seems very ridiculous. Moreover, even after losing the trail Brady tries to give a speech to the people of Hillsboro, but he messes his speech up and turns into a tragic figure. This is proven by the quote As they look to the mountains whence they cometh our strength. And here in the courtroom, we have seen vindicated. We have seen vindicated”(106). Which demonstrates even though Brady lost the trial he desperately tries to hang on to his audience. However, people lost interest in what he is saying at this point. For example, audience members started to talk over him and began leaving during his speech. Additionally, he got the microphone taken away from him. Therefore Brady’s

The coverage of certain events in media can influence the way people process things. In 1925 a man was put on trial for teaching evolution, in the town of Dayton, Tennessee. In the 1950’s trails for people thought to be communist took place, this was called the “Red Scare Lawrence and Lee wrote a play displaying their anger towards such trials, called Inherit the Wind in this play Dayton becomes Hilsboro, and the man on trial is Bertrem Cates, who is caught teaching Darwinism in school. A newspaper writer named E.K. Hornbeck provides a cynical p=outlook on the trial as well as the town. The defense attorney, Drummond believes in the right to have freedom of speech and thought, while Harrison Brady, a three time presidential candidate prosecutes Cates.

Inherit the Wind is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee that depicts the infamous Scopes Trial. The real names of the persons involved in the case were changed, however, the play recounts the same story. One journalist in the story, E.K. Hornbeck, who is closed-minded, a hypocrite, and very cynical proves that the religious community of Hillsboro is not the only one to be intolerant.

change how people saw the "Old South". This movie quickly became a smash hit and went on to become the #1 movie of all time and still holds the title, as we were reminded of at the Oscars last year. The movie was "Gone with the Wind". It was directed by Victor Fleming, and based off of the book written by Margaret Mitchell. This movie was made to portray one of the most difficult times in American History, and it shows the struggle America went through during the

Inherit the Wind is about a 24-year-old teacher named Bertram T. Cates, who is arrested for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution to his junior high-class. Some high-profile Hillsboro town’s people press charges and have Cates arrested for teaching evolutionism in a stringent Christian town. A famous lawyer named Henry Drummond defends him; while a fundamentalist politician Matthew Harrison Brady prosecutes. The story takes place in Hillsboro, which is a small town in Tennessee. Cates is merely trying to teach to his class that there is more to life than just what the Bible teaches. He is not trying to be nonreligious; rather he is just teaching his class to think outside the box. The town’s people think that Cates is trying to push

The jury brings a guilty verdict and the judge charges Cates a fee of $100 dollars. Brady collapses and shortly afterward dies. Rachel and Cates decide to leave the town together. The play ends with Drummond alone in the courthouse with a copy of Darwin’s Origins of Species and Bible, which he puts them together in his briefcase.

In their play Inherit the Wind, Lawrence and Lee’s fictionalization of the Scopes Trial illustrates how the mid-twentieth century movement against intellectualism infringed upon the Constitutional rights of Americans. By manipulating details, Lee and Laurence distanced themselves from the repercussions they may have faced during the McCarthyism era. Furthermore, the addition of new characters and plot differences makes for a more entertaining play.

The play starts when Wright reviews the case with The Judge regarding the shooting that took place at the McBride residence. Soon Wright

Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows is a satirical reflection of the English social structure of the late nineteenth century, during a time of rapid industrialization throughout Europe. Also considered a children’s story, this novel conveys Grahame’s belief in the ability of one to live an unrestrained and leisurely life, free of the obligations of the working class, and entitled to this life through high social status and wealth. The River Bank characters, especially Toad, represent those who live this idle life of the upper class. In contrast, the stoats and weasels of the Wild Wood resemble the proletariat, and an animosity between these two classes existed. The lower classes of the

By having Everyman interact with these conceptualized characters, the author externalizes his inner conflict. Perhaps this technique seems too obvious or almost condescending to our more literate age, but whatever the case, it effectively conveys the central message of the play.

The Wind in the Willows (published in 1908) by Kenneth Grahame is a children's fictional novel set in England during the early 20th century. This allegory from the stimulus booklet evokes feelings of magic and adventure but also feelings of reflection as we relate the actions of Ratty, Mole and Toad to our lives.Grahame evokes an imaginative journey within the mind of the reader as he questions "Which journey's do we take that we really want to experience?" Kenneth Grahame conveys this idea through Mole who is being forced to take Ratty's journey instead of his own. This text broadens our understanding of the world today in that it helps us to undertsand the complex interactions between people.

Gone with the Wind, was published in May 1936. The author, Atlanta born, Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her efforts. The novel was the first and only published novel of her career. Miss Mitchell was a storyteller from the time she could speak. She enjoyed writing stories and plays. She would cast herself and her friends in the different roles. She lived in Atlanta all of her life and she was enchanted in the history of the city. Miss Mitchell was influenced by the stories told to her as she spent her childhood sitting on the laps of Civil War veterans and of her mother's relatives, who told stories of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction of the South. She was an old soul at heart and enjoyed the

Theme: Playwrights utilize the themes of their plays to make a statement or ask questions. In this case, the show’s theme questions or states something along the lines of pride, freedom, and ambition. This play elicits a comedic response from the audience, but merely scratches the first layer of this show. While the full musical has a myriad of themes to choose from, this condensed version has fewer, though, not less meaningful themes.

The Way of the Wind by Amos Oz, is about a man named Shimshon Sheinbaum, and his view of his son, Gideon. Shimshon was a military, political, and social hero amongst his kibbutz. He is a founding father of the Hebrew Labor Movement. People in his kibbutz looked for him for guidance, because this man was in top physical and mental shape devoting all of his life to learning as much as necessary and the remainder to stay in peak shape. As one can imagine, he would expect the same of his son, and he does but his son isn't the same man as his father. His father didn't have someone else make a decision like that for him and he can't make that decision for Gideon. Shimshon, regardless how much he cared for his son, pushed him too far and had too

This play deals with a lot many themes. To cite a few: Rewriting the tale of Cinderella and Sleeping beauty, Class, language and phonetics and Independence.