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    thinking we used when we created them.” This idea is present throughout Inherit the Wind. Inherit the Wind is a play that challenges both science and belief. Its plot surrounds an educator teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in a small town where the Bible is treated as the only book that explains where humanity came from. The play’s playwrights, Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence, is justifying, through Inherit the Wind, the perils of having a limited perspective and reveals that one should

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    Inherit The Wind The 1950s bring forth a divided society of limited minds. Similarly, the play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee brings forth a town so focused on their own religious beliefs that they begin to drift away from the progress of science and lost the most powerful weapon of the human race. The ability to think. Provided that, three themes that are highlighted in Inherit the Wind is the search for truth, the ability to think and the inevitability of progress. First

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    Justice and fairness may be late, but shall never absent. The play Inherit the Wind is about a brave teacher Cates and a clever lawyer Drummond Darwinians defend evolution whether can be taught in class. The jury finds Cates guilty but Cates wins by bringing national attention to a bad law. Now, we all learning evolution in class and discover the origin of species. Overall, I will strongly recommend Inherit the Wind be read by those students who interested in law or debate. This play’s writing style

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    Inherit the Wind Legal Analysis Brief – Aakriti Gera Inherit the wind is a 1960 movies directed by Stanley Kramer. The movie follows the story about of two lawyers who argue the case for and against, respectively, about a case where a science teacher is accused of crime of teaching evolution. The “Monkey Trial” which takes places in 1925 has placed a high school teacher on trial for violation of a state law. The law states that teaching any scientific material; in this case, the Darwin’s theory

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    The play Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is set in a small town during an unspecified time period when it was illegal to teach evolution in schools. The play is a fictionalized story based on a popular Scopes Monkey Trial that took place in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925. Bertram Cates is the character in the play who is put on trial for teaching about evolution. There are people who are true to themselves and do not hesitate to raise their voice about what they feel is true. There

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    Inherit the Wind was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. It tells the tale of a “Monkey Trial” based on what evolution really is to the people in the small town of Hillsboro, a biblical driven town with laws implemented to teaching the Bible, nothing else. The case presented both biological and biblical reference, while also presenting what ignorance and confidence could do to egotistical individuals. In this essay, we will dive into what I have learned from this experience. Inherit the

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    Inherit the Wind Essay Assignment Inherit the Wind was a heartfelt play that was published in 1955, nearly three decades after the Scopes Monkey Trial. Like teaching a stubborn teenager, this play opens the consciousness of those who were narrow-minded when dealing with justice. The three themes that stood out most were respecting different perspectives, freedom of thought, and the search for truth. Firstly, respecting different perspectives was the largest theme of this play. In Tennessee

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    Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee is a fictionalized play on the Scopes Trial, formally known as the Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. In July 21, 1925, a high school teacher was accused of violating the Butler Act. This act made it illegal to teach evolution in any state funded school. Although Scopes was unsure he taught evolution, he incriminated himself and was found guilty. The subject of the play reflects this event except Inherit the Wind holds themes of censorship,

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    Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s courtroom drama, “Inherit the Wind”, set in Hillsboro Tennessee in 1925 is based off of events of the “Scopes trial” in 1925. Many characters in the play are based off of characters from the trial in real life. The play is set in the south where religion is very prevalent in their everyday lives. Since religion was such an important aspect of Southerners lives, many people took other people’s beliefs very personally, such as Reverend Brown and Brady, along with

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    This is a quote pulled from the play, Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. It is exclaimed by Henry Drummond, the defense attorney. Drummond is conveying the idea that everyone is human and is allowed the right to make mistakes and be incorrect. Drummond is a thinking man and is an advocate for trail and error. Moments before this quote was said, E.K. Hornbeck, a reporter, had called Drummond a hypocrite for quoting the Bible. Hornbeck had always believed that Drummond was against

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