Who Is Drummond's Character In Inherit The Wind
The way humans express themselves is through strong emotion that determines our personalities and how others perceive us. In Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, a schoolteacher by the name of Bertram Cates is accused of breaking the law by teaching evolution in a classroom. The defendant, Henry Drummond stands up for Cates in the famous Monkey Trial. By expressing his humor, persistence, and sarcasm, Drummond helps others learn about evolution and its contribution to society, even though he did not win the case. Drummond’s humor helps him to convey the importance of evolution by appealing to the courtroom by making them laugh. Drummond jokes about the prosecutor, Matthew Harrison Brady, when he claims that God tells him
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He becomes annoyed when the judge will not let him call scientists as his witnesses, so he exclaims, “For it is my intent to show this court that what Bertram Cates spoke quietly one spring afternoon in the Hillsboro High School is no crime!” (Lawrence and Lee 83). Drummond is not giving up on proving that his client is innocent and will do nearly anything to do so. Unfortunately, he has to give up after insistently naming other scientists to use for his proof that evolution is valid, for the judge orders that they have nothing to do with the trial. Drummond is persistent, once again, when potential jurors are being interviewed to make sure that they are not biased towards one side of the case. He explains that “All I want is to prevent the clock-stoppers from dumping a load of medieval nonsense into the United States Constitution” (Lawrence and Lee 47). This is after Brady unjustly accuses him of allowing pro-evolutionists into the jury, even though Drummond was being fair about whom he chose. By saying this, Drummond is persisting that he wants the whole jury to be fair to both sides so that there is a fair trial. This way, he can have the same chance of winning as Brady without any biased opinions that are against him. Therefore, Drummond’s use of persistence aids him in having a better chance at winning the trial by continuously proving his
He becomes annoyed when the judge will not let him call scientists as his witnesses, so he exclaims, “For it is my intent to show this court that what Bertram Cates spoke quietly one spring afternoon in the Hillsboro High School is no crime!” (Lawrence and Lee 83). Drummond is not giving up on proving that his client is innocent and will do nearly anything to do so. Unfortunately, he has to give up after insistently naming other scientists to use for his proof that evolution is valid, for the judge orders that they have nothing to do with the trial. Drummond is persistent, once again, when potential jurors are being interviewed to make sure that they are not biased towards one side of the case. He explains that “All I want is to prevent the clock-stoppers from dumping a load of medieval nonsense into the United States Constitution” (Lawrence and Lee 47). This is after Brady unjustly accuses him of allowing pro-evolutionists into the jury, even though Drummond was being fair about whom he chose. By saying this, Drummond is persisting that he wants the whole jury to be fair to both sides so that there is a fair trial. This way, he can have the same chance of winning as Brady without any biased opinions that are against him. Therefore, Drummond’s use of persistence aids him in having a better chance at winning the trial by continuously proving his